Best bot mitigation plugins for WordPress
The most popular bot mitigation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. ShieldSquare leads with fewer than 10 active installs, ahead of VerifiedVisitors (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “bot mitigation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 bot mitigation plugins
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ShieldSquareThe most installed bot mitigation plugin, with fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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VerifiedVisitorsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
All 2 plugins tagged “bot mitigation”
ShieldSquare
Up in the last 7 days:2,812#61,813by ShieldSquare8 years ago
ShieldSquare plugin provides users access to Dashboards to follow up on traffic and understand bot activity on their websites.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VerifiedVisitors
Up in the last 7 days:740#72,086by verifiedvisitors2 years ago
VerifiedVisitors is a powerful AI/ML bot mitigation plugin to support the Wordpress community. It’s an easy to configure platform to defeat bad bots.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day