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Best bot protection plugins for WordPress

The most popular bot protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Quttera ThreatSign leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of ClickCease Click Fraud Protection (10K+) and CHEQ Essentials (500+). All 73 plugins tagged “bot protection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 bot protection plugins

  1. 1.
    Quttera ThreatSign

    The most installed bot protection plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 47 reviews, updated 16 hours ago.

  2. 2.
    ClickCease Click Fraud Protection

    10K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    CHEQ Essentials

    500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  4. 4.
    Checkout Shield for WooCommerce

    400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Spambargo

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Cloud Maestro

    70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    HSArticle Login Math Verification

    60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    WindCodex ScraperBlock

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    HSArticle Math CAPTCHA for Forms

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    TrustCaptcha

    50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

All 73 plugins tagged “bot protection”