Best coinhive plugins for WordPress
The most popular coinhive plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Honey Coinhive Captcha leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Coin Miner (10+) and SpareChange (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “coinhive” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 coinhive plugins
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Honey Coinhive CaptchaThe most installed coinhive plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 2.
Coin Miner10+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago.
- 3.
SpareChange10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Honey Coinhive WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 4 plugins tagged “coinhive”

Honey Coinhive Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:3,624#37,722by Honey Plugins7 years ago
Coinhive Captcha to your logins and comments and protect your site while earning Monero.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Coin Miner
Up in the last 7 days:4,961#38,005by zlager8 years ago
This plugin helps you to earn money from visitors on your site by Mining monero.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SpareChange
#47,085by sparechange9 years ago
A browser based monero miner that uses javascript and SpareChange to monetize your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Honey Coinhive Widget
Down in the last 7 days:172#68,201by Honey Plugins7 years ago
Coinhive Widget by Honey Plugins lets you easily add a Coinhive Miner to your Wordpress Widgets, Sidebars and Footers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day