Best deny plugins for WordPress
The most popular deny plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. MW IP Denied leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Safe Private (30+) and Yaurau-Ip-Blocker (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “deny” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 deny plugins
- 1.
MW IP DeniedThe most installed deny plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 2.
Safe Private30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.
Yaurau-Ip-BlockerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 3 plugins tagged “deny”
MW IP Denied
Down in the last 7 days:15#11,011by Takashi Kitajima13 years ago
MW IP Denied allows you to set access restrictions by IP address for each article.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Safe Private
Down in the last 7 days:112#23,677by Sherpah_13 years ago
A Private Wordpress, a Members-only Website, helpful during a site maintenance and useful for developers...
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yaurau-Ip-Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:13,347#62,507by yaurau8 years ago
The plugin blocks IP-addresses on the entered IP-address, and temporarily blocks IP-addresses when exceeding the limit enter login and password and di …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day