Best detection plugins for WordPress
The most popular detection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Polylang leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Device Detector (500+) and Device Detect (20+). All 10 plugins tagged “detection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 detection plugins
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PolylangThe most installed detection plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 2.
Device Detector500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Device Detect20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Better Detection10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
AdBlock X10+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Plagiary Search10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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O-PLUX Fraudulent Order Detection10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
S4EFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
SpamPatrolFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 10 plugins tagged “detection”
Polylang
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,685by Markus Wiesenhofer4 years ago
This plugin detects the preferred language according on the country.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Device Detector
Down in the last 7 days:40#8,784by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Full featured analytics reporting and management tool that detects all devices accessing your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Device Detect
#26,914by Kleor10 months ago
Allows you to detect the device of the user, and to display some contents only for the phones, tablets or computers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Better Detection
#32,174by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the security of your website by detecting unexpected changes to content
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AdBlock X
Down in the last 7 days:785#34,742by AdBlockX10 years ago
Plugin designed to help you examine ad blockers' impact on your website(s) and take action against them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plagiary Search
#36,343by KaizenCoders10 years ago
Find websites that copy/paste your content without authorization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
O-PLUX Fraudulent Order Detection
Up in the last 7 days:9,239#36,385by Cacco2 months ago
The Leading E-commerce Fraud Detection System in Japan
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
S4E
Up in the last 7 days:7,952#53,172by S4E1 year ago
Integrate S4E API with WordPress to provide comprehensive security scanning capabilities for your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SpamPatrol
#69,214by SpamPatrol.io3 years ago
SpamPatrol provides intent-based spam detection for form submissions and other message based environments that need text analysis.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day