Best disable pingbacks plugins for WordPress
The most popular disable pingbacks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Really Simple Disable Comments leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Comment and Pingback Blocker by Himel (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “disable pingbacks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 disable pingbacks plugins
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Really Simple Disable CommentsThe most installed disable pingbacks plugin, with 500+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Comment and Pingback Blocker by Himel20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “disable pingbacks”

Really Simple Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:9#8,579by NEXTFLY® Web Design2 months ago
Effortlessly disable all comments and trackback functionality across your entire WordPress site by activating this plugin.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Comment and Pingback Blocker by Himel
Down in the last 7 days:487#28,704by Himel Ahmed6 months ago
A simple and lightweight plugin to completely disable comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks across your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day