Best miner plugins for WordPress
The most popular miner 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 Honey Coinhive Locker (fewer than 10) and Honey Coinhive Widget (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “miner” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 miner plugins
- 1.
Honey Coinhive CaptchaThe most installed miner plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 2.
Honey Coinhive LockerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 3.
Honey Coinhive WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 3 plugins tagged “miner”

Honey Coinhive Captcha
Down in the last 7 days:3,052#47,935by Honey Plugins7 years ago
Coinhive Captcha to your logins and comments and protect your site while earning Monero.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Honey Coinhive Locker
Up in the last 7 days:18,557#53,147by Honey Plugins7 years ago
Honey Coinhive Locker lets you lock your content on posts, pages, and in theme files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Honey Coinhive Widget
Up in the last 7 days:6,551#61,954by 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
- 2/day