Best moderate plugins for WordPress
The most popular moderate plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. bbPress Moderation leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Comment Moderator (100+) and WP-Blacklister (60+). All 11 plugins tagged “moderate” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 moderate plugins
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bbPress ModerationThe most installed moderate plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 14 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
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Comment Moderator100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
WP-Blacklister60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Moderate Pingbacks50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.
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Moderate Trackbacks30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago.
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WP Comments Moderators10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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WP Comments Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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Comments Sticky Moderate10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Moderate New Blogs10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
All 11 plugins tagged “moderate”
bbPress Moderation
Up in the last 7 days:2#9,007by ianhaycox13 years ago
Add the ability to moderate and approve new topics and replies in the bbPress V2.0 plugin
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.3(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Comment Moderator
Up in the last 7 days:124#16,295by DraftPress Team4 years ago
Add a new user role, Comment Moderator, that allows any selected user to manage comments.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
WP-Blacklister
Down in the last 7 days:74#19,252by Luke Mlsna14 years ago
Plugin tool for assembling lists of IP addresses, emails, and URLs from spam comments.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Moderate Pingbacks
#20,878by Nick Momrik16 years ago
Automatically puts all pingbacks into the comment moderation queue.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Moderate Trackbacks
Down in the last 7 days:6#23,283by Nick Momrik16 years ago
Automatically puts all trackbacks into the comment moderation queue.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Comments Moderators
Up in the last 7 days:565#34,026by .fay10 years ago
WP Comments Moderators plugin allows any user (whatever their Role) to moderate any blog comment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP Comments Manager
Up in the last 7 days:5,068#40,916by razvar14 years ago
Install this plugin only if you have Comments Manager for Windows Phone7 and you want push notification enabled or other features.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comments Sticky Moderate
Down in the last 7 days:2,437#43,644by treeflips1 year ago
Moves moderation options to top of each comment to speed up moderation.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Moderate New Blogs
Down in the last 7 days:5,794#45,439by David Sader10 years ago
WordPress Multisite Network plugin. New blogs(aka sites) await a final click from a Network Admin to activate.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day