Best referer spam plugins for WordPress
The most popular referer spam plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Block Referer Spam leads with 500+ active installs, ahead of Block Referral Spam (200+) and Referer Spam Blocker (60+). All 3 plugins tagged “referer spam” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 referer spam plugins
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Block Referer SpamThe most installed referer spam plugin, with 500+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 21 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Block Referral Spam200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 9 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
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Referer Spam Blocker60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “referer spam”
Block Referer Spam
Up in the last 7 days:29#8,861by supersoju2 months ago
Blocks referer/referral spam bots from accessing your site and keeps them out of your analytics.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.4(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Block Referral Spam
Up in the last 7 days:22#11,738by WPDeveloper9 years ago
This plugins blocks maximum Referral Spams. Now no more notice from Google and no more weird report in Google Analytics.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Referer Spam Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:270#19,662by WP Maintainer3 years ago
Block/blacklist known (and custom) spam referring domains at the WordPress level with an HTTP 403 Forbidden page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day