Best referrer plugins for WordPress
The most popular referrer plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-Ban leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Referrer Input for Contact Form 7 (400+) and Smarter Navigation (300+). All 24 plugins tagged “referrer” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 referrer plugins
- 1.
WP-BanThe most installed referrer plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 27 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Referrer Input for Contact Form 7400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Smarter Navigation300+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 10 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking300+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 12 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Contact Form 7 Referrer Addon Plugin40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago.
- 6.
CQI Referrer Attribution20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
Store Referrals for WooCommerce10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
WP Tracklink10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
URL Auto Referrer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.
Advanced WP Hide Referer10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 24 plugins tagged “referrer”
WP-Ban
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,374by Lester Chan3 months ago
Ban users by IP, IP range, host name, user agent and referrer URL from visiting your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.7(27)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Referrer Input for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:67#9,375by damiarita9 years ago
Contact Form 7 Addon that creates a cache-resistant input that contains the URL of the page the user visited before the contact form page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smarter Navigation
Up in the last 7 days:38#10,187by scribu11 years ago
Generates more specific previous / next post links based on referrer.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking
Up in the last 7 days:36#10,668by codepeople2 months ago
CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking registers how the website visitors reached the website, identifying the referral website. Also track conversions.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Contact Form 7 Referrer Addon Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:70#21,443by nicholas_tsim12 years ago
Add useful referrer information to emails sent via any Contact Form 7 contact forms on your Wordpress website. Based on the Enhanced Wordpress Contact …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CQI Referrer Attribution
Up in the last 7 days:194#25,847by hdfraser4 months ago
Know where every visitor came from, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. No JavaScript, no cookie banner trigger, no page speed cost.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Store Referrals for WooCommerce
#34,761by storereferrals9 years ago
Store Referrals is a new kind of referral program that lets you spread awareness of your store using tiered rewards.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Tracklink
#39,191by Jules812 months ago
Records inbound referrers that link to your site, checks them in the background, and shows them in a widget or block.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
URL Auto Referrer
Up in the last 7 days:2,752#41,919by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)1 year ago
Add hostname to outgoing links as "#referrer=hostname".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced WP Hide Referer
#45,669by wplabs11 years ago
Hide Referer for WordPress removes the referer (referrer) from all external links on your blog. It does this by converting all outgoing
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Intuitive Navigation
Down in the last 7 days:2,495#46,771by Denis Buka14 years ago
Creates navigation to next and previous posts based on the category or tag a visitor came from.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Referral for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4,544#46,797by Pablo Pacheco7 years ago
Increase sales by letting customers promote your site with a Referral plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
track-incoming-referrer
Down in the last 7 days:9,828#48,401by averageradical9 years ago
Track incoming referrer and write it to any hidden form field with the identifier "referrer".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Traffic Source Filter for WordPress
#56,234by Medium Interactive2 months ago
Hide elements or redirect users based on referrer domains. Useful for blocking partners, scrapers, or altering content per source.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Web Marketing Attribution
Down in the last 7 days:9,989#64,093by Simple Web Marketing2 months ago
A simple plugin to capture and store web marketing attribution tags with most forms.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Referrer Insights
Down in the last 7 days:4,189#67,702by Pranshtech Solutions Private Limited2 months ago
Powerful yet lightweight referrer tracking and analytics for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Suziwan Referrer Log
#69,386by Suziwan4 months ago
A lightweight, privacy-friendly way to log referrers, UTM parameters, and visitor metadata directly in your WordPress database.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Loyalty Links
#69,530by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
Conditionally break external links based on referrer history.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day