Best registration spam plugins for WordPress
The most popular registration spam plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. My Private Site leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of SpamJam (100+) and ProfileGuard (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “registration spam” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 registration spam plugins
- 1.
My Private SiteThe most installed registration spam plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 82 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
SpamJam100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.ProfileGuard
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.IPScanner
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “registration spam”

My Private Site
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,432by David Gewirtz2 months ago
Make WordPress private in one click, block registration spam, and safely clean up existing spam accounts.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 118/day

SpamJam
Down in the last 7 days:69#15,968by Matt Biscay4 days ago
Block comment and form spam without CAPTCHAs. Lightweight honeypot protection works automatically and keeps real visitors moving.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
ProfileGuard
#50,205by abezumaite9 days ago
Block bot registrations, stop profile spam with a database honeypot, and protect LMS and course sites with a lightweight zero-cloud firewall.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
IPScanner
Up in the last 7 days:1,249#52,128by IPScanner8 days ago
A CAPTCHA alternative with no puzzle. Stops fake signups, spam registrations, form spam and card-testing bots, plus VPN, proxy and Tor traffic.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day