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Best validation plugins for WordPress

The most popular validation plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Contact Form 7 Email Validation leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of UK Address Postcode Validation (700+) and Comment Validation (700+). All 79 plugins tagged “validation” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 validation plugins

  1. 1.
    Contact Form 7 Email Validation

    The most installed validation plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 10 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  2. 2.
    UK Address Postcode Validation

    700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.

  3. 3.
    Comment Validation

    700+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.

  4. 4.
    Reject Urls And Emails In Textarea For (Gravity Forms)

    700+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.

  5. 5.
    Validated

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.

  6. 6.
    Real Time Validation For Gravity Forms

    500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.

  7. 7.
    Email Validation Filter for Contact Form 7

    200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  8. 8.
    Advanced Custom Fields

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.

  9. 9.
    WYSIWYG Character Limit for ACF

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  10. 10.
    Byteplant Phone Validator

    100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 79 plugins tagged “validation”