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WP-Ban

8K+ installs · #2,374 most popular

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IP Ban

Shares 2 of WP-Ban's 5 tags.

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Banhammer

1K+ active installs.

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Banhammer

Updated on Nov 5, 2026.

1. 1

   IP Ban

   by w3prodigy

   Returns 'Page Not Found' 404 error message for IP's visiting your blog specified in the IP Ban option on the Discussion Options page.

   Installs

   80+

   Rank

   #17,570

   Rating

   No ratings

   Updated

   16 years ago

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2. 2

   Automatic Ban IP

   by KaizenCoders

   Block IP addresses which are suspicious and try to post on your blog spam comments.

   Installs

   20+

   Rank

   #27,645

   Rating

   5.0(2)

   Updated

   10 years ago

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3. 3

   Referrer Input for Contact Form 7

   by damiarita

   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+

   Rank

   #9,375

   Rating

   4.2(5)

   Updated

   9 years ago

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4. 4

   CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking

   by codepeople

   CP Referrer and Conversion Tracking registers how the website visitors reached the website, identifying the referral website. Also track conversions.

   Installs

   300+

   Rank

   #10,668

   Rating

   4.7(12)

   Updated

   2 months ago

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5. 5

   Country Block

   by vpndeals

   Block or allow access by country using a local MaxMind GeoLite2 database, with IP, user role, and URL exceptions.

   Installs

   100+

   Rank

   #15,092

   Rating

   4.2(5)

   Updated

   2 months ago

   Sharesban

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6. 6

   Contact Form 7 Referrer Addon Plugin

   by nicholas_tsim

   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+

   Rank

   #21,443

   Rating

   5.0(1)

   Updated

   12 years ago

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7. 7

   CQI Referrer Attribution

   by hdfraser

   Know where every visitor came from, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. No JavaScript, no cookie banner trigger, no page speed cost.

   Installs

   20+

   Rank

   #25,847

   Rating

   No ratings

   Updated

   4 months ago

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8. 8

   URL Auto Referrer

   by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)

   Add hostname to outgoing links as "#referrer=hostname".

   Installs

   10+

   Rank

   #41,919

   Rating

   No ratings

   Updated

   1 year ago

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9. 9

   Ban Subdomain Emails

   by jamiechong

   Prevent people from registering with emails that contain a subdomain to help reduce spam.

   Installs

   10+

   Rank

   #38,046

   Rating

   5.0(1)

   Updated

   10 years ago

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10. 10

    Banhammer

    by Jeff Starr

    Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.

    Installs

    1K+

    Rank

    #5,755

    Rating

    4.4(19)

    Updated

    3 days ago

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11. 11

    EDH Bad Bots

    by EncodeDotHost

    A smart WordPress plugin that automatically blocks malicious bots and crawlers that ignore your site's robots.txt file.

    Installs

    50+

    Rank

    #21,066

    Rating

    5.0(1)

    Updated

    5 months ago

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