5 Best WP-Ban Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP-Ban has 8,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 5 closest alternatives to WP-Ban
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Server IP & Memory Usage
Closest matchServer IP & Memory Usage Display
4.9 (40) 20,000+ active installsShow the memory limit, current memory usage and IP address in the admin footer.
Shares the ip tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated January 22, 2026.
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4.9 (30) 1,000+ active installsUse Cloudflare's free geolocation service to restrict access to your site's login page.
Shares the ip tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 8,000+, last updated 12 days ago.
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Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning
4.8 (1,038) 30,000+ active installsSmart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise.
Shares the bots tag on WordPress.org. About 3.8 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.5 (63) 60,000+ active installsAdds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.
Shares the bots tag on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated May 26, 2026.
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4.7 (148) 30,000+ active installsBlackhole is a WordPress security plugin that detects and traps bad bots in a virtual black hole, where they are denied access to your entire site.
Shares the bots tag on WordPress.org. About 3.8 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
Switching from WP-Ban: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP-Ban?
Server IP & Memory Usage is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which WP-Ban alternative has the most users?
Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA, with 60,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP-Ban alternative is rated highest?
Shield Security, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 1,038 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP-Ban alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with WP-Ban score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against WP-Ban on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Server IP & Memory Usage is the closest match to WP-Ban by the data we track, and Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA has the widest reach with 60,000+ active installs. Shield Security shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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