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Block Temporary Email

by IsTempMail · Email & Marketing

This plugin stops users from giving you disposable or fake email addresses when signing up. This helps reduce spam and fraud.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
69 Health · C
Maintenance 60/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

69 health vs 63 average across 1,297 Email & Marketing plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

81 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 68/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 381 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+49% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

134

now · peak 636

13930d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Block Temporary Emai · #9121 you Temp Mail Detector · #44067 Tempmails · #26037 Block Disposable Ema · #31995

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

278per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.0y ago

latest release · v1.7.5

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.7.5 · 1.0y ago1.7.4 · 2.2y ago1.7.3 · 2.6y ago1.7.2 · 2.6y ago1.7.1 · 2.6y ago1.7 · 2.6y ago1.6.3 · 2.8y ago1.6.1 · 3.0y ago1.6 · 3.4y ago1.5.2 · 3.4y ago1.5.1 · 3.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.7 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈550

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-11-29 · 1,418 observations

500Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.7.5
Last updated
1.0y ago
Added
2017-01-15 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
2.9
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Erik Molenaar
    9mo ago

    i opted for this plugin because it is lightweight, simple, works great en the devs really listen to feedback!

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  2. diazcomunicacion
    3.6y ago

    I tried all kinds of methods… 3 plugins… Edit wp-config.php and I even asked Chat GPT to give me a snippet but the solution was this incredible plugin, which worked perfectly with WOO, tks a lot!

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  3. paolurso
    4.3y ago

    This plugin is outstanding, it does exactly what I expected. I also had a problem and the support was very fast and efficient. Highly recommended.

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  4. antonv
    5.3y ago

    offers of disposal emails grow faster than the plugin can keep up with. From the first three disposables offered by google, one was blocked. A BIG FAIL This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by antonv.

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  5. Soren Singh
    5.6y ago

    The plugin works like charm, I tested it with different temp domains and it blocked all of em. Recommended!

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  6. whateverfree2
    7.6y ago

    Seem there is only this type of plugin in WP repository, I am looking for this plugin for a long time. Thanks so much

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  7. Harry
    8.1y ago

    I actually thought it’s not going to work properly with CF7. But I was wrong. Working perfectly.

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  8. staginski
    9.4y ago

    I use the function “is_email()” in my private plugin. It works reliably…

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-19 600+ → 500+ down after 63 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-17 500+ → 600+ up after 34 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-11 400+ → 500+ up after 79 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-24 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-18 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-11-17 300+ → 400+ up after 11 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-06 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-05 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in tier

Competes with

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Block Temporary Email: 500+ active installs, 4.5★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/block-temporary-email