WP-Ban

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

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

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

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1. ★★★★★ hugrat

   5.9y ago

   Probably one of those ban plugins that don’t work if you do not have the exact default wordpress login. Bummer..

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2. ★★★★★ kapaemtarik

   6.4y ago

   I have been searching for a tool to get rid of robot users and their advertising comments at my site’s comment section. This extension worked. It successfully blocked 48 entry from 8 different ip adress within one day. Thanks for providing it

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3. ★★★★★ luckyjo

   9.6y ago

   Love your hardwork!

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4. ★★★★★ jonrolph

   9.7y ago

   For whatever reasons, I cannot get this plugin to work. I’ve tried banning both an entire IP range, as well as each IP within that range and I am still receiving visitor reports stating that my site is receiving visitors from that range.

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5. ★★★★★ d-phrag

   10.8y ago

   Not sure if this actually works, but it slowed my admin operations to a very annoying speed. I would rather de-install this one. Sorry

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6. ★★★★★ wexler

   10.8y ago

   Ended up having to remove the plugin since the website broke as a result of a flaw in the most recent update.

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7. ★★★★★ mlfa

   10.9y ago

   It appears my Ban Stats isn’t working. I’m showing 0 attempts. Does it only track the Banned IPs or does it also track Banned Referers?

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8. ★★★★★ arulkaruppannan

   10.9y ago

   Getting the fatal error

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.69.2 NEW: Don’t allow to access ban-options.php directly 1.69.2
2. — Version 1.69.1 NEW: Fixed XSS 1.69.1
3. — Version 1.69 NEW: Bump WordPress 4.7 FIXED: Notices 1.69
4. — Version 1.68 NEW: Use translate.wordpress.org to translate the plugin NEW: Use HTML DOCTYPE FIXED: Remove get_language_attributes() 1.68
5. — Version 1.67 FIXED: Notices 1.67
6. — Version 1.66 FIXED: Cannot redeclare get_language_attributes() 1.66

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.5 WP-Ban <= 1.69 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-12-06 CVE-2022-4260 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.69 Patched in 1.69.1
2. Medium · 5.3 WP-Ban < 1.64 - Improper Input Validation ↗
   2014-09-17 CVE-2014-6230 Improper Input Validation Affects < 1.64 Patched in 1.64

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Translated into 51 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Plus 27 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-12 9K+ → 8K+ down after 322 days in tier
2. 2025-07-25 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• I IP Ban 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• EDH Bad Bots 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• bad_ip WP 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• A Automatically Ban IPs — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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WP-Ban: 8K+ active installs, 3.7★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-ban