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WP-Ban

by Lester Chan · Uncategorized

Ban users by IP, IP Range, host name, user agent and referrer url from visiting your WordPress's blog.

⚠ Stale
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60 Health · C
Maintenance 47
Rating quality 68
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-28%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
8K–9K ≈8.4K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1385 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.69.2
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2007-01-21
Requires WP
4.3
Tested up to
6.5.8
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

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

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WP-Ban: 8K+ active installs, 3.7★ (27 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-ban