Prevent people from registering with emails that contain a subdomain to help reduce spam.
As of April 2026, Ban Subdomain Emails is a WordPress ban plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-Ban.
A lot of registration spam comes from emails with a subdomain. Spammers control a domain such as buymyjunk.com and then attempt to register on your site with emails such as [email protected] and [email protected]. This plugin simply blocks all registrations using a subdomain.
Reputable users will have a normal email address from a reasonable domain like @gmail.com, @mylegitbusiness.com, @outlook.com, @myschool.edu, etc.
There is no configuration and no setup. It simply just works. The plugin logs all blocked registrations so you can find potential false-positives. Find a link to this log file on the Plugins page where you activate/deactivate this plugin.
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
released 2016-04-26
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