ZeroBounce validates emails on your WordPress site in real-time, blocking invalid and risky emails to improve deliverability and reduce bounce rates.
As of April 2026, ZeroBounce Email Verification & Validation is a WordPress email tester plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 39% this week. Top alternative: Automatic Email Testing for WP.
Need an email validation tool to block invalid and high-risk emails on your WordPress website?
The ZeroBounce email verification plugin assists users by validating email addresses entered into your registration forms, comments sections, eCommerce shops, and more. Install the plugin, connect your API key, and select the forms you want to monitor with email validation.
Been using this a while and it works pretty well; very useful for rejecting fake email addresses used by spammers/scammers, and also for validating real users/customer email addresses (where they sometimes mis-type their email address).
So, why only 4 stars?
Well simply because I asked about personal (local) whitelisting and blacklisting functionality when I spoke to their onboarding rep., and was promised it would be added soon; over 7 months later, still no sign of this.
As a paying customer, I would like the developers to be more responsive and deliver features/functionality that your rep. promised…
I have tried so many plugins, honeypot, captchas, IP blocking countries, user agents, etc. but this plugin is great! I was very skeptical at first but after several weeks of using this, we are now on a middle-tier paid plan. We use GravityForms so the plugin was VERY easy to configure and install. Super simple, bravo plugin devs!
Exactly what I needed for my contact form 7. So simple to integrate with my contact form plugin.
I have tested this plugin on several of my personal and business websites, it’s awesome. No more spam and fake signups. Service pricing is also decent. Recommended.
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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