Alternatives to Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.7/5 (1,184 reviews)
Downloads: 395,148,001
Active installs: 6,000,000
Maintenance score: 83/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 5.8
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.2
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CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7(134)•Updated 23d ago
Add hCaptcha, Honeypot, and Redirection to Contact Form 7 with CF7 Apps, and generate forms effortlessly with AI. Improve form security, keep it light …
300,000 installs6,106,618 downloads79/100 • Actively maintained
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection(3,191)•Updated 14d ago
Top-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.
200,000 installs24,200,858 downloads90/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Encoder(160)•Updated 81d ago
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
100,000 installs1,644,043 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Gravity Forms Zero Spam(24)•Updated 20d ago
Enhance your Gravity Forms to include anti-spam measures originally based on the work of David Walsh's "Zero Spam" technique.
100,000 installs1,346,096 downloads82/100 • Actively maintained
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection(86)•Updated 38d ago
No more fake leads or unwanted submissions — Maspik blocks spam instantly across all forms without using CAPTCHA.
30,000 installs898,157 downloads55/100 • Actively maintained
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}(213)•Updated 2087d ago
An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.
10,000 installs691,267 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7(12)•Updated 72d ago
A trustworthy antispam plugin for Contact Form 7. Wave goodbye to spam and keep your inbox clean!
10,000 installs100,145 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
Honeypot Anti-Spam(12)•Updated 34d ago
Stop comment spam in WordPress with the honeypot technique. No captcha, no setup, lightweight and invisible to your visitors.
10,000 installs73,949 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
6,000 installs102,971 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)(47)•Updated 16d ago
Protect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
6,000 installs258,354 downloads74/100 • Actively maintained
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant(46)•Updated 395d ago
Anti-spam - CAPTCHA that protects all forms against spam and brute-force. Invisible and GDPR-compliant.
4,000 installs54,622 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly(11)•Updated 22d ago
Block spam on Contact Form 7, WPForms & comments. No API key. GDPR compliant. Free for commercial use. No configuration needed.
1,000 installs61,604 downloads72/100 • Actively maintained
Disable WP Registration Page Spam(5)•Updated 739d ago
Disable default WordPress registration page, remove register link and stop registration spam, without disabling user registration.
1,000 installs11,773 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection(3)•Updated 135d ago
Prevent and stop bots traffic. This plugin inserts in your website the CloudFilt codes for the security tracking available on https://cloudfilt.com/.
600 installs19,800 downloads52/100 • Maintained
En Spam(7)•Updated 46d ago
Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
500 installs16,891 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Antispam(4)•Updated 3472d ago
Anti-spam check the robots by behavior. No captcha. Antispam let robots do so as a human can't do.
400 installs6,162 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CheckBot(2)•Updated 4318d ago
This antispam plugin provides very simple(one-click) and powerful captcha for your blog.
300 installs20,496 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs7,974 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs17,589 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Astounding Spam Prevention(9)•Updated 718d ago
Very effective anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keep …
100 installs7,742 downloads38/100 • Possibly abandoned