Automattic

Matt Mullenweg

Michael Adams (mdawaffe)

Ryan Boren

Christopher Finke

Andy Skelton

Eoin Gallagher

Joseph Scott

Stephane Daury (stephdau)

Greg

Lisa Schuyler

Dave Martin (lessbloat)

Derek Springer

bluefuton

Tellyworth

kbrownkd (a11n)

Andy Perdomo (a11n)

Anti-Spam

Josh Smith

<p>The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.</p>
<p>Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the comment spam it catches on your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.</p>
<p>Major features in Akismet include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.</li>
<li>Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.</li>
<li>URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.</li>
<li>Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.</li>
<li>A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.</li>
</ul>
<p>PS: You’ll be prompted to get an Akismet.com API key to use it, once activated. Keys are free for personal blogs; paid subscriptions are available for businesses and commercial sites.</p>


Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Nice

Great Plugin

Does the job

It's really good


There are many better ways to handle spam than this garbage. Indeed i with the false positive rate this plugin has it is worse than nothing


Worst antispam plugin


Akismet has been with me since I've been on WordPress and really doesn't miss when compared to other solutions. Keep up the great work!


Doesn't miss a shot

The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.

yonifre

WpMaspik

<p>No more fake leads and bot submissions – Every email will be real and valuable, Spam block guarantee!<br />
<strong>Lets bring back the excitement</strong> of getting new leads.</p>
<h3>Why to block spam with Maspik?</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 <strong>Works immediately</strong>: Works when you activate the plugin</li>
<li>🎯 <strong>High Success Rate</strong>: Better protection than traditional CAPTCHA</li>
<li>🔍 <strong>Smart Detection</strong>: Identifies spam patterns automatically</li>
<li>🌐 <strong>Wide Compatibility</strong>: Works with all major form plugins and registration forms</li>
<li>🛠️ <strong>Fully Customizable</strong>: Adapt to your specific needs you can block any spam you want with Blacklist system</li>
<li>👥 <strong>Spam Block Guarantee</strong>: We are committed to help you to block spam, See <a href="#spam-block-guarantee" rel="nofollow ugc">Spam Block Guarantee</a> paragraph.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<p>✅ Works instantly with popular form plugins and registration forms<br />
✅ No CAPTCHA needed<br />
✅ Smart blacklist system, block any word that you want, if exist in the submission, it will be blocked.<br />
✅ IP blacklist & API integrations<br />
✅ Phone number validation<br />
✅ Several methods to block spam with advanced honeypot fields<br />
✅ Multi-language support<br />
✅ AI spam check – Enable it from the Maspik settings page.</p>
<h3>Detailed Features: Our Advanced Spam Protection & Filtering</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Blacklisting by Field Type:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Text fields (Name/Subject)</li>
<li>Email fields (supports regex/wildcard patterns)</li>
<li>Text area fields</li>
<li>Phone number verification with regex/wildcard format</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Blocking:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Specific IP addresses</li>
<li>Spam submissions in WordPress comments/registration/contact forms</li>
<li>Option to block submissions with emojis in textarea fields</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Advance Blocking:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Honeypot</li>
<li>IP verification (100 checks/month)</li>
<li>Block submissions post by bot</li>
<li>Advance key check </li>
<li>AI spam check (Free for all users) with Google Gemini, OpenAI, and Mistral AI</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Character Control:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Maximum number of characters in text fields</li>
<li>Maximum number of characters in text area fields</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Link Limitation:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Limit the number of links allowed in text areas (ideally 0)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>API Integrations:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Proxycheck.io (check IP address against proxy/VPN/TOR)</li>
<li>AbuseIPDB.com (check IP address against abuse/spam/malicious/proxy/VPN/TOR)</li>
<li>Numverify.com (validate phone number to block spam phone numbers)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Spam Log:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Review blocked submissions</li>
<li>understand way spam being blocked</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Statistics:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Track blocked spam</li>
<li>Analyze patterns</li>
<li>Monitor protection</li>
<li>Advanced spam statistics dashboard</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Supported Forms</h3>
<p>Maspik integrates seamlessly with a wide range of popular contact forms and comments:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elementor forms</li>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Hello Plus</li>
<li>NinjaForms</li>
<li>Everest Forms</li>
<li>Formidable forms</li>
<li>JetFormBuilder</li>
<li>Forminator forms</li>
<li>Fluentforms</li>
<li>Bricksbuilder forms</li>
<li>Breakdance Builder forms</li>
<li>BuddyPress</li>
<li>Bitforms</li>
<li>Metform</li>
<li>WordPress comments</li>
<li>WordPress registration form</li>
<li>Custom PHP forms</li>
<li>WPForms*</li>
<li>GravityForms*</li>
<li>WooCommerce registration form*</li>
<li>WooCommerce review*</li>
</ul>
<p>(*) Pro license required</p>
<h3>We offer also a Pro version!</h3>
<h3>Pro Version Features 🌟</h3>
<p>⭐ Advanced IP verification (10,000 checks/month)<br />
⭐ Custom spam dashboard for multiple sites, manage your spam settings from one place<br />
⭐ Country-based filtering, allow you to block spam by country, or allow only specific country<br />
⭐ Language-based filtering, allow you to block spam by language, or allow only specific language<br />
⭐ Settings Import/Export<br />
⭐ Premium support</p>
<h3>Important Note</h3>
<p>Be cautious when selecting words to blacklist as each website has different needs. For example, if you’re a digital marketing agency and blacklist the word “SEO,” you may lose some valid leads.<br />
The plugin is provided “as is” and the user assumes full responsibility for configuring and using it appropriately for their specific needs.</p>
<p>The plugin is GDPR compliant.</p>
<h3>Support & Community</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/documentation/getting-started/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Started guide</a></li>
<li>📚 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/documentation/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li>💬 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maspik" rel="nofollow ugc">Community Forum</a></li>
<li>🐛 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/#support?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Report Issues</a></li>
<li>💡 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/#support?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Feature Requests</a></li>
<li>💰 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/get-maspik-pro-for-free-share-your-expertise/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Recive Pro for free</a></li>
<li>💖 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-forms-anti-spam/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">Support us with 5 stars review</a></li>
<li>💎 <a href="https://paypal.me/yonifre" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate to support our work</a></li>
<li>✨ <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Maspik</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>🛡️ Spam Block Guarantee – for all users!</h3>
<p>We stand behind our protection! If spam is getting through your forms, Our team is here to help and guide you to block the spam.</p>
<h3>Getting Help is Easy:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maspik" rel="nofollow ugc">Community Forum</a></li>
<li>Create a new post with:
<ul>
<li>Your website URL and form page URL (optional)</li>
<li>Description of the spam you’re receiving, attach the spam submission screenshot or text</li>
<li>Your Maspik version</li>
<li>Screenshot or export of your current spam settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Our team will guide you to block the spam effectively!</p>
<h3>Getting Started 🚀</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>Installation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Search for “Maspik” in WordPress plugins</li>
<li>Click Install & Activate </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Basic Setup</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Go to Maspik Settings</li>
<li>Enable desired protections</li>
<li>Save changes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Advanced Configuration</strong> (Optional)</p>
<ul>
<li>Add custom spam phrases</li>
<li>Toggle relevant settings for each field type</li>
<li>Set up phone validation</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Playground</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Test your settings with the playground form and in the live form</li>
<li>Check the spam log to see if spam is being blocked</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>


Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection


Easily the best solution for fighting spam. Their support is top notch as well.


Excellent solution

🛡️ No more fake leads, and unwanted spam - Every email will be real and valuable (For all Contact-forms/Comments and Registration forms).

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection vs Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection