WordPress anti-spam plugins
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection(1,184)•Updated 114d ago
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
6,000,000 installs395,148,001 downloads74/100 • Maintained
Antispam Bee(226)•Updated 78d ago
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
700,000 installs12,446,797 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam(1,401)•Updated 239d ago
Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
400,000 installs4,583,676 downloads45/100 • Stale
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7(134)•Updated 68d 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 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection(3,191)•Updated 59d 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 downloads81/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Encoder(160)•Updated 126d 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 downloads69/100 • Maintained
Gravity Forms Zero Spam(24)•Updated 65d 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 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
CloudSecure WP Security(2)•Updated 87d ago
管理画面とログインURLをサイバー攻撃から守る、国産・日本語対応のセキュリティ対策プラグインです。 かんたんな設定を行うだけで、不正アクセスや不正ログインからあなたのWordPressを保護します。
100,000 installs858,362 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers(90)•Updated 104d ago
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
90,000 installs2,014,330 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Stop Spammers Classic(243)•Updated 84d ago
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
30,000 installs2,629,481 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Blackhole for Bad Bots(148)•Updated 116d ago
Blackhole is a WordPress security plugin that detects and traps bad bots in a virtual black hole, where they are denied access to your entire site.
30,000 installs924,514 downloads69/100 • Maintained
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection(86)•Updated 83d 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 2132d ago
An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.
10,000 installs691,267 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
Forget Spam Comment(46)•Updated 435d ago
The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress
10,000 installs77,398 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7(12)•Updated 117d ago
A trustworthy antispam plugin for Contact Form 7. Wave goodbye to spam and keep your inbox clean!
10,000 installs100,145 downloads64/100 • Maintained
Honeypot Anti-Spam(12)•Updated 79d 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
ALTCHA Spam Protection(21)•Updated 245d ago
ALTCHA offers a free, open-source Captcha alternative, ensuring robust spam protection while respecting user privacy and GDPR compliance.
7,000 installs50,299 downloads42/100 • Stale
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools(15)•Updated 102d ago
Remove Comment Author Link & Links from Comments, Unlink, Disable Comments, Delete All Pending Comments. AI Auto Comment Reply, Voice, Attachments
7,000 installs300,152 downloads54/100 • Maintained
6,000 installs102,971 downloads56/100 • Maintained
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)(47)•Updated 61d 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 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
WordPress Captcha Plugin by Captcha Bank(112)•Updated 1982d ago
Captcha Bank is a anti-spam captcha plugin for WordPress forms that adds secure image captcha or math captcha to prevent spam.
5,000 installs449,913 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant(46)•Updated 440d 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
La Sentinelle antispam(21)•Updated 208d ago
Feel safe knowing that your website is safe from spam. La Sentinelle will guard your WordPress website against spam in a simple and effective way.
3,000 installs51,008 downloads42/100 • Stale
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection(9)•Updated 59d ago
Stop bots, brute force, spam, and fake crawlers before they reach WordPress. Three-layer firewall, 9 CAPTCHAs, FCrDNS, 2FA. Setup in 60 seconds.
3,000 installs7,390 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Conditional CAPTCHA(34)•Updated 2857d ago
Asks commenters to complete a simple CAPTCHA if they don't have a previously approved comment, or if Akismet thinks their comment is spam.
2,000 installs179,656 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Securimage-WP(10)•Updated 3083d ago
Block comment spam, malicious logins, and automated registrations by adding the powerful CAPTCHA protection of Securimage-WP to your WordPress site.
2,000 installs20,588 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
2,000 installs49,187 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Email Address Obfuscation(4)•Updated 61d ago
Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors.
2,000 installs11,678 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters(25)•Updated 73d ago
Restrict the usernames, email addresses, characters and symbols or email from specific domain names or language in registration ...
1,000 installs43,264 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha(15)•Updated 905d ago
The #1 Plugin for Blocking Form Spam on WordPress
1,000 installs34,238 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly(11)•Updated 67d 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 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Easy Spam Filter – Privacy-Friendly CAPTCHA Alternative with Turnstile for Contact Form 7, WPForms, BuddyPress, Elementor(7)•Updated 73d ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, WPForms, BuddyPress & Elementor. A CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA alternative for WordPress.
1,000 installs19,639 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Anti-Captcha (anti-spam botblocker)(5)•Updated 3182d ago
Anti-Captcha is a transparent spam solution that does not require any end-user interaction.
1,000 installs87,742 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Disable WP Registration Page Spam(5)•Updated 784d 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
Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker(4)•Updated 3255d ago
REPLACEMENT of the original Simple Trackback Validation Plugin from Miachel. Performs a simple but very effective test on all incoming trackbacks in o …
1,000 installs74,722 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Dam Spam(4)•Updated 75d ago
Spam protection for WordPress registration, login, comments, and contact forms.
1,000 installs12,962 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Universal Honey Pot(3)•Updated 312d ago
Universal Honey Pot is a powerful and user-friendly WordPress plugin that provides a plug-and-play solution for protecting your forms against unwanted …
1,000 installs9,773 downloads40/100 • Stale
Honeypot for WP Comment(2)•Updated 1836d ago
Simple plugin to trap the spam comments using honeypot technique.
1,000 installs18,404 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments(0)•Updated 59d ago
Intelligent spam protection for WordPress forms, comments, and reviews. No CAPTCHA needed. Works with WPForms, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, and more.
1,000 installs5,576 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration(8)•Updated 85d ago
Block unwanted email registrations on your site with this email blacklist plugin. Protect your site by preventing spam sign-ups.
800 installs47,312 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WP referrer spam blacklist (fight 2040+ Referrer Spammers in (Google/Matomo) Analytics)(3)•Updated 2057d ago
WordPress plugin to fight with 2040+ referrer spammers (like semalt, buttons-for-website and many more).
700 installs19,899 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP No-Bot Question(4)•Updated 2231d ago
Simple question that blocks most spambots (and paid robots) by making them answer a common sense question
600 installs11,983 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection(3)•Updated 180d 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
Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam(19)•Updated 87d ago
The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.
500 installs6,249 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
En Spam(7)•Updated 91d 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 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Block Spam By Math Reloaded(6)•Updated 4973d ago
This plugin protects your Wordpress and Buddypress login, comments, and new user/new blog signup process against spambots with a simple math question.
500 installs43,963 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile(6)•Updated 81d ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor, and popular form plugins with privacy-first server-side verification.
500 installs4,083 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Stop Registration Spam(6)•Updated 612d ago
Stops spammy automated user registrations using a custom question.
400 installs6,717 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Spam Blocker | Stop Spam for Contact Form 7, WP Forms and Formidable Forms(4)•Updated 327d ago
SPAM Blocker for WordPress, formerly Contact Form 7 Manual Spam Blocker, is an easy-to-use plugin to block all those spammers who manually fill out fo …
400 installs6,209 downloads40/100 • Stale
Antispam(4)•Updated 3517d 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
DeBounce Email Validator(16)•Updated 206d ago
Real-time email validation for WordPress forms. Block invalid, disposable, and risky emails to keep your database clean and improve deliverability.
300 installs23,279 downloads42/100 • Stale
CheckBot(2)•Updated 4363d ago
This antispam plugin provides very simple(one-click) and powerful captcha for your blog.
300 installs20,496 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA(2)•Updated 305d ago
A simple yet effective Spam Filter. A Widget and Shortcode to display Comments with Good Karma as Testimonials. Plus the ability to Move comments and …
300 installs8,599 downloads40/100 • Stale
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam(1)•Updated 1585d ago
Add honeypot anti-spam functionality to the popular woocommerce plugin.
300 installs3,533 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Send Denial(1)•Updated 611d ago
Anti-Spam protection for the most popular and widly used formbuilders and plugins. GDPR compliant.
300 installs3,360 downloads18/100 • Possibly abandoned
yaCAPTCHA(0)•Updated 5879d ago
yaCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress that helps you block comment spam from automated bots.
300 installs23,441 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress Security Check(14)•Updated 3124d ago
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
200 installs51,529 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)(7)•Updated 426d ago
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
200 installs14,207 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Auto Approve Comments(5)•Updated 1888d ago
Auto approve comments by Commenter (email, name, url), User and Role (Akismet and wpDiscuz compatible)
200 installs10,226 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA(4)•Updated 5471d ago
This plugin utilizes reCAPTCHA to help your blog stay clear of spam-registrations.
200 installs13,372 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned