WordPress anti-spam plugins

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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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.
(1,156)
Updated 95d ago
6,000,000 installs380,651,097 downloads64/100 • Maintained
Antispam Bee
Antispam Bee
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
(224)
Updated 209d ago
700,000 installs10,808,584 downloads57/100 • Stale
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
(1,271)
Updated 124d ago
300,000 installs4,426,668 downloads56/100 • Maintained
CF7 Apps – [Honeypot and hCAPTCHA for Contact Form 7]
CF7 Apps – [Honeypot and hCAPTCHA for Contact Form 7]
Add hCaptcha, Honeypot and Redirection to Contact Form 7 with CF7 Apps. Improve form security, lightweight, and no unnecessary code.
(130)
Updated 102d ago
300,000 installs4,905,642 downloads65/100 • Maintained
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
Blocks spam comments, fake users, contact form spam and more. No impact on SEO. Privacy focused. CAPTCHA free, premium Antispam plugin.
(3,139)
Updated 73d ago
200,000 installs21,901,167 downloads82/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Encoder
Email Address Encoder
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
(159)
Updated 391d ago
100,000 installs1,540,943 downloads35/100 • Possibly abandoned
Gravity Forms Zero Spam
Gravity Forms Zero Spam
Enhance your Gravity Forms to include anti-spam measures originally based on the work of David Walsh's "Zero Spam" technique.
(23)
Updated 404d ago
100,000 installs866,254 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
(86)
Updated 97d ago
90,000 installs1,358,330 downloads57/100 • Maintained
CloudSecure WP Security
CloudSecure WP Security
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。
(2)
Updated 75d ago
90,000 installs279,628 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Stop Spammers Classic
Stop Spammers Classic
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
(242)
Updated 87d ago
30,000 installs2,496,425 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Blackhole for Bad Bots
Blackhole for Bad Bots
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.
(147)
Updated 87d ago
30,000 installs824,372 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection
🛡️ No more fake leads, and unwanted spam - Every email will be real and valuable (For all Contact-forms/Comments and Registration forms).
(79)
Updated 110d ago
30,000 installs752,477 downloads56/100 • Maintained
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}
An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.
(213)
Updated 1951d ago
10,000 installs687,969 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7
A trustworthy antispam plugin for Contact Form 7. Wave goodbye to spam and keep your inbox clean!
(10)
Updated 82d ago
10,000 installs64,946 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Forget Spam Comment
Forget Spam Comment
The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress
(45)
Updated 254d ago
9,000 installs73,006 downloads44/100 • Stale
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools
Remove Comment Author Link & Links from Comments, Unlink, Disable Comments, Delete All Pending Comments. AI Auto Comment Reply, Voice, Attachments
(15)
Updated 395d ago
8,000 installs282,844 downloads30/100 • Possibly abandoned
Spam Destroyer
Spam Destroyer
Kills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
(53)
Updated 290d ago
6,000 installs97,328 downloads44/100 • Stale
WordPress Captcha Plugin by Captcha Bank
WordPress Captcha Plugin by Captcha Bank
Captcha Bank is a anti-spam captcha plugin for WordPress forms that adds secure image captcha or math captcha to prevent spam.
(112)
Updated 1801d ago
5,000 installs449,913 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
Protect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
(45)
Updated 73d ago
5,000 installs190,986 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
ALTCHA Spam Protection
ALTCHA Spam Protection
ALTCHA offers a free, open-source Captcha alternative, ensuring robust spam protection while respecting user privacy and GDPR compliance.
(21)
Updated 132d ago
5,000 installs42,660 downloads51/100 • Maintained
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant
Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant
Anti-spam - CAPTCHA that protects all forms against spam and brute-force. Invisible and GDPR-compliant.
(44)
Updated 259d ago
4,000 installs51,947 downloads34/100 • Stale
La Sentinelle antispam
La Sentinelle antispam
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.
(19)
Updated 91d ago
3,000 installs46,756 downloads54/100 • Maintained
IP Ban
IP Ban
Simple IP Ban is a lightweight ip / user agent ban plugin.
(9)
Updated 3001d ago
3,000 installs48,505 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Conditional CAPTCHA
Conditional CAPTCHA
Asks commenters to complete a simple CAPTCHA if they don't have a previously approved comment, or if Akismet thinks their comment is spam.
(34)
Updated 2676d ago
2,000 installs179,567 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters
Restrict the usernames, email addresses, characters and symbols or email from specific domain names or language in registration ...
(25)
Updated 461d ago
2,000 installs35,974 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
Securimage-WP
Securimage-WP
Block comment spam, malicious logins, and automated registrations by adding the powerful CAPTCHA protection of Securimage-WP to your WordPress site.
(10)
Updated 2902d ago
2,000 installs20,588 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha
Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha
The #1 Plugin for Blocking Form Spam on WordPress
(15)
Updated 724d ago
1,000 installs32,396 downloads30/100 • Possibly abandoned
Stop Contact Form 7 Spam & WPForms Spam – Free Protection
Stop Contact Form 7 Spam & WPForms Spam – Free Protection
Stop Contact Form 7 spam and WPForms spam instantly. Free spam protection for business sites. No CAPTCHA. No API keys. Just works.
(11)
Updated 93d ago
1,000 installs54,447 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Easy Spam Filter – Privacy-Friendly CAPTCHA Alternative with Turnstile for Contact Form 7, WPForms, BuddyPress, Elementor
Easy Spam Filter – Privacy-Friendly CAPTCHA Alternative with Turnstile for Contact Form 7, WPForms, BuddyPress, Elementor
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, WPForms, BuddyPress & Elementor. A CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA alternative for WordPress.
(7)
Updated 146d ago
1,000 installs17,275 downloads42/100 • Maintained
Anti-Captcha (anti-spam botblocker)
Anti-Captcha (anti-spam botblocker)
Anti-Captcha is a transparent spam solution that does not require any end-user interaction.
(5)
Updated 3001d ago
1,000 installs87,098 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Disable WP Registration Page Spam
Disable WP Registration Page Spam
Disable default WordPress registration page, remove register link and stop registration spam, without disabling user registration.
(5)
Updated 603d ago
1,000 installs11,030 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker
Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker
REPLACEMENT of the original Simple Trackback Validation Plugin from Miachel. Performs a simple but very effective test on all incoming trackbacks in o …
(4)
Updated 3073d ago
1,000 installs74,722 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Email Address Obfuscation
Email Address Obfuscation
Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors.
(4)
Updated 80d ago
1,000 installs9,610 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Honeypot for WP Comment
Honeypot for WP Comment
Simple plugin to trap the spam comments using honeypot technique.
(2)
Updated 1655d ago
1,000 installs18,404 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
Universal Honey Pot
Universal Honey Pot
Universal Honey Pot is a powerful and user-friendly WordPress plugin that provides a plug-and-play solution for protecting your forms against unwanted …
(2)
Updated 131d ago
1,000 installs8,503 downloads52/100 • Maintained
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration
Block unwanted email registrations on your site with this email blacklist plugin. Protect your site by preventing spam sign-ups.
(8)
Updated 249d ago
900 installs43,472 downloads40/100 • Stale
WP referrer spam blacklist (fight 2040+ Referrer Spammers in (Google/Matomo) Analytics)
WP referrer spam blacklist (fight 2040+ Referrer Spammers in (Google/Matomo) Analytics)
WordPress plugin to fight with 2040+ referrer spammers (like semalt, buttons-for-website and many more).
(3)
Updated 1876d ago
700 installs19,490 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Spam Protection, AntiSpam, reCaptcha, Stop bad bots, tor, Spam submissions, web scraping / FREE by CloudFilt
Spam Protection, AntiSpam, reCaptcha, Stop bad bots, tor, Spam submissions, web scraping / FREE by CloudFilt
Prevent and stop bots traffic. This plugin inserts in your website the CloudFilt codes for the security tracking available on https://cloudfilt.com/.
(3)
Updated 305d ago
700 installs16,983 downloads40/100 • Stale
En Spam
En Spam
Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
(7)
Updated 78d ago
600 installs16,335 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WP No-Bot Question
WP No-Bot Question
Simple question that blocks most spambots (and paid robots) by making them answer a common sense question
(4)
Updated 2050d ago
600 installs11,983 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam
Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam
The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.
(16)
Updated 74d ago
500 installs5,192 downloads53/100 • Actively maintained
Block Spam By Math Reloaded
Block Spam By Math Reloaded
This plugin protects your Wordpress and Buddypress login, comments, and new user/new blog signup process against spambots with a simple math question.
(6)
Updated 4792d ago
500 installs43,963 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
DeBounce Email Validator
DeBounce Email Validator
Real-time email validation for WordPress forms. Block invalid, disposable, and risky emails to keep your database clean and improve deliverability.
(16)
Updated 94d ago
400 installs21,325 downloads44/100 • Maintained
Stop Registration Spam
Stop Registration Spam
Stops spammy automated user registrations using a custom question.
(6)
Updated 431d ago
400 installs6,717 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Spam Blocker | Stop Spam for Contact Form 7, WP Forms and Formidable Forms
Spam Blocker | Stop Spam for Contact Form 7, WP Forms and Formidable Forms
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 …
(4)
Updated 146d ago
400 installs6,209 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Antispam
Antispam
Anti-spam check the robots by behavior. No captcha. Antispam let robots do so as a human can't do.
(4)
Updated 3335d ago
400 installs5,798 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection
Protect your WordPress site: firewall, bot & brute-force protection, anti-spam, multi-layer CAPTCHA, optional cloud threat intel.
(1)
Updated 74d ago
400 installs695 downloads51/100 • Actively maintained
BuddyPress Security Check
BuddyPress Security Check
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
(14)
Updated 2943d ago
300 installs50,926 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA
This plugin utilizes reCAPTCHA to help your blog stay clear of spam-registrations.
(4)
Updated 5289d ago
300 installs12,697 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CheckBot
CheckBot
This antispam plugin provides very simple(one-click) and powerful captcha for your blog.
(2)
Updated 4182d ago
300 installs20,496 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA
EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA
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 …
(2)
Updated 123d ago
300 installs8,190 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
Auto-Close keeps your site clean by automatically closing comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks—so you can focus on content, not cleanup.
(1)
Updated 79d ago
300 installs22,055 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam
Add honeypot anti-spam functionality to the popular woocommerce plugin.
(1)
Updated 1404d ago
300 installs3,533 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Send Denial
Send Denial
Anti-Spam protection for the most popular and widly used formbuilders and plugins. GDPR compliant.
(1)
Updated 430d ago
300 installs2,819 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
yaCAPTCHA
yaCAPTCHA
yaCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress that helps you block comment spam from automated bots.
(0)
Updated 5698d ago
300 installs23,441 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress Captcha
BuddyPress Captcha
This plugin adds Google's reCAPTCHA form to your BuddyPress' registration page to keep your community spam-free! You can use out simple opti …
(12)
Updated 3768d ago
200 installs18,810 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Astounding Spam Prevention
Astounding Spam Prevention
Very effective anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keep …
(9)
Updated 581d ago
200 installs7,332 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
(7)
Updated 245d ago
200 installs13,671 downloads40/100 • Stale
Auto Approve Comments
Auto Approve Comments
Auto approve comments by Commenter (email, name, url), User and Role (Akismet and wpDiscuz compatible)
(5)
Updated 1707d ago
200 installs9,811 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
LH Zero Spam
LH Zero Spam
Zero Spam makes blocking spam comments and registrations easy.
(3)
Updated 1221d ago
200 installs7,322 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned