WordPress anti-spam plugins
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection(1,176)•Updated 186d 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 installs387,165,667 downloads50/100 • Stale
Antispam Bee(225)•Updated 48d ago
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
700,000 installs11,593,299 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam(1,352)•Updated 149d ago
Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
300,000 installs4,538,801 downloads57/100 • Maintained
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7(131)•Updated 108d ago
Addons for Contact Form 7 — Honeypot, Database Entries, Redirection, Spam Protection, Webhooks, ACF integration for Contact Form 7, and more.
300,000 installs5,613,377 downloads62/100 • Maintained
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk(3,177)•Updated 31d ago
Blocks spam comments, fake users, contact form spam and more. No impact on SEO. Privacy focused. CAPTCHA free, premium Antispam plugin.
200,000 installs23,384,473 downloads81/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Encoder(160)•Updated 35d ago
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
100,000 installs1,606,515 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Gravity Forms Zero Spam(24)•Updated 31d ago
Enhance your Gravity Forms to include anti-spam measures originally based on the work of David Walsh's "Zero Spam" technique.
100,000 installs1,216,749 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
CloudSecure WP Security(2)•Updated 35d 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 installs698,583 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers(89)•Updated 38d ago
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
90,000 installs1,853,921 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Stop Spammers Classic(243)•Updated 82d ago
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
30,000 installs2,591,447 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Blackhole for Bad Bots(148)•Updated 58d 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 installs891,023 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection(83)•Updated 32d ago
No more fake leads or unwanted submissions — Maspik blocks spam instantly across all forms without using CAPTCHA.
30,000 installs862,187 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}(213)•Updated 2042d ago
An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.
10,000 installs690,034 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7(12)•Updated 55d ago
A trustworthy antispam plugin for Contact Form 7. Wave goodbye to spam and keep your inbox clean!
10,000 installs88,851 downloads66/100 • Actively maintained
Forget Spam Comment(46)•Updated 344d ago
The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress
9,000 installs76,083 downloads34/100 • Stale
Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools(15)•Updated 37d ago
Remove Comment Author Link & Links from Comments, Unlink, Disable Comments, Delete All Pending Comments. AI Auto Comment Reply, Voice, Attachments
8,000 installs293,014 downloads53/100 • Actively maintained
ALTCHA Spam Protection(21)•Updated 154d ago
ALTCHA offers a free, open-source Captcha alternative, ensuring robust spam protection while respecting user privacy and GDPR compliance.
7,000 installs50,299 downloads54/100 • Maintained
6,000 installs98,988 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)(45)•Updated 48d ago
Protect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
6,000 installs236,415 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
WordPress Captcha Plugin by Captcha Bank(112)•Updated 1892d 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 349d ago
Anti-spam - CAPTCHA that protects all forms against spam and brute-force. Invisible and GDPR-compliant.
4,000 installs53,845 downloads34/100 • Stale
La Sentinelle antispam(20)•Updated 118d 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 installs50,164 downloads44/100 • Maintained
Conditional CAPTCHA(34)•Updated 2767d 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 2993d 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 installs48,947 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection(7)•Updated 36d ago
Protect your WordPress site: firewall, bot & brute-force protection, anti-spam, multi-layer CAPTCHA, optional cloud threat intel.
2,000 installs5,374 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Obfuscation(4)•Updated 170d ago
Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors.
2,000 installs10,983 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters(25)•Updated 167d ago
Restrict the usernames, email addresses, characters and symbols or email from specific domain names or language in registration ...
1,000 installs39,200 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha(15)•Updated 814d ago
The #1 Plugin for Blocking Form Spam on WordPress
1,000 installs33,529 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly(11)•Updated 34d ago
Block spam on Contact Form 7, WPForms & comments. No API key. GDPR compliant. Free for commercial use. No configuration needed.
1,000 installs59,125 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Easy Spam Filter – Privacy-Friendly CAPTCHA Alternative with Turnstile for Contact Form 7, WPForms, BuddyPress, Elementor(7)•Updated 237d ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, WPForms, BuddyPress & Elementor. A CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA alternative for WordPress.
1,000 installs18,433 downloads40/100 • Stale
Anti-Captcha (anti-spam botblocker)(5)•Updated 3092d ago
Anti-Captcha is a transparent spam solution that does not require any end-user interaction.
1,000 installs87,510 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Disable WP Registration Page Spam(5)•Updated 693d ago
Disable default WordPress registration page, remove register link and stop registration spam, without disabling user registration.
1,000 installs11,530 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker(4)•Updated 3164d 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 72d ago
Comprehensive spam protection for WordPress registration, login, comments, and contact forms.
1,000 installs8,274 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Universal Honey Pot(3)•Updated 221d 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 installs9,350 downloads40/100 • Stale
Honeypot for WP Comment(2)•Updated 1746d ago
Simple plugin to trap the spam comments using honeypot technique.
1,000 installs18,404 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
CM E-Mail Blacklist – Simple email filtering for safer registration(8)•Updated 109d ago
Block unwanted email registrations on your site with this email blacklist plugin. Protect your site by preventing spam sign-ups.
800 installs45,983 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP referrer spam blacklist (fight 2040+ Referrer Spammers in (Google/Matomo) Analytics)(3)•Updated 1967d ago
WordPress plugin to fight with 2040+ referrer spammers (like semalt, buttons-for-website and many more).
700 installs19,756 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
En Spam(7)•Updated 169d ago
Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
600 installs16,678 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WP No-Bot Question(4)•Updated 2141d 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 89d 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 installs19,217 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam(19)•Updated 164d 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 installs5,883 downloads44/100 • Maintained
Block Spam By Math Reloaded(6)•Updated 4883d 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
DeBounce Email Validator(16)•Updated 116d ago
Real-time email validation for WordPress forms. Block invalid, disposable, and risky emails to keep your database clean and improve deliverability.
400 installs22,792 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Stop Registration Spam(6)•Updated 522d ago
Stops spammy automated user registrations using a custom question.
400 installs6,717 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile(5)•Updated 59d ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor, and popular form plugins with privacy-first server-side verification.
400 installs2,731 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Spam Blocker | Stop Spam for Contact Form 7, WP Forms and Formidable Forms(4)•Updated 237d 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 3426d ago
Anti-spam check the robots by behavior. No captcha. Antispam let robots do so as a human can't do.
400 installs6,040 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress Security Check(14)•Updated 3034d ago
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
300 installs51,214 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
CheckBot(2)•Updated 4273d 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 214d 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 installs8,443 downloads40/100 • Stale
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam(1)•Updated 1495d ago
Add honeypot anti-spam functionality to the popular woocommerce plugin.
300 installs3,533 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Send Denial(1)•Updated 521d ago
Anti-Spam protection for the most popular and widly used formbuilders and plugins. GDPR compliant.
300 installs3,084 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
yaCAPTCHA(0)•Updated 5789d 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 Captcha(12)•Updated 3859d ago
This plugin adds Google's reCAPTCHA form to your BuddyPress' registration page to keep your community spam-free! You can use out simple opti …
200 installs19,064 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)(7)•Updated 336d ago
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
200 installs14,039 downloads40/100 • Stale
Auto Approve Comments(5)•Updated 1797d ago
Auto approve comments by Commenter (email, name, url), User and Role (Akismet and wpDiscuz compatible)
200 installs10,077 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA(4)•Updated 5380d ago
This plugin utilizes reCAPTCHA to help your blog stay clear of spam-registrations.
200 installs13,049 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs7,664 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned