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.
(1,184)
Updated 114d ago
6,000,000 installs395,148,001 downloads74/100 • Maintained
Antispam Bee
Antispam Bee
Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
(226)
Updated 78d ago
700,000 installs12,446,797 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
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
(1,401)
Updated 239d ago
400,000 installs4,583,676 downloads45/100 • Stale
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7
CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7
Add hCaptcha, Honeypot, and Redirection to Contact Form 7 with CF7 Apps, and generate forms effortlessly with AI. Improve form security, keep it light …
(134)
Updated 68d ago
300,000 installs6,106,618 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection
CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection
Top-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.
(3,191)
Updated 59d ago
200,000 installs24,200,858 downloads81/100 • 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.
(160)
Updated 126d ago
100,000 installs1,644,043 downloads69/100 • Maintained
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.
(24)
Updated 65d ago
100,000 installs1,346,096 downloads73/100 • Actively 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 87d ago
100,000 installs858,362 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
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.
(90)
Updated 104d ago
90,000 installs2,014,330 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Stop Spammers Classic
Stop Spammers Classic
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
(243)
Updated 84d ago
30,000 installs2,629,481 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.
(148)
Updated 116d ago
30,000 installs924,514 downloads69/100 • Maintained
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection
Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection
No more fake leads or unwanted submissions — Maspik blocks spam instantly across all forms without using CAPTCHA.
(86)
Updated 83d ago
30,000 installs898,157 downloads55/100 • Actively 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 2132d ago
10,000 installs691,267 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
Forget Spam Comment
Forget Spam Comment
The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress
(46)
Updated 435d ago
10,000 installs77,398 downloads32/100 • 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!
(12)
Updated 117d ago
10,000 installs100,145 downloads64/100 • Maintained
Honeypot Anti-Spam
Honeypot Anti-Spam
Stop comment spam in WordPress with the honeypot technique. No captcha, no setup, lightweight and invisible to your visitors.
(12)
Updated 79d ago
10,000 installs73,949 downloads63/100 • 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 245d ago
7,000 installs50,299 downloads42/100 • 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 102d ago
7,000 installs300,152 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Spam Destroyer
Spam Destroyer
Kills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
(54)
Updated 109d ago
6,000 installs102,971 downloads56/100 • Maintained
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.
(47)
Updated 61d ago
6,000 installs258,354 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
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 1982d ago
5,000 installs449,913 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
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.
(46)
Updated 440d ago
4,000 installs54,622 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
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.
(21)
Updated 208d ago
3,000 installs51,008 downloads42/100 • Stale
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection
BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection
Stop bots, brute force, spam, and fake crawlers before they reach WordPress. Three-layer firewall, 9 CAPTCHAs, FCrDNS, 2FA. Setup in 60 seconds.
(9)
Updated 59d ago
3,000 installs7,390 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
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 2857d ago
2,000 installs179,656 downloads26/100 • 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 3083d ago
2,000 installs20,588 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
IP Ban
IP Ban
Simple IP Ban is a lightweight ip / user agent ban plugin.
(9)
Updated 3182d ago
2,000 installs49,187 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 61d ago
2,000 installs11,678 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
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 73d ago
1,000 installs43,264 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
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 905d ago
1,000 installs34,238 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly
Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly
Block spam on Contact Form 7, WPForms & comments. No API key. GDPR compliant. Free for commercial use. No configuration needed.
(11)
Updated 67d ago
1,000 installs61,604 downloads63/100 • Actively 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 73d ago
1,000 installs19,639 downloads61/100 • Actively 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 3182d ago
1,000 installs87,742 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 784d ago
1,000 installs11,773 downloads22/100 • 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 3255d ago
1,000 installs74,722 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Dam Spam
Dam Spam
Spam protection for WordPress registration, login, comments, and contact forms.
(4)
Updated 75d ago
1,000 installs12,962 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
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 …
(3)
Updated 312d ago
1,000 installs9,773 downloads40/100 • Stale
Honeypot for WP Comment
Honeypot for WP Comment
Simple plugin to trap the spam comments using honeypot technique.
(2)
Updated 1836d ago
1,000 installs18,404 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
Intelligent spam protection for WordPress forms, comments, and reviews. No CAPTCHA needed. Works with WPForms, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, and more.
(0)
Updated 59d ago
1,000 installs5,576 downloads59/100 • Actively 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 85d ago
800 installs47,312 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
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 2057d ago
700 installs19,899 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
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 2231d ago
600 installs11,983 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection
CloudFilt Bot & Spam Protection
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 180d ago
600 installs19,800 downloads52/100 • Maintained
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.
(19)
Updated 87d ago
500 installs6,249 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
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 91d ago
500 installs16,891 downloads52/100 • 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 4973d ago
500 installs43,963 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile
Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile
Add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor, and popular form plugins with privacy-first server-side verification.
(6)
Updated 81d ago
500 installs4,083 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained
Stop Registration Spam
Stop Registration Spam
Stops spammy automated user registrations using a custom question.
(6)
Updated 612d 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 327d ago
400 installs6,209 downloads40/100 • Stale
Antispam
Antispam
Anti-spam check the robots by behavior. No captcha. Antispam let robots do so as a human can't do.
(4)
Updated 3517d ago
400 installs6,162 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 206d ago
300 installs23,279 downloads42/100 • Stale
CheckBot
CheckBot
This antispam plugin provides very simple(one-click) and powerful captcha for your blog.
(2)
Updated 4363d 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 305d ago
300 installs8,599 downloads40/100 • Stale
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam
WooCommerce Honey Pot Anti Spam
Add honeypot anti-spam functionality to the popular woocommerce plugin.
(1)
Updated 1585d 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 611d ago
300 installs3,360 downloads18/100 • Possibly abandoned
yaCAPTCHA
yaCAPTCHA
yaCAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress that helps you block comment spam from automated bots.
(0)
Updated 5879d ago
300 installs23,441 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress Security Check
BuddyPress Security Check
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
(14)
Updated 3124d ago
200 installs51,529 downloads24/100 • 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 426d ago
200 installs14,207 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Auto Approve Comments
Auto Approve Comments
Auto approve comments by Commenter (email, name, url), User and Role (Akismet and wpDiscuz compatible)
(5)
Updated 1888d ago
200 installs10,226 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA
BuddyPress reCAPTCHA
This plugin utilizes reCAPTCHA to help your blog stay clear of spam-registrations.
(4)
Updated 5471d ago
200 installs13,372 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned