Category · recomputed daily
anti-spam plugins
223 plugins in the directory carry the anti-spam tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
223
plugins
7,062,610+
combined reach
94
released in 90 days
35%
quiet 18 months+
2
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2026 | ShieldCraft – Invisible Spam Protection | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
| 02 Oct 2026 | Checkout Guard – Block Fake Orders, Spam & Fraud for WooCommerce | 90+ | changed hands |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 5,000,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| Antispam Bee Sophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind. | 700,000+ | 4.8★ | 2 months ago |
| 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 | 400,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) Add hCaptcha, Honeypot, Redirection, and AI-powered form generation to Contact Form 7. | 300,000+ | 3.8★ | 8 days ago |
| Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk Advanced antispam for comments, registrations & contact forms. No CAPTCHA, plus email validation and honeypot. We catch spam others miss! | 200,000+ | 4.8★ | 8 days ago |
| CloudSecure WP Security CloudSecure WP Securityは、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。 簡単な設定だけで、不正アクセスや不正ログインからWordPressを保護し、サイトのセキュリティを高めます。 | 100,000+ | 5.0★ | 23 days ago |
| Gravity Forms Zero Spam Block form spam in Gravity Forms with an invisible token check, email rejection rules, and optional AI review. No CAPTCHAs for your visitors. | 100,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 months ago |
| 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. | 90,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| 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. | 30,000+ | 4.7★ | 3 months ago |
| Spam Protection | Maspik Blocks spam the moment you activate it. No CAPTCHA, no setup, no API key. Multi-Layer. Just install and forget. | 30,000+ | 4.7★ | 8 days ago |
| Stop Spammers Classic A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin. | 20,000+ | 4.4★ | 4 months ago |
| 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. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 28 days ago |
| WPBruiser Security – No CAPTCHA Anti-Spam & Login Protection Security and anti-spam without CAPTCHA. Blocks bots on forms, comments and logins, limits login attempts and hardens WordPress. No outside service. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 13 days ago |
| Honeypot Anti-Spam Stop comment spam in WordPress with the honeypot technique. No captcha, no setup, lightweight and invisible to your visitors. | 10,000+ | 4.7★ | 5 months ago |
| Forget Spam Comment The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress | 9,000+ | 5.0★ | 17 months ago |
| 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 | 8,000+ | 4.1★ | 2 months ago |
| 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. | 6,000+ | 4.9★ | 14 days ago |
| Spam Destroyer Kills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam! | 5,000+ | 4.6★ | 6 months ago |
| Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms Invisible spam protection for every form, login and checkout. No puzzles, no checkboxes, no lost visitors — a CAPTCHA your users never see. | 4,000+ | 4.8★ | 8 days ago |
| BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform Complete security platform for everyday: block bots, brute-force, viruses, spam, fake crawlers. WAF, 2FA, no-malware, proactive defense. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 26 days ago |
| Dam Spam Spam protection for WordPress registration, login, comments, and contact forms. | 3,000+ | 4.3★ | 2 months ago |
| 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. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 17 days ago |
| Email Address Obfuscation Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| IP Ban Simple IP Ban is a lightweight ip / user agent ban plugin. | 2,000+ | 4.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Anti-Captcha (anti-spam botblocker) Anti-Captcha is a transparent spam solution that does not require any end-user interaction. | 1,000+ | 4.2★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Disable WP Registration Page Spam Disable default WordPress registration page, remove register link and stop registration spam, without disabling user registration. | 1,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha The #1 Plugin for Blocking Form Spam on WordPress | 1,000+ | 4.7★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| 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. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 17 days ago |
| Restrict Usernames Emails Characters Restrict the usernames, email addresses, characters and symbols or email from specific domain names or language in registration ... | 1,000+ | 4.5★ | 23 days ago |
| 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 … | 1,000+ | 3.7★ | 13 months ago |
| 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. | 1,000+ | 4.0★ | 5 months ago |
| 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. | 800+ | 4.5★ | 24 days ago |
| Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, WooCommerce and popular forms with server-side verification and anti-spam controls. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 7 days ago |
| 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. | 600+ | 4.9★ | 1 month ago |
| 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). | 600+ | 4.3★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| 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. | 500+ | 4.1★ | 2 months ago |
| OpenPorte Spam Protection Stop spam without CAPTCHAs. Proof-of-Work protection for your site. Open-source, self-hosted, privacy-first. | 500+ | 5.0★ | 8 days ago |
| Antispam Anti-spam check the robots by behavior. No captcha. Antispam let robots do so as a human can't do. | 400+ | 4.0★ | 9.5 years ago · quiet |
| Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System Don't disable comments — fix them. AI-assisted moderation, zero spam, ad-free — syncs back to your WordPress database. The Disqus alternative. | 400+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| 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 … | 300+ | 5.0★ | 13 months ago |
| Send Denial Anti-Spam protection for the most popular and widly used formbuilders and plugins. GDPR compliant. | 300+ | 5.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| 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. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 29 days ago |
| BuddyPress Security Check Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA | 200+ | 4.1★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| BuddyPress reCAPTCHA This plugin utilizes reCAPTCHA to help your blog stay clear of spam-registrations. | 200+ | 4.5★ | 15 years ago · quiet |
| I don't like Spam! Use the Comment Blocklist feature to protect your contact form. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| LH Zero Spam Zero Spam makes blocking spam comments and registrations easy. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| MP Spam Be Gone MP Spam Be Gone is the simplest, most effective Spam blocker. | 200+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting. | 200+ | 4.0★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable. | 200+ | 3.9★ | 17 months ago |
| Astounding Spam Prevention Very effective anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keep … | 100+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
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