Best akismet plugins for WordPress
The most popular akismet plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Armour leads with 400K+ active installs, ahead of Honeypot Anti-Spam (10K+) and FV Antispam (800+). All 18 plugins tagged “akismet” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 akismet plugins
- 1.
WP ArmourThe most installed akismet plugin, with 400K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 1,477 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Honeypot Anti-Spam10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 12 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
FV Antispam800+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
BotBlocker200+ active installs. Rated 1.6 from 10 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 5.
Send E-mail100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 6.
Disable Author Url and Comment Links100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 7.
Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 8.
Akismet Notifier20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 9.
SimpleForm Akismet20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 10.
Block Top Spammers20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
All 18 plugins tagged “akismet”
WP Armour
Up in the last 7 days:1#141by Dinesh Karki2 months ago
Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
- Installs
- 400K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1.5K)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Honeypot Anti-Spam
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,701by RaiolaNetworks5 months ago
Stop comment spam in WordPress with the honeypot technique. No captcha, no setup, lightweight and invisible to your visitors.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 50/day
FV Antispam
Down in the last 7 days:8#7,278by FolioVision1 year ago
FV Antispam is a powerful and simple antispam plugin. It moves any spambot comments directly to trash and allows Akismet to just deal with human spam.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 20/day
BotBlocker
Up in the last 7 days:8#11,864by Brandon Fenning14 years ago
Kills spam-bots, leaves humans standing. No CAPTCHAS, no math questions, no passwords, just spam blocking that stops spam-bots dead in their tracks.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.6(10)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Send E-mail
Up in the last 7 days:7#13,932by Paolo Melchiorre15 years ago
Add a contact form to any post, page or text widget. Messages will be sent to any email address you choose. As seen on wordpress.com with added i18n.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Disable Author Url and Comment Links
Down in the last 7 days:95#15,973by Osama Shabrez14 years ago
Disable Author Url and Comment Links : DAUnCL helps you keep your comments clean from spam links left by automated or manual comment spammers who are …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Gutenberg Forms Add-on for Akismet
Down in the last 7 days:80#22,290by Jack K4 years ago
Akismet add-on for Gutenberg Forms. Connect with Akismet and protect your form submissions against spam via their global database of spam.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
Akismet Notifier
Up in the last 7 days:507#26,917by Alberto Hornero10 years ago
A plugin to notify the user that the comment posted was considered as SPAM if so.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
SimpleForm Akismet
Down in the last 7 days:36#28,046by WPSForm2 years ago
Do you get junk emails through your contact form? This plugin for SimpleForm helps prevent spam submission.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Block Top Spammers
Down in the last 7 days:11#28,150by Martin Lormes16 years ago
Block Top Spammers displays a list of your top spammers' IP addresses. It also generates a blacklist for your .htaccess file.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Akismet Credit Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:1,204#32,903by D'Arcy Norman7 years ago
Adds a small "Spam prevention powered by Akismet" to the footer of every blog to abide by Akismet licensing terms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
bbPress
#33,893by Hudson Atwell10 years ago
Automatically delete bbPress spam replies older than X days.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Ban Subdomain Emails
#38,046by jamiechong10 years ago
Prevent people from registering with emails that contain a subdomain to help reduce spam.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
General Contact Form
#45,281by v_wordpress14 years ago
Genaral Contact From plugin allows a wordpress admin to easily create and add contact forms to WordPress. The General Contact Form will let the user s …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP Contact Form
Down in the last 7 days:6,938#45,316by Umair Saleem2 years ago
An easy and powerful form builder that lets your visitors send you email. Blocks all automated spammers. No templates to mess with.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
woo-shortcode-popup
Down in the last 7 days:2,799#45,486by jumbaeric10 years ago
Creates a popup button on woocommerce shop page
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Kotowaza
Up in the last 7 days:4,346#53,850by nzwy6 years ago
Proverbs that are transmitted to Japan are randomly displayed in the upper right corner of the management screen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day