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Best anti-spam plugins for WordPress

The most popular anti-spam plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Akismet Anti-spam leads with 5M+ active installs, ahead of Antispam Bee (700K+) and WP Armour (400K+). All 232 plugins tagged “anti-spam” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 anti-spam plugins

  1. 1.
    Akismet Anti-spam

    The most installed anti-spam plugin, with 5M+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 1,187 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  2. 2.
    Antispam Bee

    700K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 226 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    WP Armour

    400K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 1,477 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    CF7 Apps

    300K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 135 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  5. 5.
    Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 3,224 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  6. 6.
    CloudSecure WP Security

    200K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.

  7. 7.
    Gravity Forms Zero Spam

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 24 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 8.
    Email Encoder

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 94 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  9. 9.
    Spam Protection

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 87 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  10. 10.
    Blackhole for Bad Bots

    30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 148 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

All 232 plugins tagged “anti-spam”