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Best antispam plugins for WordPress

The most popular antispam 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 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk (200K+). All 142 plugins tagged “antispam” 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 antispam plugins

  1. 1.
    Akismet Anti-spam

    The most installed antispam 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.
    Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk

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

  4. 4.
    reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

    100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 391 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  5. 5.
    hCaptcha for WP

    70K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 88 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  6. 6.
    Titan Anti-spam & Security

    50K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 370 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  7. 7.
    Spam Protection

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

  8. 8.
    AntiSpam for Contact Form 7

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 13 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  9. 9.
    ActiveLayer Anti-Spam

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 10 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.

  10. 10.
    Captcha by BestWebSoft

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 21 reviews, updated 3 days ago.

All 142 plugins tagged “antispam”