Best antispam protection plugins for WordPress
The most popular antispam protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CAPTCHA 4WP leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of reCAPTCHA in WP comments form (7K+). All 3 plugins tagged “antispam protection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 antispam protection plugins
- 1.
CAPTCHA 4WPThe most installed antispam protection plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 269 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
reCAPTCHA in WP comments form7K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 20 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 3 plugins tagged “antispam protection”
CAPTCHA 4WP
#437by WPKube2 months ago
Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.2(269)
- Downloads
- 431/day
reCAPTCHA in WP comments form
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,467by jmviade7 years ago
reCAPTCHA in WP comments form is an ANTISPAM tool that adds a Google reCAPTCHA to the comments form and protects your site from the spam robots threat …
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(20)
- Downloads
- 23/day