Best block spam plugins for WordPress
The most popular block spam plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. iQ Block Country leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of En Spam (500+) and Stop Comment Spam (300+). All 8 plugins tagged “block spam” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 block spam plugins
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iQ Block CountryThe most installed block spam plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 166 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
En Spam500+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Stop Comment Spam300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Astounding Spam Prevention100+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 5.
Spam Filter For Elementor Form100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Block Spam Comments10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.
Brightery Absolute Comment BlockerFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
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FilterBounce Email VerifierFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
All 8 plugins tagged “block spam”
iQ Block Country
Down in the last 7 days:10#1,229by Pascal2 months ago
Allow or disallow visitors from certain countries accessing (parts of) your website
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.9(166)
- Downloads
- 138/day
En Spam
Up in the last 7 days:24#8,965by hatul1 month ago
Block spam with cookies and JavaScript. All Spambots will remain away from your blog. Without settings or Captcha, install and forget the spam.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.1(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Stop Comment Spam
Up in the last 7 days:23#10,315by pedjas1 year ago
Stop Comment Spam treats any comment by predefined rules to stop spam. It is supposed to be used as additional measure for any other antispam tool esp …
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Astounding Spam Prevention
Down in the last 7 days:54#14,288by willjenkins2 years ago
Very effective anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keep …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Filter For Elementor Form
Up in the last 7 days:43#15,309by wizbee IT1 year ago
A simple yet powerful plugin that adds advanced spam and content filtration to your Elementor Pro forms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block Spam Comments
#32,307by Hizbul Bahar11 years ago
Detect and Block spam comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Brightery Absolute Comment Blocker
Down in the last 7 days:11,581#65,135by Brightery4 months ago
Completely disables all backend comment submissions (wp-comments-post.php, REST API, XML-RPC) to stop ghost comment spam.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FilterBounce Email Verifier
Up in the last 7 days:4,906#67,780by Fresent5 months ago
Verifies email addresses in real-time during form submissions to prevent invalid, disposable, temporary, catch-all, free or spamtrap email addresses.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day