Best remove spam plugins for WordPress
The most popular remove spam plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Comment Guardian leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Ultimate Comment Cleaner (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “remove spam” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 remove spam plugins
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Comment GuardianThe most installed remove spam plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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Ultimate Comment Cleaner10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “remove spam”
Comment Guardian
Down in the last 7 days:85#22,230by Daniele De Rosa4 years ago
Comment Guardian is an innovative and intelligent spam protection that eliminates comment spam 99.9% of the time.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Comment Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:8,304#32,380by wpunicorn21 days ago
Comment cleaner: remove spam and unwanted comments, delete comments in bulk, automate removing comments with smart rules and a safe quarantine.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day