Best spam delete plugins for WordPress
The most popular spam delete plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Spam Comments Cleaner leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Another Comments Cleaner (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “spam delete” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 spam delete plugins
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Spam Comments CleanerThe most installed spam delete plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Another Comments Cleaner10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “spam delete”
Spam Comments Cleaner
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,250by Manish Kumar Agarwal8 years ago
Delete all the SPAM comments of your WordPress site in a regular time interval. To start the scheduled script this plugin using wp_cron hook.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Another Comments Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:6,185#45,273by CNHK SYSTEMS10 years ago
Delete or trash automatically comments based on status using WP_Cron
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day