Best spambots plugins for WordPress
The most popular spambots plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Skt NURCaptcha leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of PRyC WP (100+) and ThreatPoint Email Validator (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “spambots” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 spambots plugins
- 1.
Skt NURCaptchaThe most installed spambots plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 3 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 2.
PRyC WP100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
ThreatPoint Email ValidatorFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “spambots”
Skt NURCaptcha
Up in the last 7 days:38#15,352by Carlos E. G. Barbosa3 months ago
NURCaptcha inserts a reCAPTCHA on the Register Form of your site to protect it against spambots.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PRyC WP
Up in the last 7 days:16#16,508by Patryk5 months ago
Block SPAM without any type of CAPTCHA - plugin add "HoneyTrap" (and a few other tricks) for comment form to block SPAMbots.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ThreatPoint Email Validator
Up in the last 7 days:9,903#59,219by ThreatPoint UK1 month ago
This plugin validates email in realtime using live connections and aggregated data, by leveraging the ThreatPoint email verification API service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day