Best Anti-Spam WordPress Plugins
28 indexed plugins
Plugins
28
Active Installs
8m+
Average Score
53
Audited
28
Best Scored
| Rank | Plugin | Score | Errors | Warnings | Installs | Updated | Top Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dam Spam | 100 | 1 | 1k+ | unexpected markdown file | ||
| #2 | BotBlocker Security – Firewall & Bot Protection | 99 | 5 | 3k+ | Non-prefixed constant | ||
| #3 | Email Address Obfuscation | 99 | 3 | 0 | 2k+ | wp function not compatible with requires wp | |
| #4 | ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments | 96 | 2 | 1k+ | Database parameter is not escaped | ||
| #5 | Gravity Forms Zero Spam | 94 | 4 | 9 | 100k+ | trademarked term | |
| #6 | Stop Spammers Classic | 94 | 185 | 1 | 30k+ | wp function not compatible with requires wp | |
| #7 | Antispam Bee | 80 | 4 | 38 | 700k+ | Nonce verification recommended | |
| #8 | Honeypot Anti-Spam | 78 | 5 | 7 | 10k+ | Missing nonce verification | |
| #9 | Disable WP Registration Page Spam | 77 | 5 | 12 | 1k+ | Nonce verification recommended | |
| #10 | Forget Spam Comment | 67 | 5 | 10 | 9k+ | Input is not sanitized | |
| #11 | Anti-Spam Protection – No API Key, GDPR Friendly | 49 | 2 | 106 | 1k+ | Direct Query | |
| #12 | IP Ban | 41 | 29 | 39 | 2k+ | Input is not validated | |
| #13 | WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam | 40 | 56 | 66 | 400k+ | Missing nonce verification | |
| #14 | La Sentinelle antispam | 40 | 88 | 46 | 3k+ | Output is not escaped | |
| #15 | Universal Honey Pot | 40 | 23 | 94 | 1k+ | Missing nonce verification | |
| #16 | Blackhole for Bad Bots | 39 | 123 | 69 | 30k+ | Output is not escaped | |
| #17 | Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers | 37 | 10 | 150 | 90k+ | Non-prefixed global variable | |
| #18 | Spam Destroyer | 37 | 63 | 43 | 6k+ | rand rand | |
| #19 | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection | 35 | 33 | 99 | 6m+ | Non-prefixed global variable | |
| #20 | Human Presence – Stop Form Spam Without ReCaptcha | 33 | 54 | 65 | 1k+ | Request data is not unslashed | |
| #21 | Restrict Usernames Emails Characters | 32 | 327 | 367 | 1k+ | Output is not escaped | |
| #22 | Anti-spam, Spam protection, ReCaptcha for all forms and GDPR-compliant | 30 | 264 | 221 | 4k+ | Non Singular String Literal Text | |
| #23 | CloudSecure WP Security | 29 | 74 | 350 | 100k+ | Request data is not unslashed | |
| #24 | Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection | 28 | 212 | 862 | 30k+ | Missing nonce verification | |
| #25 | Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools | 27 | 691 | 132 | 7k+ | Text Domain Mismatch | |
| #26 | OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA) | 27 | 272 | 531 | 6k+ | Request data is not unslashed | |
| #27 | WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam} | 25 | 646 | 259 | 10k+ | Non Singular String Literal Domain | |
| #28 | CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 | 24 | 1,034 | 1,396 | 300k+ | Non-prefixed global variable |
