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Best Anti Spam WordPress Plugins

8 plugins · 7.6M combined installs · 4.7/5 avg rating

Anti-spam plugins protect WordPress sites from the constant flow of automated bot submissions targeting comment forms, contact forms, user registration pages, and WooCommerce checkout flows. Spam not only wastes moderation time but can damage email deliverability if harvested addresses are used in outbound campaigns and degrade site quality signals used in search ranking. Akismet Anti-Spam, Antispam Bee, and CleanTalk are the most widely deployed solutions, using honeypot fields, behavioural analysis, and centralised blocklists to silently reject bot submissions without frustrating real users with CAPTCHA challenges. Sites that accept any form of public input — comments, registrations, or form submissions — need active anti-spam measures to remain functional and maintain data quality.