Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
4.7(1,175 reviews)
·6.0M+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection is a WordPress spam plugin with 6.0M+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 1,175 reviews. It has been downloaded 386M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2005. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 17%. Top alternative: Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware….
4.7/51,175 reviews
6.0M+active installs
17%resolved
21 yearssince 2005
Overview
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the comment spam it catches on your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
Major features in Akismet include:
- Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
- Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
- URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
- Moderators can see the number of approved comments for…
Ratings & Reviews
4.71,175 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Helpful Spam Filter
by lindsay65·2 days ago
Catches most spam without much effort. Easy to use n saves time, though a few things still require manual checks sometimes. Overall, pretty useful for daily use.
Stops Spam Well
by treverisaacs·2 weeks ago
Installed Akismet on my blog, and spam comments dropped a lot. Works quietly in the background and filters most junk automatically. Didn’t need much setup either. Really helpful plugin. tnkz devs.
Spam Under Control
by damonmatheny·1 month ago
Akismet helped cut down spam a lot on my blog. Didn’t realize how bad it was until this filtered most of it. Runs quietly in the background. Misses a few sometimes, but still very useful. 👍
The ultimate “set it and forget it” plugin for WordPress!
by pdfteq·1 month ago
: “I’ve been using Akismet on my blog for months, and it’s been a lifesaver. It works quietly in the background and catches 99% of the spam comments that used to flood my inbox. I love that it doesn’t slow down my site or force my real visitors to solve annoying CAPTCHAs. It’s reliable, easy to set up, and a must-have for any WordPress user.”
Best antispam !
by manucheb·1 month ago
I use Akismet from 10 years, definitively the best antispam plugin for my blogs
Download Trends
Today: 24KYesterday: 25KThis week: 159KPeriod total: 34.0M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.6
57.1%
Other
15.1%
v5.3
13.7%
v4.1
7.3%
v5.5
6.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
5.6
Release Date – 12 November 2025
- Improve caching of compatible plugins.
- Explain the key features of Akismet more clearly on the setup page.
- Improve the configuration process to better explain errors when they occur.
- UI cleanup and refresh
- Improve messaging related to usage limits.
Contributors
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