Spam Destroyer
Kills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
4.6(53 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Spam Destroyer is a WordPress spam plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 53 reviews. It has been downloaded 98K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Downloads are up 8% this week. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.6/553 reviews
6.0K+active installs
98K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Stops automated spam while remaining as unobtrusive as possible to regular commenters. The Spam Destroyer plugin is intended to be effortless to use. Simply install, and enjoy a spam free website 🙂
Credits
- omahoung – Bug reporting
- Stromhalm – Bug reporting
- Donncha O Caoimh – Developer of Cookies for Comments, functionality of which is incorporated into Spam Destroyer
- Elliot Back – Developer of WP Hashcash, functionality of which is incorporated into Spam Destroyer
- Marte Sollund and Ingvild Evje – Bug reporting
- Brian Layman – Code advice
- Ronald Huereca – JS advice
- Shawn Gaffney – Bug reporting
- Kaspars Dambis – Bug reporting
- Jon Brown – Added error message filter</br />
Ratings & Reviews
4.653 reviews
5 ★
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Recent Reviews
Worked perfectly
by daenvil·1 year ago
I was dealing with like 2/3 spam messages a week and since installing this ticket I haven’t received a single one, so I’m really happy with it!
Seems to be working
by LBossart·1 year ago
I haven’t had any spam for a week since installing, thanks!
It works well!
by Djordje - George - Giorgio·3 years ago
It works well! Very nice Plugin.
Not working
by jeromebarbu·3 years ago·1 reply
All spam pass without any changes… I do not recommand at all
No update but still works
by omahoung·4 years ago·1 reply
The plugin hasn’t been updated for a while but it still works well.
- This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by omahoung.
Download Trends
Today: 11Yesterday: 15This week: 90Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
95.8%
Other
4.2%
Top Alternatives to Spam Destroyer
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1.6 (2025-05-01)
- Removing notice triggered by translation functionality load point
Contributors
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