Stop Spammers Classic
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
4.4(243 reviews)
·30K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Stop Spammers Classic is a WordPress spam plugin with 30K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 243 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 5.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 8% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.4/5243 reviews
30K+active installs
100%resolved
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
A simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
Development for Stop Spammers has slowed down; I recommend switching to Dam Spam.
However, rest-assured that if you can’t migrate to Dam Spam, I’ll still continue making sure that Stop Spammers is safe, stable, and supported.
Ratings & Reviews
4.4243 reviews
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Recent Reviews
reCAPTCHA functionality bug locked me out of the website
by dnikod·3 months ago·1 reply
It worked well for a year, but after the .3 update, it didn’t allow customers to log in or register. They were automatically landing on the block list. Enabling reCAPTCHA v2 for forms led me to being locked out of my own website, since it didn’t show reCAPTCHA options on the front end to be solved. There’s a bug. Permanently deleting this plugin, hopefully they will resolve the issues
- This topic was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by dnikod.
DOESN’T WORK
by alsoto007·1 year ago
I tried blocking one email address and the submission still goes through when I test using the email address.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by alsoto007.
I tried blocking countries and it didn’t work
by Sujit B·1 year ago
I blocked few countries that I don’t want my website to be accessed from however, it failed miserably. All the blocked countries could access my website.
Not useful.
This feature is temporarily banned for security reasons.
by Olga Jascin·1 year ago
Our website stopped working for everyone.
By turning all plugins off and on one by one we found the culprit.
We use this free version plugin, it asks for money with a big message on all pages, covering most of the window, impossible to close. If you click “Close” it takes you to its page.
We closed this message by clicking “Always Hide” and, not immediately, found our site not working with:
“This feature is temporarily banned for security reasons. Please try again to log in.”
After deactivating this plugin everything returned to normal. We do not have time to investigate. Please know.
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Site Saver
by dariush11·1 year ago
I’ve tested many captcha plugins and services, but my site has many many spam registrations. After installing this plugin, my spam registrations reduced to zero. Thanks to developers
Download Trends
Today: 173Yesterday: 233This week: 1KPeriod total: 179K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v2026.3
39.9%
Other
36.1%
v2024.7
18.1%
v2026.2
5.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2026.3
- Fixed issue with the Spam Words list not maintaining phrases
Contributors
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