10 Best Antispam Bee Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Antispam Bee sits at #4 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Antispam Bee
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
4.7 (1,186) 5 million+ active installsThe best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
#4 in the WordPress.org Comment Plugins ranking. About 7.1 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 19 days ago.
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WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
5.0 (1,436) 400,000+ active installsFastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration
#2 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
4.8 (3,211) 200,000+ active installsTop-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.
#3 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
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Titan Anti-spam & Security – Brute Force Protection, 2FA & Spam Filter
4.5 (370) 50,000+ active installsBlock spam comments, defend against login attacks, strengthen site security. Anti-spam, brute-force protection & two-factor authentication built in.
#6 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. 50,000+ installs against 700,000+, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 18 days ago.
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Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools
4.1 (15) 8,000+ active installsRemove Comment Author Link & Links from Comments, Unlink, Disable Comments, Delete All Pending Comments. AI Auto Comment Reply, Voice, Attachments
#10 in the WordPress.org Comment Plugins ranking. 8,000+ installs against 700,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
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CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7
3.8 (135) 300,000+ active installsAdd hCaptcha, Honeypot, and Redirection to Contact Form 7 with CF7 Apps, and generate forms effortlessly with AI. Improve form security, keep it light …
#5 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. About half the installs, rated 3.8 against 4.8, last updated August 6, 2026.
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4.7 (255) 200,000+ active installsAdd Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, WooCommerce, Contact Forms & more. The user-friendly, privacy-preserving reCAPTCHA alternative. 100% free!
#7 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated July 27, 2026.
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Maspik – Multi-Layer Spam Protection
4.7 (87) 30,000+ active installsMulti-layer spam protection for forms, comments and WooCommerce. No CAPTCHA, no puzzles — accurate blocking that works out of the box.
#9 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. 30,000+ installs against 700,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.3 (24) 100,000+ active installsBlock form spam in Gravity Forms with an invisible token check, email rejection rules, and optional AI review. No CAPTCHAs for your visitors.
#8 in the WordPress.org Anti-Spam Plugins ranking. 100,000+ installs against 700,000+, last updated 6 days ago.
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Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
4.7 (280) 1 million+ active installsDisable comments site-wide or by post type, delete existing comments in bulk, and block comment spam via REST API and XML-RPC. Multisite ready.
#1 in the WordPress.org Comment Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
Antispam Bee against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Antispam Bee vs Akismet Anti-spam700,000+ vs 5 million+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Antispam Bee vs Honeypot700,000+ vs 400,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 5.0
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Antispam Bee vs CleanTalk700,000+ vs 200,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Antispam Bee vs Titan Anti-spam & Security700,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.5
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Antispam Bee vs Comment Link Remove700,000+ vs 8,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.1
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Antispam Bee vs CF7 Apps700,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 3.8
Switching from Antispam Bee: common questions
What is the best alternative to Antispam Bee?
Akismet Anti-spam is the closest match: it shares the Comment Plugins top 10 with Antispam Bee and has 5 million+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Antispam Bee alternative has the most users?
Akismet Anti-spam, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Antispam Bee alternative is rated highest?
Honeypot, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,436 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Antispam Bee alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Antispam Bee score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Antispam Bee on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Akismet Anti-spam is the closest match to Antispam Bee by the data we track, and Akismet Anti-spam has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. Honeypot shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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