10 Best Cookies for Comments Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Cookies for Comments has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. 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 Cookies for Comments
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Delete Pending Comments
Closest match4.7 (94) 10,000+ active installsA quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
Shares the comments, spam tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 28, 2024.
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4.6 (54) 5,000+ active installsKills spam dead in it's tracks. Be gone evil demon spam!
Shares the comments, spam tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated April 29, 2026.
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Akismet Anti-spam
Paid version availableAkismet 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.
Shares the comments, spam tags on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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5.0 (21) 3,000+ active installsFeel safe knowing that your website is safe from spam. La Sentinelle will guard your WordPress website against spam in a simple and effective way.
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.8 (226) 700,000+ active installsSophisticated antispam plugin for effective daily comment and trackback spam-fighting. Built with data protection and privacy in mind.
Shares the comments tag on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
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Email Address Encoder
Paid version available4.2 (160) 100,000+ active installsA lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
Shares the spam tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated April 12, 2026.
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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.
Shares the spam tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR)
4.7 (49) 80,000+ active installsAdds an Image CAPTCHA to Contact Form 7 and WPForms, GDPR ready, perfect WPForms or Contact Form 7 Spam Protection Image CAPTCHA, adds a honeypot
Shares the spam tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.6 (86) 70,000+ active installsThe strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free. Works with 60+ integrations: Contact Form 7, Elementor, WooCommerce, Divi, etc.
Shares the spam tag on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, last updated August 6, 2026.
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4.6 (76) 40,000+ active installsAdd Google reCAPTCHA to your WooCommerce Checkout, Login, and Registration Forms. 100% free!
Shares the spam tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
Switching from Cookies for Comments: common questions
What is the best alternative to Cookies for Comments?
Delete Pending Comments is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Cookies for Comments alternative has the most users?
Akismet Anti-spam, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Cookies for Comments alternative is rated highest?
Antispam Bee, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 226 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Cookies for Comments 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 Cookies for Comments 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 Cookies for Comments 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
Delete Pending Comments is the closest match to Cookies for Comments by the data we track, and Akismet Anti-spam has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. Gravity Forms Zero Spam shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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