10 Best Forget Spam Comment Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Forget Spam Comment has 9,000+ 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 Forget Spam Comment
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Stop Spammers Classic
Closest match4.4 (243) 30,000+ active installsA simplified, restored, and preserved version of the original Stop Spammers plugin.
Shares the anti-spam, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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4.7 (148) 30,000+ active installsBlackhole is a WordPress security plugin that detects and traps bad bots in a virtual black hole, where they are denied access to your entire site.
Shares the anti-spam, security tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 17 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.
Shares the security tag on WordPress.org. About 5.6 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (674) 20,000+ active installsWordPress Security Protection: Malware scanner, Firewall, Login Security, DB Backup, Anti-Spam...
Shares the firewall, security tags on WordPress.org. About 2.2 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Zero Spam for WordPress
4.1 (143) 20,000+ active installsNo spam, no scams, just seamless experiences with Zero Spam for WordPress - the shield your site deserves.
Shares the firewall, security tags on WordPress.org. About 2.2 times the installs, last updated March 16, 2026.
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4.5 (25) 1,000+ active installsRestrict the usernames, email addresses, characters and symbols or email from specific domain names or language in registration ...
Shares the anti-spam, security tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 9,000+, last updated July 13, 2026.
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OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)
4.9 (49) 6,000+ active installsProtect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.
Shares the anti-spam, security tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.8 (65) 10,000+ active installsEasy to use tools to help make your website GDPR-compliant. Fully documented, extendable and developer-friendly. Extensions to enterprise GDPR compli …
Shares the GDPR, security tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses and Phone Numbers
4.9 (93) 90,000+ active installsProtect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
Shares the anti-spam tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated August 4, 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.
Shares the anti-spam tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
Switching from Forget Spam Comment: common questions
What is the best alternative to Forget Spam Comment?
Stop Spammers Classic is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Forget Spam Comment alternative has the most users?
Email Encoder, with 90,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Forget Spam Comment alternative is rated highest?
Email Encoder, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 93 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Forget Spam Comment 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 Forget Spam Comment 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 Forget Spam Comment 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
Stop Spammers Classic is the closest match to Forget Spam Comment by the data we track, and Email Encoder has the widest reach with 90,000+ active installs. OOPSpam Anti-Spam shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 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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