6 Best Spam Comments Cleaner Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Spam Comments Cleaner has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 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 6 closest alternatives to Spam Comments Cleaner
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Social comments by WpDevArt
Closest match4.3 (42) 8,000+ active installsThis plugin will help you display Facebook Comments on your website. You can use it on your pages/posts.
Shares the wordpress comments tag on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated February 2, 2026.
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4.9 (68) 2,000+ active installsWordPress Comments Import Export plugin is a fast way for export and import WordPress Comments.
Shares the wordpress comments tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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5.0 (41) 9,000+ active installsDisable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.
Shares the delete comments tag on WordPress.org. About 9 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Comments – wpDiscuz
4.7 (579) 60,000+ active installsAdvanced AJAX-powered WordPress comments plugin with live commenting, comment voting, inline feedback, social login, custom comment forms, and engagem …
Shares the wordpress comments tag on WordPress.org. About 60 times the installs, last updated 4 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.
Shares the delete comments tag on WordPress.org. About 1,000 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments
4.7 (58) 20,000+ active installsDelete, disable, and clean all comments in one click. Easily manage, bulk delete, or completely disable comments across your entire WordPress site.
Shares the delete comments tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated June 29, 2026.
Switching from Spam Comments Cleaner: common questions
What is the best alternative to Spam Comments Cleaner?
Social comments by WpDevArt is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 8,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which Spam Comments Cleaner alternative has the most users?
Disable Comments, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Spam Comments Cleaner alternative is rated highest?
Comments Import & Export, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Spam Comments Cleaner 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 Spam Comments Cleaner 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 Spam Comments Cleaner 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
Social comments by WpDevArt is the closest match to Spam Comments Cleaner by the data we track, and Disable Comments has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. wpDiscuz 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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