- Category rank
- #1 in Spam
- Listing audit
- 48/100
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Automattic. With a rating of 4.7★ from 1,186 reviews, it currently ranks #1 in the Spam category.
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection is the #1 ranked Spam app on WordPress, with a 4.7 average rating from 1,186 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from marketplace data as of Sep 11, 2026
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection is a category-leading Spam app on WordPress, ranked #1 of 541 in the category. It holds a 4.7★ average from 1,186 reviews on WordPress.
Pros
- +#1 of 541 in Spam
- +4.7★ average across 1,186 reviews
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
How Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection works
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the comment spam it catches on your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
Major features in Akismet include:
Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.
A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.
PS: You’ll be prompted to get an Akismet.com API key to use it, once activated. Keys are free for personal blogs; paid subscriptions are available for businesses and commercial sites.
Standardized capabilities
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