Akismet Anti-spam vs Block Specific Spam — WordPress

Akismet Anti-spam vs Block Specific Spam Woo Orders

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Akismet Anti-spam

4.7·1.2kreviews·5,000,000+installs

wordpress

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Akismet Anti-spam	Block Specific Spam Woo Orders
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Description	1087 / 5000 chars22% used	1927 / 5000 chars39% used
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Languages
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Automattic	wigster
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2. Categories & rankings

Shared categories on the same row · in-category position inline

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At a glance

4 metrics · auto-computed

Feature comparison between Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Block Specific Spam Woo Orders
Metric	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection	Block Specific Spam Woo Orders
Rating	4.7 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 1.2k	10
Active installs	5,000,000+	1,000+
Free plan	—	—

Keyword	Akismet Anti-spam	Block Specific Spam Woo Orders
contact form	#61	Not ranked
contact	#69	Not ranked
form	#115	Not ranked

5. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Akismet Anti-spam

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.

Top keywords

comments6×3.33%
spam6×3.33%
akismet4×2.22%
comment3×1.67%
checks2×1.11%
contact2×1.11%
contact form2×1.11%
form2×1.11%
see2×1.11%
site2×1.11%

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders

This plugin prevents a specific set of WooCommerce fake/spam orders. Simply install and activate the plugin; there are no settings or tweaks to be made unless you want to add your own filters. The plugin extends WooCommerce’s built-in checkout validations to check for a specific set of known spam email accounts and names. If triggered, the spam bot simply cannot checkout and importantly does not get to the account creation stage. The names/emails it checks for would only be used by spam bots, so there is no need to worry about false positives. If you’ve found this plugin useful, you can support my work by buying me a coffee at: Buy Me a Coffee. How to Use Custom Filters Starting from plugin version 0.77, you can extend the list of blocked email domains and blocked customer names using custom filters. Available Filters: BSSO_extra_domains: Add custom email domains to block during the checkout process. BSSO_extra_names: Add custom first names to block during the checkout process. Example Usage To use these filters, add code to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin. 1. Blocking Additional Email Domains If you want to block additional email domains like exampledomain.com and spamdomain.net, use the BSSO_extra_domains filter. Domains can be supplied with or without a leading @. Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_domains', function () { return ['exampledomain.com', 'spamdomain.net']; }); 2. Blocking Additional First Names If you want to block additional first names like spambot and faker, use the BSSO_extra_names filter. Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_names', function () { return ['spambot', 'faker']; }); Complete Example Here’s how you might use both filters together: Code Example: add_filter('BSSO_extra_domains', function () { return ['exampledomain.com', 'spamdomain.net']; }); add_filter('BSSO_extra_names', function () { return ['spambot', 'faker']; });

Top keywords

add8×2.61%
extra8×2.61%
names8×2.61%
domains7×2.29%
filter6×1.96%

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 10 reviews) compared to Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (4.7★ from 1,186 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.7★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection has the deeper published review base (1,186 vs 10), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1,186 reviews). Block Specific Spam Woo Orders typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (10 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Migration support varies by app and category. Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Block Specific Spam Woo Orders both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Block Specific Spam Woo Orders" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Akismet Anti-spam vs Block Specific Spam Woo Orders

Akismet Anti-spam

1. Listing metadata

2. Categories & rankings

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders

At a glance

AppRanks verdict

3. Search rankings

4. Activity in the last 90 days

Akismet Anti-spam · 1 changes

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders · 0 changes

5. App details

Frequently asked

Which has better reviews, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Should I choose Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Which is faster to set up, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Block Specific Spam Woo Orders?

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