On the measured data here, Akismet Anti-spam leads on more dimensions (2 vs 0). Pick Stop WP Emails Going to Spam if one of the points where it leads is what you need.

Where Akismet Anti-spam leads

More published reviews: 1,187 vs 51.
Ranks higher in Spam: #1 vs #18 of 541.

How this is generated

Built only from the WordPress Plugin Directory listing data shown on this page. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparisons. Read the methodology

Read each app's audit: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection audit • Stop WP Emails Going to Spam audit

1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

Field	Akismet Anti-spam	Stop WP
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Automattic	fullworks

2. Categories & rankings

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

Akismet Anti-spam

Stop WP

Shared

Spam#1 of 541

Spam#18 of 541

anti-spam

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Keyword	Akismet Anti-spam	Stop WP
contact form	#61	Not ranked
contact	#69	Not ranked
form	#115	Not ranked

5. App details

Long-form description

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.

Stop WP

Emails generated from within WordPress often end up in your spam or junk folder, This plugin helps you sort that out. The default settings of this plugin can often be enough to solve your problem. When using the default PHP mailer in WordPress, especially on shared servers, emails will often be set to spam or junk by receiving email systems. This can be very frustrating and important notifications can be missed by you or your clients. Why does this happen? One problem is the “envelope sender” not being set, and many hosts will recommend that you install a plugin to set the “envelope sender”, this is the main purpose of this plugin. Along with setting the “envelope sender” this plugin also displays your Sender Permitted From (SPF) and checks your server IP is in the SPF record, if there is one. Optionally this plugin allows you to change the name and email address of the default WordPress notification email easily. If you use an SMTP email plugin or use an API based transactional email plugin, this plugin will add no value; it is built to support the default PHP mailer only. PHP 8.0 compatible Tested on PHP 8.4 Features Include Checks email SPF health Checks if your IP is blacklisted Set envelope sender when missing Allows you to change the default WordPress sending email Allows you to change the default WordPress sending email name Allows you to set the sending email domain

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Stop WP Emails Going to Spam?

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection (4.7★, 1,187 reviews) and Stop WP Emails Going to Spam (4.8★, 51 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection or Stop WP Emails Going to Spam?

Stop WP Emails Going to Spam holds the higher average rating (4.8★ 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 Stop WP Emails Going to Spam?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,187 vs 51).

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

AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the WordPress Plugin Directory data. What it can show: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection has 1,187 published reviews; Stop WP Emails Going to Spam has 51 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.

Can I migrate data between Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Stop WP Emails Going to Spam?

Migration support varies by app and category. Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection and Stop WP Emails Going to Spam 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 Stop WP Emails Going to Spam" 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 Stop WP