You know your WordPress website is working when there is a significant increase in the number of site visitors and comments. This is also a time when you expect to be spammed by various users or automated spam bots. Spam is a displeasure for people with serious business because spamming not only annoys but also tends to lower the site’s SEO score. This menace cannot be handled manually and can only be answered through the best anti-spam WordPress plugins. In this blog post, we will let you know about the top anti-spam plugin for WordPress websites that are available on the market.
Akismet Anti-Spam Plugin
Offered by Automattic, Akismet is by far the best anti-spam plugin that one can get. Users need an API key to use Akismet which is free for individual and non-commercial websites. This Plugin works by uploading all incoming comments to the Akismet server which go through several anti-spam algorithms. The right ones are published and the rest are sent to the spam queue. If Akismet fails to decide if a particular comment is a spam or not, it goes to the moderation queue. The anti-spam plugin comes integrated with Jetpack and Contact Form 7 to offer maximum functionality.[/vc_column_text]
Anti-Spam Bee
Users can stay Spam-free with free Anti-Spam Bee plugin for their WordPress websites. No user registration or commercial restrictions come with this Anti-Spam Plugin. Commercials and non-commercial sites can use this alike. The plugin isn’t cloud based and relies on non-standard server-side techniques such as such as matching comments to a public spam database that it has and validating the IP address of commenters. If the IP address is found in the spam database, the user’s comments are blocked. This plugin trusts commenters with Gravatar as authentic users and hence marks them as non-spammers. It regularly clears the WordPress database to keep the site from slowing down and displays spam statistics and emails the moderators of daily spam blockage statistics.[/vc_column_text]
WP- Spamshield Anti-Spam Plugin
This particular Anti-Spam plugin is customized to serve all sorts of spam blocking needs ranging from comment spam, trackback spam, and contact form spam to registration spam. This plugin works without the need of CAPTCHAs and other challenging tricks. Working efficiently in the background of site’s core, WP- Spamshield employs two layers of spam blocking to get rid of both automated and human spam. It works to improve the security and user-friendliness of the website by keeping the site work faster through the spam trimming. It works in WordPress Multisite and is compatible with all major cache plugins, including WP Super Cache and many others. The plugin package includes a Spam-Free Contact Form, and Anti-Spam for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, JetPack Contact Forms among others. Offered with a very responsive and helpful tech assistance, this plugin is absolutely free and a must try for all new users.[/vc_column_text]
CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin
This one is a premium cloud-based anti-spam WordPress plugin which first offers a 14-day free trial and eventually costs $8/year for a single website. This is a total spam blocking suite which stops spam comments and registrations, spam contact emails and spam orders, spam bookings and subscriptions and blocks spambot signups and trackbacks. The incoming messages or comments are uploaded to CleanTalks’ cloud servers where they undergo several validation checks. CleanTalk’s spam comment log shows the reason for blocking a particular comment and also checks the existing comments for spam. This anti-spam plugin is integrated to work with Formidable Forms, Contact Form 7, Fast Secure Contact, and JetPack, BuddyPress, bbPress, WooCommerce, s2Member and WP-Members, W3 Total Cache and WP Super cache along with others.
WP- Spam free Anti-Spam Plugin
This anti-spam plugin works powerfully against comment spam, trackback, and pingback spam by employing a blacklist filter. This feature looks for a blacklisted keyword in the comment and if found, sends the comment straight away to the spam queue. This is beneficial in preventing contender keywords from appearing on the website. The plugin comes with a temporary diagnostic mode “Blocked Comment Logging Mode”. This mode logs blocked comments and contact form submissions for 7 days, then turns off automatically. If the admin wants to see what’s been blocked, or verify that everything is working, they can turn this on. It is a free and easy to use plugin does not require any configuration
WangGuard Anti-Spam Plugin
WangGuard is an anti-spam plugin which works by incorporating an antivirus philosophy to check comments for spam on external servers. Users need to connect to the service using an API key and the start blocking spam traffic on their websites. Its API works over SSL with all connections being secure. If users don’t want to use a secure connection, they can disable it from configuration page. This cloud-based plugin works with spam validators to clean website database from sploggers, spam, and unwanted users. Compatible with BuddyPress, WooCommerce, and bbPress, the plugin blocks users emails by domains and is free for up to 5000 daily comment checks.
WPBruiser (No Captcha anti-spam) Plugin
Formerly known by the name ‘Goodbye CAPTCHA’, the WPBruiser anti-spam plugin deals with spambot signups, spam comments in a robust manner by staying to the end-user. It is based on algorithms that can identify automated spam-bots and doesn’t let bots leave spam in the first place. Protects the site against brute force attacks and makes it faster and even more secure. It automatically blocks IP addresses and white-lists trusted IP Address (IPV4 and IPV6). This plugin is compatible with WordPress multisite, WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, ZenCache, WP Fastest Cache, and Jetpack among others. With the competence to disable XML-RPC Pingbacks, an email notification is sent out whenever a Brute Force Attack is detected and hence timely tackled with the help of advanced reporting.
Spam Destroyer Anti-Spam Plugin
Spam Destroyer is a light weighted and simple anti-spam plugin which stays was designed to be as discreet from the users commenting on the site. It works by employing two anti-spam payloads, a cookie, and a hidden input field, which are created/verified by JavaScript. If any auto spam bots attempt to bypass this plugin, they will be required to process through both, the cookies as well as the JavaScript. To start using this plugin, the users simply need to install and activate the plugin without the requirement of any necessary settings.
We hope that you like the article of best anti spam plugin for your WordPress site. These anti plugins can protect your website from any unwanted virus and any brute force attack. Please feel free to comment below.
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