by Automattic 4.7 (1,187 reviews)

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Name: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Rating: 4.7 (1187 reviews)
Author: Automattic

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 Anti-spam ranks #8 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000,000+ active installations, is #1 of 2,878 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.7/5 rating from 1,187 reviews, and was last updated Aug 18, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v5.7.2 Current Version v5.7.2

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 18 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1 of 2,878 in Discussion & Community Top 1% by installs Downloads -33.3% this week Actively maintained

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Active Installs

5M+

-16.7%

KW Avg Position

6.6

0.2 worse

Downloads

386.7M

+34,302 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (1,187 reviews)

Next Milestone 6M

Total Progress 75%

5M+ 6M+

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Growth Needed

8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

1,187 reviews

Overall 94%

1,034 (87%)

67 (6%)

16 (1%)

13 (1%)

57 (5%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Oct 13, 2015

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 3.1.5

CVE-2015-9357 · Fixed in v3.1.5
Oct 13, 2015

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 3.1.5

Fixed in v3.1.5
Oct 1, 2012

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 1.1

Fixed in v1.1
May 14, 2007

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 2.0.2

CVE-2007-2714 · Fixed in v2.0.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.7.2
Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: Automattic

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 1,187
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

anti-spam antispam comments contact form spam

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress and WooCommerce site owners who receive comments or contact form submissions. It checks submissions against a global spam database to prevent spam content from being published on the site.