by Dnesscarkey 5 (1,471 reviews)

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam

Name: WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam
Rating: 5.0 (1471 reviews)
Author: Dnesscarkey

Fastest growing Anti Spam plugin. No API calls, subscriptions, captcha or puzzle. Full GDPR complaint. For comments, contact form, login, registration

WP Armour ranks #143 among WordPress.org plugins with 400,000+ active installations, is #9 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 1,471 reviews, and was last updated Sep 3, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.4.02 Current Version v2.4.02

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 03 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#9 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 1% by installs Downloads -33.3% this week

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#143

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Active Installs

400K+

-10.2%

KW Avg Position

4.4

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Downloads

5.1M

+149 today

Support Resolved

15%

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (1,471 reviews)

Next Milestone 500K

Total Progress 44%

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

1,470 reviews

Overall 100%

1,451 (99%)

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Total Threads

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15%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

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

Mar 15, 2024

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam [honeypot] < 2.1.14

CVE-2024-29091 · Fixed in v2.1.14
Feb 8, 2021

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam [honeypot] < 1.5.7

Fixed in v1.5.7
Feb 8, 2021

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam [honeypot] < 1.5.7

Fixed in v1.5.7
WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam [honeypot] < 1.5.7

Fixed in v1.5.7

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.4.02
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Dnesscarkey

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 1,471
Support Threads: 13
Resolved: 15%

Keywords

akismet anti-spam comment spam contact form spam spam protection

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who need spam protection for comments, contact forms, login, and registration without using external services. It solves spam submissions by using a honeypot field that bots fill in but real users don't see, avoiding CAPTCHAs and API-based filtering.

Honeypot anti-spam technique
No CAPTCHA required
Blocks WP comment spam
Blocks WP registration spam
Contact Form 7 support
Gravity Forms support
Elementor Forms support
Unique honeypot field per install

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam

We have used the honeypot technic differently in this plugin to make it work better. What other plugin does is, they add honeypot anti spam field from server side (PHP) and check if the spam bot have filled or not. If it is filled it is marked as spam. But in our case, we add honeypot anti spam field from client side (Javascript) and check if honeypot field exists or not. Spam bots can't use javascript and honeypot field is not available for them. This way we can better trap spam bot.

Spam submission are either created by spam bot or by manual submission from users. Honeypot trap is for spam bots only. So there won't be submission from spam bots. So you get rid of around 98% of spam. And ya, it can block russian spam, chinese spam effectively.

Honeypot Anti Spam is a trap for spam bots, so it is not visible for users. However, if you are logged in as Administrator, WP Armour Test widget is shown below the form. This will confirm Honeypot anti spam checker is active in that form. And also allows you to test it as spam bot.

No, with this plugin you don't need Captcha, reCaptcha or Invisble Captcha at all. Lets avoid hassle for common users. Just activate the plugin and for all supported forms, anti spam filter is enabled automatically.

Yes. Spam bots are now able to solve the captcha puzzle. So they are no longer effective as anti spam checker . Our plugin's javascript based anti spam filter can block them as spam bots can't use javascript.

By default our plugin generates unqiue honeypot anti spam field name so that the slim chance of spam bots using the field to submit spam is more slimmer. This blocks them to create one for all type solution to bypass the honeypot field. But even in that case if you get spam bot submission, chaging the field name should work.

With WP Armour - Honeypot Anti Spam plugin it is No. But if you want you can use WP Armour Extended and can see what data spammers are trying to submit. It also have feature to block ip address if there are multiple submission from same IP and adds extra layer of spam protection.