Akismet vs GP Limit Checkboxes
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | GP Limit Checkboxes v1.3.10 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | — |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | GP Limit Checkboxes ($) |
| Pros | Checks comments and contact form submissions against a shared spam database; Works with Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms; Stats through a dashboard widget and REST endpoints | Sets min and max selections per checkbox field; One limit can span several checkbox fields; Validates on the server as well as in the browser |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Requires Gravity Forms and Gravity Perks; Licence and updates come from the vendor, not free |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Checks comments before they are saved, Spam checks for Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7 submissions, Scheduled deletion of old spam and orphaned comment meta, Block statistics dashboard widget, REST endpoints for key, settings and stats, Webhook endpoint for Akismet account updates, Stats ability for the WordPress Abilities API | Minimum and maximum checkbox limits ($), Limit spanning multiple fields ($), Server-side limit validation on submit ($), Skips conditionally hidden fields ($), Skips validation during GravityView import ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Gravity Forms ($), Gravity Perks ($), Gravity Flow ($), GravityView ($) |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |