Akismet vs Job Postings
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Job Postings v2.8.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | Job Postings |
| 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 | Schema.org JobPosting markup on each job; Job listing, category, search and single-job shortcodes; Application form with reCAPTCHA verification |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Application form uses Google reCAPTCHA when enabled, which loads a Google script; Bundles a TCPDF library for PDF export; Settings sit under the Jobs menu rather than Settings |
| 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 | Jobs and job entries as custom post types, Schema.org JobPosting structured data, Job list, category, search and single-job shortcodes, Application form with uploads, Google reCAPTCHA verification on application submit, Job PDF export, Settings and help pages under the Jobs menu |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Yoast SEO, WPML, Polylang |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 5 |