Akismet vs WP Armour
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Armour v2.4.02 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 400,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | September 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | WP Armour · WP Armour Extended ($) |
| 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 | No captcha or extra question for visitors; No API calls or external service, which simplifies a GDPR review |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Only catches bots that fill in hidden fields; determined spam can pass; Some extra checks and integrations are only in the paid Extended edition |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Comments and registration protection, Login and lost password protection, Spam statistics, Extended spam check hook ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Formidable Forms, Fluent Forms, bbPress, Elementor Pro forms, Divi forms |
| Other | Akismet | — |
| 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 | — |