Akismet vs WP Job Manager
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Job Manager v2.4.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | WP Job Manager · WP Job Manager Applications ($) · WP Job Manager Resume Manager ($) |
| Pros | Checks comments and contact form submissions against a shared spam database; Works with Contact Form 7 and Gravity Forms; Stats through a dashboard widget and REST endpoints | Free core with job board shortcodes and widgets; Front-end submission form and employer dashboard; Google reCAPTCHA option for submission forms; Yoast SEO and Polylang compatibility code included |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Applications and resume management need paid add-ons; Add-on licences are activated against the vendor's own API; Usage tracking is available but needs the site owner to opt in |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Checks comments before they are saved, Spam checks for Gravity Forms and Contact Form 7 submissions, Scheduled deletion of old spam and orphaned comment meta, Block statistics dashboard widget, REST endpoints for key, settings and stats, Webhook endpoint for Akismet account updates, Stats ability for the WordPress Abilities API | Job listing and single job shortcodes, Front-end job submission form, Employer job dashboard, Recent and featured jobs widgets, Automatic expiry of old listings, REST API for job listings, Basic statistics dashboard, Personal data exporter |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Yoast SEO, Polylang |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps geocoding, wpjobmanager.com add-on licence API ($), WordPress translation servers |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | maps.googleapis.com, wpjobmanager.com, translate.wordpress.com |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |