Akismet vs WP Job Openings
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Job Openings v4.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | HireZoot · PRO Pack ($) · User Access Control ($) · Job Alerts ($) |
| 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 listings, careers page and application form; Shortcode, block and Elementor options for placing listings; Captcha choice for applications: reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha or Turnstile; Expiry handling and a daily email digest |
| Cons | Needs an Akismet API key from akismet.com; Commercial sites must buy a paid plan; Submitted content is sent to Akismet for checking | Form builder, job alerts and access control need paid add-ons; Applications are managed inside WordPress, with no separate applicant tracking system; Captcha and Akismet checks call third-party services |
| 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 listings shortcode, Block editor job listings block, Elementor job listings widget, Built-in application form with captcha options, Job listing filters, Hourly expiry of old job listings, Daily email digest, Customizable notification emails, Recent jobs widget, Akismet spam check for applications |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | Akismet, Polylang, WPML, Elementor |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | www.google.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, hcaptcha.com, js.hcaptcha.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |