Akismet vs WP Login Form
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| Feature | Akismet v5.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | WP Login Form v1.0.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5M+ | 7,000+ |
| Last updated | August 18, 2026 | August 24, 2026 |
| Editions | Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection · Akismet paid plan ($) | WP Login Form · Force Redirect ($) · Custom Error ($) |
| 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 shortcode for a login form anywhere on the front end; Optional redirect after login set per shortcode; Google reCAPTCHA v3 option for the login form; Settings page covers the form options in one place |
| 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 only, with no registration or password reset pages; reCAPTCHA v3 loads Google's script on pages with the form; Extra behaviour such as forced redirects needs the separate add-ons |
| 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 | wp_login_form shortcode, Redirect attribute after login, Google reCAPTCHA v3 on the login form, Settings page under Settings menu, Add-ons tab with links to paid add-ons |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Jetpack | — |
| Other | Akismet | Google reCAPTCHA |
| Requires WordPress | 5.8 | 3.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | rest.akismet.com | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |