Antispam Bee vs Titan Anti-Spam & Security
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| Feature | Antispam Bee v2.11.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Titan Anti-Spam & Security v7.5.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | August 23, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Antispam Bee | Titan Anti-spam & Security · Titan Security Pro ($) |
| Pros | No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles; Local spam database and regular expression rules; IP addresses anonymised before country lookups | Comment and form spam filtering in one plugin; Login attempt limits and XML-RPC lockout; Security audit checks and hardening tweaks |
| Cons | Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services; Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments; No readme in the package, so documentation is thin | Vulnerability checks call an external service; Telemetry consent is shown, but its default can be yes; Deactivates an incompatible Titan Security Pro install |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filters comments and trackbacks before they are saved, Comment timing check, Regular expression and spam word checks, Local spam database check, Country allow and deny rules, Comment language check, Gravatar presence check, IP address anonymisation before lookups | Comment and spam filtering engine, Login attempt limits and lockouts, Disable XML-RPC methods, Hide WordPress version in script URLs, Vulnerability check through the Titan API, Security audit checks such as author enumeration and upload directory listing, Scheduled backup and data cleanup jobs |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Titan Security Pro ($) |
| Other | pluginkollektiv language API, IPLocate, Gravatar | Titan vulnerability API, Themeisle SDK |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.6 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.pluginkollektiv.org, www.iplocate.io, www.gravatar.com | api.titansitescanner.com, api.themeisle.com, translations.themeisle.com |