Antispam Bee vs Blacklist Manager
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| Feature | Antispam Bee v2.11.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Blacklist Manager v2.4.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 2,000+ |
| Last updated | August 23, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | Antispam Bee | Blacklist Manager · Blacklist Manager Premium ($) |
| Pros | No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles; Local spam database and regular expression rules; IP addresses anonymised before country lookups | Blocklists for phone, email, IP and email domain; Checkout, registration and comment checks; Activity log of blocked attempts |
| Cons | Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services; Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments; No readme in the package, so documentation is thin | Global network and Premium add-on need a separate subscription; Upgrade prompts appear in the free admin; Customer identity data is sent to the Global Blacklist network once it is activated |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filters comments and trackbacks before they are saved, Comment timing check, Regular expression and spam word checks, Local spam database check, Country allow and deny rules, Comment language check, Gravatar presence check, IP address anonymisation before lookups | Blocklist rules for phone, email, IP and email domain, Block blocklisted customers at classic and block checkout, Block blocklisted registrations and comments, Checkout verification step, Activity log of blocked attempts, WPForms submission checks, Global Blacklist network reports and checks ($), Tier sync webhook from the vendor ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPForms |
| Other | pluginkollektiv language API, IPLocate, Gravatar | Global Blacklist network ($), ip-api.com |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.3 |
| 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 | globalblacklist.org, ip-api.com |