Antispam Bee vs WP Armour
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| Feature | Antispam Bee v2.11.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WP Armour v2.4.02 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 700,000+ | 400,000+ |
| Last updated | August 23, 2026 | September 3, 2026 |
| Editions | Antispam Bee | WP Armour · WP Armour Extended ($) |
| Pros | No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles; Local spam database and regular expression rules; IP addresses anonymised before country lookups | No captcha or extra question for visitors; No API calls or external service, which simplifies a GDPR review |
| Cons | Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services; Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments; No readme in the package, so documentation is thin | Only catches bots that fill in hidden fields; determined spam can pass; Some extra checks and integrations are only in the paid Extended edition |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Filters comments and trackbacks before they are saved, Comment timing check, Regular expression and spam word checks, Local spam database check, Country allow and deny rules, Comment language check, Gravatar presence check, IP address anonymisation before lookups | Comments and registration protection, Login and lost password protection, Spam statistics, Extended spam check hook ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Formidable Forms, Fluent Forms, bbPress, Elementor Pro forms, Divi forms |
| Other | pluginkollektiv language API, IPLocate, Gravatar | — |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.0 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.pluginkollektiv.org, www.iplocate.io, www.gravatar.com | — |