Stop Spammers vs Thrive Comments
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| Feature | Stop Spammers v2026.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Thrive Comments checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | — |
| Last updated | July 18, 2026 | — |
| Editions | Stop Spammers Classic | — |
| Pros | Checks IPs against StopForumSpam, BotScout and Akismet; Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms; Allow list, block list and activity reports | — |
| Cons | Legacy build; new features are not planned; Successor Dam Spam is the recommended plugin; Several external lookups send visitor IPs to third-party services | Paid licence; no free version |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Spam checks run on each request at init, Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms, Checks 404 hits for exploit-scanning bots, Allow list and block list screens, Reports of caught spam, Tor exit node and hosting-provider checks, Logs IP address on user registration and login | — |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Akismet | — |
| Other | StopForumSpam, BotScout, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Solve Media | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | — |
| Phones home | No | — |
| External services | www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, verify.solvemedia.com, www.stopforumspam.com, botscout.com, rest.akismet.com, api-secure.solvemedia.com | — |