Stop Spammers vs WP-CommentNavi
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| Feature | Stop Spammers v2026.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | WP-CommentNavi v2.0.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 700+ |
| Last updated | July 18, 2026 | August 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Stop Spammers Classic | WP-CommentNavi |
| Pros | Checks IPs against StopForumSpam, BotScout and Akismet; Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms; Allow list, block list and activity reports | Numbered comment page links instead of older and newer only; Drop-down list style for threads with many pages; Larger jump numbers such as 10, 20 and 30 for long threads; Text, class names and CSS can be changed in settings or by filters |
| 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 | Only changes comment pagination, not post or archive navigation; Requires WordPress 6.8 and PHP 8.2 or newer |
| Mentioned in our posts | 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 | Numbered comment page links, Drop-down list style, Larger page numbers for long threads, Always show navigation option, Template tags for themes |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Akismet | — |
| Other | StopForumSpam, BotScout, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Solve Media | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 5.0 | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, verify.solvemedia.com, www.stopforumspam.com, botscout.com, rest.akismet.com, api-secure.solvemedia.com | — |