WP Armour vs Zero Spam for WordPress
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| Feature | WP Armour v2.4.02 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | Zero Spam for WordPress v5.7.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 400,000+ | 20,000+ |
| Last updated | September 3, 2026 | October 23, 2026 |
| Editions | WP Armour · WP Armour Extended ($) | Zero Spam for WordPress |
| Pros | No captcha or extra question for visitors; No API calls or external service, which simplifies a GDPR review | No captchas or moderation queues for visitors; Blocks IPs and countries from admin settings; Integrations for many form and commerce plugins |
| Cons | Only catches bots that fill in hidden fields; determined spam can pass; Some extra checks and integrations are only in the paid Extended edition | Quota-limited Zero Spam API; upgrade is needed for higher volumes; Some lookups need your own IP service API keys; Sharing spam data with the vendor is an opt-in setting |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Comments and registration protection, Login and lost password protection, Spam statistics, Extended spam check hook ($) | Spam and bot blocking with no visitor captcha, Stop Forum Spam reputation lookup, Geolocation lookups with ipstack or ipinfo keys, REST API for network settings, Optional sharing of anonymous spam detections, Integrations for WPForms, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Formidable and others, API usage monitoring and quota alerts |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Formidable Forms, Fluent Forms, bbPress, Elementor Pro forms, Divi forms | Gravity Forms, WPForms |
| Other | — | Stop Forum Spam, ipstack, IPinfo, ipbase |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | www.zerospam.org, api.stopforumspam.org, api.ipinfo.io, api.ipbase.com, api.ipstack.com |