Antispam Bee
700,000+ active installs · Rated 4.8/5 · Updated August 23, 2026
A plugin that blocks spam comments and trackbacks without captchas and without sending personal data to outside services. It can trust approved commenters, check comment timing, allow comments only in chosen languages, block certain countries and use a local spam database. Spam can be deleted automatically and statistics shown on the dashboard. It suits blogs wanting GDPR-friendly comment protection. The plugin is free and carries no adverts.
Pros
- No captchas, so visitors do not solve puzzles
- Local spam database and regular expression rules
- IP addresses anonymised before country lookups
Cons
- Country, language and Gravatar checks call external services
- Blunt rules can catch legitimate comments
- No readme in the package, so documentation is thin
Topics: Anti-spam plugins
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