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Antispam Bee
A seasoned veteran that keeps your comment section clean without tracking users.
HealthyGrowing
97/100
This tool blocks spam while keeping user data private.
Active installs
~1.2 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 700k+
Rating
4.8★
226 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+246%
Growing fast
1,285 → 4,448 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +246% in the last year
1,285/day a year ago→4,448/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAntispam Bee is a well-regarded, long-standing spam-filtering plugin praised for its reliability and privacy-friendly approach, with the only notable limitation being that it only covers comments and not other form types like contact forms.
What people like
- +Effectively stops comment spam, often reducing it to near zero×7
- +Free to use with no API keys or licensing required×3
- +Privacy-friendly: works without calling remote services by default and does not require JavaScript from visitors×2
- +Easy to set up with sensible defaults×2
- +Long-term reliability across multiple sites over many years×5
Common complaints
- −Only filters comment spam; does not cover other form types such as contact forms
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 226 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Spam pest…holgerhubbs
- 2026-03-14★★★★★Works better than JetPackTerence Eden
- 2025-10-18★★★★★Nice!mark ball
- 2025-07-07★★★★★Just Works ™xpil
- 2025-05-25★★★★★Exceptional pluginjustinw1970
- 2025-05-05★★★★★Easy and CleanJason Ball
- 2025-03-10★★★★★I had to find where to review… impressed!hmibarrylsalter
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Incredible!dolceremy
- 2025-02-12★★★★★Sehr zuverlässighmgt
- 2025-01-20★★★★★Easy to use and works well.Web Design Cheshire
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Antispam Bee
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
3,759
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
4,280
Prior 7-day baseline
3,782
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
149,336
Mean release-day peak (30d)
10,673
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-12.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.11
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.78★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered