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ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
v1.7.2
Intelligent spam protection for WordPress forms, comments, and reviews. No CAPTCHA needed. Works with WPForms, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, and more.
by Syed Balkhi · Website
anti-spamantispamcomment spamcontact formspam protection
- Rank
- #1,990 24h 11 · 7d 68
- Est. installs
- 14,329 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 54K all time
- Rating
- 4.9 ★ 9 reviews
- Official installs
- 10,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
14 days ago
Last release
- Version
- 1.7.2
- Requires WP
- 5.5
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- On WP.org since
- 2026
About ActiveLayer Anti-Spam
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam is a WordPress plugin by Syed Balkhi, first published on WordPress.org in 2026. It has 10,000+ active installations and 53,674 downloads in total, and ranks #1,990 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 68 places. Users rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 9 reviews. Version 1.7.2 was released 14 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.5 and PHP 7.2 or later. In the last two months, 1 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (100%). It is listed under anti-spam, antispam, comment spam, contact form and spam protection. Plugins with a similar focus include Honeypot Anti-Spam, oopspam Anti-Spam and Human Presence.
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