Spam checks for standard WordPress comments
Antispam Bee focuses on spam in standard WordPress comments and trackbacks, without captchas or sending personal information to third-party services.
Its filters can consider commenter trust, Gravatar, comment timing, language and country rules, regular expressions, BBCode links, and a local database of previously flagged spammers. That range suits sites seeking configurable checks on their standard comment forms.
Spam handling, notifications and dashboard statistics
The plugin includes controls for how detected spam is reported, retained and counted.
- Email alerts: notify administrators about incoming spam.
- Spam retention: delete stored spam after a chosen number of days.
- Direct deletion: send comments matching selected spam indicators straight to deletion.
- Approval limits: restrict approved content to comments and pings, deleting other comment types.
- Detection scope: exclude trackbacks or pingbacks, and optionally check comment forms on archive pages.
- Dashboard statistics: view spam totals and daily detection-rate updates; these controls help sites align cleanup and visibility with their moderation workflow.
Limits with forms and alternative comment systems
Antispam Bee is designed for default WordPress comments, not every route through which a site can receive content.
It does not protect form plugins or prevent spam registrations, and it is incompatible with iframe-based Jetpack, wpDiscuz and Disqus comment forms. For AJAX comments, support depends on the request route and whether the submitted form data is sent; requests to admin-ajax.php require the antispam_bee_disallow_ajax_calls filter. Sites using these setups should confirm their comment path can be handled before relying on the plugin.
A privacy-focused filter with support availability to weigh
Antispam Bee pairs a no-third-party-data, no-captcha approach with free, ad-free availability, while support runs through WordPress.org community forums.
The support record shows 2 threads and 0% resolved, but that small count is not enough to draw broader conclusions about support quality. The plugin is widely installed, has an excellent rating with a moderate number of reviews, covers a broad range of WordPress versions, and was updated within the past few months. It may suit sites prioritizing privacy and standard comments; weigh the forum-based support model and check compatibility with your comment setup.
