Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection v5.7.2
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
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- Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
- On Plugin Auditor since Aug 31, 2026
- Last audited Aug 31, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.2+
- Requires WordPress 5.8+
- Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 56% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 91 Passed
- 27 Warnings
- 7 Failed
25 of 37 checks passed.
49 of 61 checks passed.
5 of 12 checks passed.
5 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
4 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
129.1 KB
416.9 KB unzipped
Total files
47
across all file types
Lines of PHP
7,638
in 29 files Medium
File types
- PHP
- CSS
- TXT
- JS
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 4 Critical
- 34 High
- 71 Medium
- 48 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 30 audited versions of Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection, Compatibility improved the most (+16). No category regressed over this span. The codebase grew 80% in size.
Audited 4.1.6 → 5.7 · 30 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
198,172
downloads
Today
19,994
downloads
Week over week
−12%
vs previous week
Month over month
−4%
vs previous month
Download trend: Steady. Abandonment risk: Low.
Version intelligence
44% of installs run an older version
≈ 2.2M+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v4.1
- v5.3
- v5.6
- v5.7
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Apr 23, 2026
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 53 days
average between releases
Total releases
91
since Jul 2009 · 17 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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