Title: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Author: Automattic Published: October 20, 2005 Last modified: November 12, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/akismet/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2900731) ![](https://ps.w.org/akismet/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2818463) # 󠀁[Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/)󠁿 By [Automattic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.5.6.zip) [Live Preview](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/?preview=1) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/#developers) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/advanced/) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/) ## Statistics #### Active versions #### Downloads Per Day #### Downloads history --- ## Advanced Options This section is intended for advanced users and developers only. They are presented here for testing and educational purposes. #### Previous Versions Previous versions of plugins may not be secure or stable. They are not recommended for use on production websites. Please select a specific version to download. [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.zip) ## Commercial plugin This plugin is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support. [View support](https://akismet.com/getting-started/free-or-paid) ## Meta * Version **5.6** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **6+ million** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Albanian](https://sq.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Amharic](https://am.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Arabic](https://ar.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Assamese](https://as.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Azerbaijani](https://az.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Basque](https://eu.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Belarusian](https://bel.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Bosnian](https://bs.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Bulgarian](https://bg.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Catalan](https://ca.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Chinese (Hong Kong)](https://zh-hk.wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/), [Chinese 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[anti-spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-spam/)[antispam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/antispam/) [comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[contact form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form/) [spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/) ## Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars. * [ 1,029 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 62 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 14 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 13 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 57 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/reviews/) ## Support Issues resolved in last two months: 2 out of 6 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/akismet/) ## Contributors * [ Automattic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/automattic/) * [ Matt Mullenweg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/matt/) * [ Ryan Boren ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryan/) * [ Andy Skelton ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andy/) * [ Michael Adams (mdawaffe) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdawaffe/) * [ Tellyworth ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tellyworth/) * [ Joseph Scott ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/josephscott/) * [ Dave Martin (lessbloat) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lessbloat/) * [ Eoin Gallagher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/eoigal/) * [ Christopher Finke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cfinke/) * [ Greg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jgs/) * [ Josh Smith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/procifer/) * [ Stephane Daury (stephdau) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stephdau/) * [ kbrownkd (a11n) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kbrownkd/) * [ bluefuton 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