WordPress Zero Spam

WordPress Zero Spam makes blocking spam & malicious visitors a cinch. Just install, activate and…

Quit forcing people to answer questions or confusing captchas to prove they’re not spam. Stop malicious users before they ever have a chance to infiltrate your site — introducing WordPress Zero Spam.

WordPress Zero Spam uses AI in combination with proven spam detection techniques and databases of known malicious IPs from around the world to detect and block unwanted visitors.

Just install, activate, and enjoy a spam-free site!

WordPress Zero Spam features

No captcha, spam isn’t a users’ problem
No moderation queues, spam isn’t a administrators’ problem
Third-party blacklist checks (Zero Spam, Stop Forum Spam)
Automatically & manually block IPs temporarily or permanently
Geolocate IP addresses to see where offenders are coming from
Block entire countries, regions, zip/postal codes & cities
Sync the WP core disallowed list weekly using splorp’s Comment Blacklist
Multiple detection techniques including David Walsh’s solution

WordPress Zero Spam also protects

WordPress core comments & user registrations
Contact Form 7 submissions
WooCommerce registration forms
WPForms submissions
Formidable Form Builder submissions
and can be easily integrated into any existing theme or plugin

WordPress Zero Spam is great at blocking spam — as a site owner there’s more you can do to stop WordPress spam in its tracks.

WordPress Zero Spam needs your support

WordPress Zero Spam is free & always will be. Please consider making a donation to help encourage plugin’s continued development.

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Upload the entire wordpress-zero-spam folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen (Plugins > Installed Plugins).
Visit the plugin setting to configure as needed (Settings > Zero Spam).

For more information & developer documentation, see the plugin’s website.

Does WordPress Zero Spam check Jetpack comments?

No. WordPress Zero Spam is unable to integrate Jetpack. For more information, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incompatible-with-jetpack-comments.

v5.0.12

Fixed issue with WPForms AJAX forms not getting validated by WordPress Zero Spam #238
David Walsh detection technique applied to WPForms & CF7
Miscellaneous admin UI improvements
Added ability to disable syncing WP’s Disallowed Comment Keys

v5.0.11

Improved protection for comments, CF7, Formidbale, registrations, WooCommerce and WPForms submissions.
David Walsh detection technique applied to core WP registration forms.

v5.0.10

PHP notice fix

v5.0.9

Performance enhancements
Various admin UI improvements
Strengthened comment & registration spam detections

v5.0.8

Fix for admin first-time config notice

v5.0.7

Added first-time configuration notice & auto-configure recommended settings functionality
Added the ability to regenerate the honeypot ID
Various admin UI improvements
WP Disallowed Comment Keys are automatically updated weekly using https://github.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blacklist
Strengthened comment spam detections using WP core disallowed list
David Walsh’s spam technique is back! https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/issues/247

v5.0.6

Various admin UI improvements
Strengthened comment spam detections

v5.0.5

Fix autoloader compatibility with Windows paths (https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/pull/236)
Various admin UI improvements

v5.0.4

Fix for when checks should be preformed

v5.0.3

Added support for Formidable Form Builder
Fixed PHP error related to a blacklist call

v5.0.2

Admin UI enhancements
Added support for WooCommerce
Added Cloudflare IP address support (https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/issues/220)
Update to data sharing option
Added ability to block individual locations (country, region, zip & city)
Added support for WPForms

v5.0.1

Updated readme file & documentation
Can now be installed via composer
Updated the required PHP version

v5.0.0

Initial v5.0.0 release
Huge performance enhancements
More control over settings to fine-tune functionality
Lots of bug fixes & improvements

WordPress Zero Spam dashboard
WordPress Zero Spam detections log
WordPress Zero Spam blocked IPs
WordPress Zero Spam blacklisted IPs
WordPress Zero Spam settings