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.
- Like our Facebook Page
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- Rate us on WordPress
- 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.
No. WordPress Zero Spam is unable to integrate Jetpack. For more information, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incompatible-with-jetpack-comments.
v5.0.13
- fix(updates): resolves #262, sanitized & escaped variables
- fix(standards): resolved #261, sanitized & escaped variables
- fix(cron jobs): resolves #260, removed the remote call to splorp’s blacklist on Github
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