Block Comment Spam Bots — WordPress Comment Plugin
by Rick Hellewell · WordPress.org page · Website
Block Comment Spam Bots has 800+ active installs on WordPress.org and 7,463 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 10, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.5.10.
Block Comment Spam Bots at a glance
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Block Comment Spam Bots reviews and ratings
4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Works perfectly - no more spam since installation!
What a brilliant plugin! I'm surprised it is so undiscovered and doesn't have tens of thousands of installations. It's June 2025 and we are running WordPress 6.8.1 with the Divi Theme. Even though it hasn't been updated for a while, it's working perfectly. I hope the author keeps it going. Our busy site was being plagued by robot spam on a near daily basis - then I discovered 'Block Comment Spam Bots'. It's been installed for over 2 months and we have not had a single spam entry since then. Regular visitor comments arrive without any problems.When I came across it in April, I was impressed with author's practical approach and detailed description of how it works, so I thought I would give it a try. It's simply super and so logically conceived. Five stars from me. Thank you Rick!
mikemacd -
Works as a charm!
I've been running this plugin for a couple of weeks now and I haven't seen a single spam comment and I used to get dozens per day. This plugin is very unique in how it tackles comments from spam bots and I it works very well. I got tired from constantly analyzing spam comments and blocking offending IPs, which worked only partially well and was very time consuming. Now, I don't worry about reviewing dozens of junk entries in my comment queue and only see comments from real users. I don't see any junk any more. It feels good! Thank you for this plugin. I wish I had discovered it sooner but I am happy that going forward I won't have to waste my time on spammers and their damn spam comments.
vaszeit -
Perfect
Thank you for the excellent plugin. Simple and direct. No complex setup or configuration. Install and enjoy. After install, comment spam went from around 100 a day to nothing. And still nothing. Installed 3 months ago. Well done!
raywjohnson -
Perfect - sort of...
It does the job of killing automated spambots that use the cURL command. Spammers use cURL to bypass your website's post/ page and contact your server directly to access WordPress. It seems that cURL is how the 'big boys' of spam can flood the internet with their trash. So far this plugin has been flawless in its killing ability. I always moderated all my comments (because spam is out of control) along with Akismet. The annoyance I had was seeing all that spam in the queue! None of it was ever real. Akismet dumps all that dross in my spam queue for me to look at and fill up my database with trash. A complete waste of time, and there is no way to automatically delete this type of spam before it gets into the database. Which irks me. I looked at every type of plugin, but this is the only one that actually works in the way I want it to: nips spam in the bud. Never touches my database, and that makes me happy. Hence my over-enthusiastic 5 stars for this plugin... Nonetheless, it has a couple of issues on the admin side; Issue 1 If you reply to a comment from the admin home page it will come up with an error (well it did for me, it thought I was a spammer in my own Admin LOL, you have to see the funny side), the workaround is to go client-side and post a reply on the post/ page. I can live with that for the time being. Issue 2 The other issue I noticed it a reported change in IDs for comments. I use a plugin to show the IDs of pages, posts and comments, and after installing this plugin the ID came up as a long string of numbers and letters instead of the usual neat number. I checked my WordPress install's database, and it seems to have not altered anything (a nice neat number in the database as always despite being processed by this plugin), and the ID of the comment is correct on the actual post/ page (viewed source in browser). Both issues seem to be a bug. As there is no damage in the database I suspect it's a display issue. I posted the first in the support and I'll
Details
A simple to use plugin that stops automated spam. Install and forget, and any automated spam targeting your native WordPress comments is immediately t …
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
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Tags
- automated spam
- blocking
- bots
- comments
- spam
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- Version
- 2.62
- Last updated
- Apr 10, 2024
- First published
- Dec 20, 2019
- Requires WordPress
- 4.9
- Tested up to
- 6.5.10
- Requires PHP
- 5.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Block Comment Spam Bots FAQ
How many active installs does Block Comment Spam Bots have?
WordPress.org reports 800+ active installs for Block Comment Spam Bots as of September 7, 2026.
Is Block Comment Spam Bots still maintained?
The last release was on April 10, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Block Comment Spam Bots free?
Block Comment Spam Bots is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.