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Comment Blacklist Updater — WordPress Comment Plugin

by apasionados · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.2 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 5.6+

Comment Blacklist Updater has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 10,923 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 11, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Comment Blacklist Updater at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
10,923
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Comment Blacklist Updater well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Default blacklist (which can be disabled): wordpress-comment-blacklist by Grant Hutchinson). Please keep in mind that if there is no other blacklist source…
  • Blacklist from remote URL: You paste the URL to the blacklist and if the file exists and can be accesed (must return code 200) it will be used as a blacklist…
  • If you want to include a local blacklist for the site, you can upload a blacklist.txt file to the UPLOADS folder and it will also be taken into account. The…

Comment Blacklist Updater reviews and ratings

4 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.8 out of 5

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  • Excellent solution, good alternative to Askimet

    This plugin is super useful, and even works on multisite (aka. WordPress Network) installations. It never failed me, and I keep installing it on more websites. Thank you! :-)

    Kakemphaton

  • Version 1.2.0 destroyed my site

    This plugin use wp_die() detroy my site.

    fuvavi

  • An excellent alternative to Akismet

    This plugin needs loads of love. It makes keeping my sites up-to-date with splorp's blacklist completely hassle-free, and also allows adding custom blacklist phrases. Easily catches 99.9% spam in comments and CF7 when combined with Cloudflare bot detection and simple honeypot fields. I don't miss Akismet!

    Ashutosh

  • Works great

    Using this plugin to manage Grant Hutchinson's Comment Blacklist for WordPress and in conjunction with the Gravity Forms and Gravity Wiz GP Blocklist, spam that was inundating my contact forms is virtually gone.

    hmclean

Where Comment Blacklist Updater ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Comment Blacklist Updater appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Comment Plugins #60 by tag, #44 in search #22 –

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Details

Update "Comment Blacklist" spam terms to manage spam in forms and comments

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Comment Blacklist Updater competes in

Tags

  • blacklist
  • comments
  • contact form 7
  • form spam
  • spam

More from apasionados

Version
1.2.2
Last updated
May 11, 2026
First published
Feb 20, 2019
Requires WordPress
4.0.1
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Comment Blacklist Updater FAQ

What does Comment Blacklist Updater do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Comment Blacklist Updater offers Default blacklist (which can be disabled): wordpress-comment-blacklist by Grant Hutchinson). Please keep in mind that if there is no other blacklist source, Blacklist from remote URL: You paste the URL to the blacklist and if the file exists and can be accesed (must return code 200) it will be used as a blacklist and If you want to include a local blacklist for the site, you can upload a blacklist.txt file to the UPLOADS folder and it will also be taken into account. The.

How many active installs does Comment Blacklist Updater have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Comment Blacklist Updater as of September 7, 2026.

Is Comment Blacklist Updater still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on May 11, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Comment Blacklist Updater free?

Comment Blacklist Updater is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Comment Blacklist Updater rank among Comment Plugins?

Comment Blacklist Updater is #22 in the WordPress.org Comment Plugins ranking.