Spam Prevention for WP Contact Form 7 (manage multiple contact forms) and WordPress Comments.
Alternatives to Avoid Linkback Abuse (ALA)
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Disable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.
Automatically remove spam comments without Akismet. Universal spam detection that blocks junk, hidden links, fake names, gibberish, and automated subm …
Find spam comments by links, author URL or SQL injection probes, then bulk delete them in one click. Clean up thousands of comments fast.
Comment cleaner: remove spam and unwanted comments, delete comments in bulk, automate removing comments with smart rules and a safe quarantine.
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
AOS Comment Spam Cleanupv1.6.3
Clean up comment spam by URL pattern, schedule auto-cleanups, block bots with a honeypot, and auto-score comment quality — all in one panel.
Privacy-first local moderation for link-only and low-effort comment spam, with honeypot and form-timing traps. No external service.
Disable Commentsv2.9.1
Disable comments site-wide or by post type, delete existing comments in bulk, and block comment spam via REST API and XML-RPC. Multisite ready.
Offline-first comment spam protection for WordPress with multiple configurable detection checks.