Anti-spam and scam protection for private messages in Better Messages: rate limits, contact filters, bot detection and safety warnings.
Alternatives to Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker
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IP Address Approvalv1.9.2
The IP Address Approval system provides an easy way for you to Allow or Block access to your website to protect your site from unwanted visitors.
Blocks registrations, WooCommerce checkouts, and comments that use disposable (throwaway) email addresses, with custom block and allow lists.
FixBounce Email Verifierv1.0.0
Block fake, disposable, and non-existent emails via SMTP verification. 5 free verifications/day, no signup needed.
Completely disables all backend comment submissions (wp-comments-post.php, REST API, XML-RPC) to stop ghost comment spam.
Real-time private messaging, group chat, chat rooms, video and audio calls, AI chat bots and mobile apps for WordPress, BuddyPress and BuddyBoss.
Block specific emails, domains, IPs, countries, and text in Gravity Forms submissions with logging and statistics.
Block bot registrations, stop profile spam with a database honeypot, and protect LMS and course sites with a lightweight zero-cloud firewall.
TSI Visitor Blockerv1.4.1
Protect your WordPress site from unwanted visitors, spam, bots, and brute-force attacks with a lightweight and easy-to-use security solution.
Spam Word Blockerv1.1.0
Prevent posts/pages from being published if they contain unwanted or spam words. Shows instant popup with blocked words.