Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Brightery Absolute Comment Blocker version 1.0.0 as active, updated 4mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.
Overview
About this plugin
Are you receiving comment moderation emails for a website that doesn’t even have a front-end comment section?
Simply hiding the comment form via your theme doesn’t stop spambots. Bots bypass your website’s visual layer and send spam data directly to WordPress’s backend files and APIs.
Brightery Absolute Comment Blocker permanently shuts down these invisible entry points to keep your inbox and database clean.
Features
Blocks Direct POST Requests: Stops bots from brute-forcing the wp-comments-post.php file by instantly returning a 403 Forbidden status.
Disables REST API Comment Endpoints: Prevents modern spam bots from injecting comments via the WordPress REST API.
Disables XML-RPC Comments & Pingbacks: Plugs legacy vulnerabilities in xmlrpc.php used for flood attacks.
Cleans Up the Dashboard: Removes the “Comments” menu item from your WordPress admin panel to keep your workspace uncluttered.
Zero Configuration: Just install and activate. No settings pages, no bloat.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
anti spam
block spam
disable comments
security
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.2
Update activity28 Jun 20264mo ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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