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WordPress.org rating3.7 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records FV Antispam version 2.8 as active, updated 11mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.
Overview
About this plugin
FV Antispam is a powerful and simple antispam plugin. FV Antispam moves any spambot (machine written) comments directly to the trash and allows Akismet to just deal with human spam.
What makes FV Antispam better than any other solution is the very low CPU load. FV Antispam will not burden your hosting or slow down your server. Other effective antispam plugins may get your hosting cancelled.
Really. It happened to us, that’s why we wrote FV Antispam.
The Problem
Our studies on our own sites have shown that for every 50 human spam comments a popular weblog will have up to 10,000 machine generated spam. With FV Antispam, Akismet finally becomes a usefull tool again allowing you to browse your spam folder and pull out any Akismet false positives. If you use just Akismet, bots fill your whole spam folder with thousands of comments.
It’s nearly an impossible task to browse through hundreds or thousands of comments to find one or two false positives.
Why choose FV AntiSpam?
Dead simple. Just install, turn on and go. FV Antispam doesn’t need configuration. No redundant and dangerous options or cryptic choices.
Effective.
Reliable.
Zero false positives.
Virtually no CPU server load.
Works with the most powerful WordPress form processor – Filled In. Utilizes Akismet for it as well if installed. Allows you to enter custom questions for extra protection.
How does FV AntiSpam work so well?
No detectable signature for spam bots
Blacklisted comments are put into trash
The spam is moved directly to trash
Spam pings and trackbacks are moved directly into trash if detected by Akismet
Works hand in hand with Akismet, not trying to replace the collective system but supplement it.
Stops only the machine spam
Doesn’t stop human spam which Akismet will move to spam folder.
Keeps the spam folder almost empty so you can quickly go through the spam folder to rescue any Akismet false positives. This is impossible without FV Antispam as the spam folder of any popular site would have thousands of bot posted spam every week or even every day.
Support and more information
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
akismet
antispam
spam
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.5 · PHP not listed
Update activity11 Nov 202511mo ago
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