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WP PlugIndex currently records Hoomana Native Comment Guard version 1.0 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Most comment-spam tools add friction for real visitors: CAPTCHAs to solve, services that track them, or settings pages to configure. Hoomana Native Comment Guard takes a quieter approach for the native WordPress comment form.
Removes the website field to reduce link-spam incentives.
Adds a rotating, signed honeypot field that real visitors never see.
Rejects implausibly fast automated submissions.
Does not send external requests, create cookies, or track visitors.
Needs no account and no configuration.
Shows a small Dashboard count of detected spam attempts.
Hoomana Native Comment Guard is a lightweight first line of defense, designed for native WordPress comment forms. Sites targeted by sophisticated or high-volume spam may still need moderation rules or a dedicated anti-spam service. REST and XML-RPC comment clients are intentionally left unchanged for compatibility.
Developers can bypass validation for a custom integration with the hcncg_skip_comment_validation filter.
Privacy
Hoomana Native Comment Guard does not collect, transmit, or store personal data. It stores only a site-local count of blocked submissions.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
anti spam
comment spam
no captcha
honeypot
lightweight
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.9 · PHP 7.4
Update activity19 Sept 20261mo ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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