Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Throws SPAM Away version 3.9 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
This plugin was developed as a way to combat comment spam (especially from abroad). Currently, it judges spam using the following filters:
Japanese Character Check: If comment does not contain Japanese characters (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji), it is blocked.
Instead of displaying an error page, it silently discards the comment and returns to the post as if nothing happened.
[Can be turned ON/OFF in settings]
NG Keywords Check: You can set multiple NG keywords (comma-separated).
If a post contains these keywords, it is similarly discarded.
Link Count Check: Blocks comments that contain more link URLs (containing ‘http’) than the allowed limit (default is 3).
Honey Pot / Dummy Fields Check: Generates dummy input fields hidden from real users to catch spam bots.
[Can be turned ON/OFF in settings]
IP Address Check: Processes posts from specified IP addresses as spam.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
comments
spam
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 6.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity26 Aug 20262mo ago
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