Description

The fastest and GDPR compliant Anti-Spam plugin to prevent bot spam in the Default Commenting System of WordPress.

Important

Please clear page cache after plugin activation.
Only for default commenting system. Not for AMP.

Features

100% GDPR Compliant.
Captcha-Free solution.
Requires no settings.
Automatic. No need of false-positive comment moderation.
Compatible with all page caching and performance optimization plugins.
Fastest ever. A tiny inline JavaScript in just ~200 bytes does all magic.

How does it work?

To prevent spam comments plugin blocks the default action path (wp-comments-post.php) for bots and make it accessible over unique hash query string when a visitor scroll to leave a comment. This way it prevents automated spam comment done by bots.

Video Demonstration

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Installation

To install this plugin from WordPress Dashboard

Go to Plugins menu > Add new
Search for Forget Spam Comment
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
If you are using any page cache plugin, make sure to purge/clear the cache.

To install this plugin manually

Download the Forget Spam Comment Plugin
Upload Forget Spam Comment to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
If you are using any page cache plugin, make sure to purge/clear the cache.

FAQ

How to test whether this plugin is working or not?: Go to any post where comment is enabled and try to post a comment. If comment is posted successfully means everything is working fine. If you see error 400, you just have forgot to clear page cache after plugin activation. If you are still unable to post a comment and page just reload to itself means your theme uses a different comment form ID that has not been included by this plugin. Please create a support topic with your site URL. I will take care of it.
Which commenting system is supported by this plugin?: Only Default Commenting System of WordPress. Any other commenting system like AMP, Disqus, JetPack Comment, wpDiscuz are not supported.
How to get technical assistance for this plugin?: Kindly allow me a chance to look into your problem by opening a support topic. I will reply in 24 hours.

Reviews

bmoooooo July 9, 2024 3 replies

This is a great plugin, worked perfectly. But I just updated to 6.5.5, and it immediatly stopped working. Gulshan, could you please update the plugin. thanks

Dan Knauss May 9, 2024 1 reply

This is the best ultra-simple (and free) way to stop comment spam, thanks to the method it uses. Alternative effective solutions are more complicated and involve webserver configuration or WAF and CAPTCHA services. Other plugins simply fail to address the root cause of comment spam. This is the one to use.

amirhossein7 March 8, 2024 1 reply

Excellent plugin but poor support!

Ivan Jerônimo August 28, 2023 1 reply

Simple and effective solution against comment spam. Gone from 3 spams a day to zero immediately after installing it.

Mayank Gupta May 24, 2023 1 reply

In Drupal world, Antibot is the module that does the same thing that Gulshan has done in this plugin for WordPress and I must say that this plugin works like a charm! Again, no fuss plugin, set it and forget it and that’s why it completely deserves all the 5 stars that it can get. Great stuff Gulshan.

lukascech August 28, 2023 1 reply

Update after using it for over a year on 10+ websites: The BEST WP Spam blocker out there. I’m surprised it’s not installed on EVERY WP site or included by WP as a standard feature. I’ve tested various anti-spam plugins on tens of websites for my clients, none work as well as this one. Thanks Gulshan!

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Contributors & Developers

“Forget Spam Comment” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Gulshan Kumar

“Forget Spam Comment” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Forget Spam Comment” into your language.

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Changelog

1.1.8

Tested with 6.6.1 Updated on 09-Aug-2024.

1.1.7

Tested with 6.5.5 Updated on 09-July-2024.

1.1.6

Hotfix for Bedrock Compatibility. Updated on 30-Jan-2024.

1.1.5

Enhanced Bedrock Compatibility. Updated on 24-Jan-2024.

1.1.4

Added a fallback to cover unexpected cases. Updated on 20-Nov-2023.

1.1.3

Enhanced uniqueness in query string parameters. Updated on 19-Nov-2023.
Kindly clear your page cache after updating to version 1.1.3.

1.1.2

Tested with WordPress 6.4.1 and PHP 8.2.12
Addressed referral handling for increased precision
Improved code readability and consistency following WordPress coding standards

1.1.1

Tested with WordPress 6.2 and PHP 8.2.4

1.1.0

Tested with WordPress 6.1.1 and PHP 8.2.3
Updated links

1.0.9

Tested with WordPress 6.0

1.0.8

Tested with WordPress 5.9.1 and PHP 8.1.3

1.0.7

Tested with WordPress 5.8
Enhanced compatibility

1.0.6

Tested plugin up to 5.7

1.0.5

Added hint for purging cache in the generated error page to assist first time plugin user.

1.0.4

Minor tweaks

1.0.3

Minified inline JS for better performance
Translation made available for Hindi, Bengali, English (United States), English (UK).
Minor tweaks

1.0.2

Added hint for purging cache upon plugin activation
Added support links

1.0.1

Performance optimization

1.0.0

Initial release

Worked Brilliant Until WP 6.5.5 Update

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best and fastest!

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