by AOS Digital 5 (1 reviews)

AOS Comment Spam Cleanup

Name: AOS Comment Spam Cleanup
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)
Author: AOS Digital

Clean up comment spam by URL pattern, schedule auto-cleanups, block bots with a honeypot, and auto-score comment quality — all in one panel.

AOS Comment Spam Cleanup ranks #31,252 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #1,174 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Oct 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.6.3 Current Version v1.6.3

Updated 4 weeks ago Last Update on 08 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,174 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 50% by installs Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.3
Last Updated: Oct 08, 2026
Requires WP: 6.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: AOS Digital

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Reviews: 1
Support Threads: 0
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AOS Comment Spam Cleanup

Permanently deleted comments cannot be recovered. Click Show matches first: it lists the comments the pattern actually catches, so you can check them before acting. We still recommend Mark as Spam or Move to Trash for anything you are not certain about — both are reversible.

The 20 most recent ones, newest first, and it tells you how many more there are. It is a spot check, not a second comment screen — the full count comes from Check Count.

No. Author URLs are printed as plain text on purpose. The whole point is to look at addresses you do not trust; nothing in the list can be clicked through to.

No. The plugin only loads on your admin page and during comment submission (honeypot + quality check). There is zero frontend performance impact for visitors.

Yes. A tiny inline JavaScript snippet empties the honeypot field for real users on page load, so cached pages work correctly. Bots that do not execute JavaScript still fill the field and get caught.

Regex Mode uses MySQL REGEXP instead of LIKE for pattern matching, allowing complex patterns like shorturl\.[a-z]+ to match any shorturl.* domain. Standard mode (LIKE) is recommended for simple domain matching. Patterns are validated before execution.

AOS Comment Spam Cleanup uses only standard WordPress hooks (pre_comment_approved, preprocess_comment, comment_form_after_fields) and does not override or replace other plugins' functionality. It has been tested alongside Akismet and Antispam Bee.

The default threshold of 5 is conservative. A normal comment with one link scores 2 points — safely below the threshold. Test with "Hold for moderation" (not "Mark as Spam") first to see which comments get flagged before applying stricter settings.

Use WP-CLI: wp option delete aosc_settings Or go to Tools → Site Health → Info → WordPress and look for the aosc_settings option.

Yes, on individual sites. Network-wide management across all sites in a network is planned for a future version.