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Blueforce Spam Protect
Blocks form and comment spam without captcha. All checks run on your own server, your visitors' messages never go to an external service.
Blueforce Spam Protect ranks #33,829 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #1,174 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, and was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1.4
v1.3.1
Current Version v1.3.1
Updated 1 week ago
Last Update on 29 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago
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#1,174 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community
Top 50% by installs
Downloads -38.3% this week
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- Version
- 1.3.1
- Last Updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.2+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1.4
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Blueforce Spam Protect
No plugin does. Blueforce Spam Protect stops the usual bot spam. Bots that control a full, disguised browser can get through, and so can a script whose author is willing to spend computing time on every submission. Spam written by humans is only caught by the content checks.
They can. A missing script alone only counts as a suspicion. The submission is delivered and logged. Only a newsletter sign-up is rejected at this level.
Yes. WP-Optimize, Autoptimize, WP Rocket and LiteSpeed may merge the script of this plugin into a combined file. The script then reads its settings from a small meta tag in the head of the page. Clear the page cache once after installing or updating.
Yes. Behind Cloudflare the plugin uses the visitor address that Cloudflare passes on, but only when the request really comes from a Cloudflare address. Behind a load balancer or proxy on a private address it reads X-Forwarded-For from the right. For a proxy on a public address, add it with the bf_spam_trusted_proxies filter or the BF_SPAM_TRUSTED_PROXIES constant. Headers sent by anyone else are ignored, so a bot cannot pick its own address.
No, on purpose. A false alarm at the checkout would cost an order. The script leaves checkout and cart forms alone, and accounts created during checkout are not checked. Only the registration form on the My account page is protected. My form plugin is not in the list. Site Health tells you when an active form plugin is not supported. Its forms are then not checked.
Not by default: the plugin stores no message texts. If you switch on the optional quarantine, blocked submissions are kept for 14 days and shown in the log, so you can answer a genuine enquiry that was blocked by mistake. Blocked comments are always in the spam folder of WordPress.
Deleting the plugin removes its settings (including the API key), its four tables (log, counters, quarantine and short-lived counters), its scheduled tasks, its cached values and the review notice choices, on every site of a multisite network. Comments it moved to spam or moderation stay where they are, they belong to your site.
