by Brandon Fenning 1.6 (10 reviews)

BotBlocker

Name: BotBlocker
Rating: 1.6 (10 reviews)
Author: Brandon Fenning

Kills spam-bots, leaves humans standing. No CAPTCHAS, no math questions, no passwords, just spam blocking that stops spam-bots dead in their tracks.

BotBlocker ranks #11,958 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #407 of 2,881 in the Discussion & Community category, a 1.6/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Apr 25, 2012. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.3 (Current: 7.1)

v1.0.4 Current Version v1.0.4

Updated 14 years ago Last Update on 25 Apr, 2012

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#407 of 2,881 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#11,958

-29 this week

Active Installs

200+

-21.9%

KW Avg Position

N/A

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Downloads

10.9K

+3 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

32%

Review 1.6 out of 5

1.6 (10 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

Total Progress 18%

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Growth Needed

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Reviews & Ratings

1.6

10 reviews

Overall 32%

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Security History

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.4
Last Updated: Apr 25, 2012
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 3.3
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Brandon Fenning

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1.6
Reviews: 10
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

akismet bot captcha comments spam

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to stop comment spam without adding friction for real visitors. It blocks spam-bots using honeypot techniques instead of CAPTCHAs or other challenges, so automated comment spam is caught while human users and registered users are unaffected.