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SpamJam – Anti-Spam Protection for Comments & Forms

Name: SpamJam – Anti-Spam Protection for Comments & Forms
Author: Matt Biscay

Block comment and form spam without CAPTCHAs. Lightweight honeypot protection works automatically and keeps real visitors moving.

SpamJam ranks #15,896 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #827 of 5,058 in the Security category, and was last updated Oct 23, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v3.3.0 Current Version v3.3.0

Updated 2 weeks ago Last Update on 23 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#827 of 5,058 in Security Top 25% by installs Downloads +41.9% this week Actively maintained

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Jul 18, 2023

SpamJam [spamjam] < 0.4.0

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v0.4.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.3.0
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026
Requires WP: 6.2+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Matt Biscay

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TL;DR

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SpamJam is for WordPress site owners who receive spam comments or registrations, including blogs, membership sites, WooCommerce stores, and community websites. It blocks automated spam using honeypot fields, timing checks, and weighted scoring instead of captchas, so legitimate users aren't interrupted.

Salted honeypot protection
Timing check for bot submissions
Weighted spam scoring
Referrer validation
Nonce CSRF security
Smart blocklist filtering
WooCommerce compatible (HPOS, reviews)
No-JS friendly soft scoring

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SpamJam – Anti-Spam Protection for Comments & Forms

Yes. Core comment protection is enabled by default with sensible settings. You can fine-tune it from the SpamJam admin screen, but you do not need to configure an API key or build rules before getting protection.

SpamJam is designed to stay focused and load its comment-protection script only on pages where comments are open. It has no jQuery dependency, and premium feature files load conditionally when their features are enabled.

No. SpamJam's core protection uses hidden traps, secure tokens, timing, and request signals instead of CAPTCHA challenges.

SpamJam works with standard WordPress comment forms and includes a fallback selector for themes that use a custom form ID. A developer filter is available for unusual comment-form markup.

Yes. SpamJam does not require a page-load AJAX or REST request. Current forms can be approved normally, while authentic stale forms from page caches such as WP Rocket or Cloudflare APO preserve the comment and use WordPress moderation when token freshness cannot be confirmed. Purge cached HTML after changing the site URL or WordPress security salts.

Yes. The free version protects WooCommerce product review forms and declares compatibility with High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS). SpamJam Pro can also protect WooCommerce account registration.

Free focuses on automatic comment and product-review protection. SpamJam Pro adds registration and third-party form coverage, custom rules, an actionable spam inbox, targeted blocking, deeper analytics, reporting, multisite synchronization, and white labeling. Every Pro license includes the complete feature set; licenses differ only by the number of sites covered.

SpamJam Pro can block comments from selected country codes. When enabled, SpamJam uses an external IP geolocation lookup and caches the result to reduce repeat requests.

Rate limiting caps how many comment submissions one IP address can make during a configurable period. It helps contain bursts without changing the experience for ordinary commenters.

SpamJam Pro adds a searchable inbox for blocked events, reasons, sources, and review status. You can configure retention and choose whether to keep the minimum recovery data needed to restore a false-positive comment.