Block List Updater
Automatic updating of the comment block list in WordPress with antispam keys from GitHub.
4.3(4 reviews)
·4.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Block List Updater is a WordPress spam plugin with 4.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 31K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 16% this week. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.3/54 reviews
4.0K+active installs
31K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Few users are familiar with the comment block list built into WordPress. Located in the WordPress admin area under “Settings”—“Discussion”, that block list for incoming comments accepts values (words) to identify spam by.
Additionally to plugins like Antispam Bee in order to fight spam successfully a curated comment block list is recommendable. You can either update the list manually, or utilize a very detailed global comment block list that gets updated on a regular basis.
Block List Updater has been developed to keep your comment block list in your WordPress installation up to speed with the curated global list on GitHub.
The plugin will check the global comment block list on GitHub multiple times a day. Whenever new anti-spam values have been added to the global list, Block List Update…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Seems to do the job
by borpin2·9 years ago
Seems to do the job. Great stuff.
Good but it just overwrite anything you add
by Ryan·10 years ago
Great plugin +1/up there. Love it but…
Sadly it overwrites anytying you add on your own makes it terrible at this point of early release 🙁
Hope it gets an update soon…
For now plugin disable.
Great plugin!
by Noahj·11 years ago
Works out of the box.
Instantly updates your comment blacklist.
Thanks for this.
Fantastic and Favorite
by General Seed·11 years ago
Thanks for your great job.
Download Trends
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
98.7%
v0.0
1.3%
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Tags reduced to 5
- Minor internal adjustments to prevents warnings
- WordPress 6.8 compatibility check
1.0.1
- Removed unsupported links from plugin description
- Minor internal adjustments to meet WordPress coding standards
- WordPress 6.6 compatibility
1.0.0
- Localize the plugin via Translate WordPress
- Add code style check and make code compatible with WP CS
- Rename plug…
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