Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker
This plugin will block mass mailing for the buddypress messaging system
5(4 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker is a WordPress spam plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
5/54 reviews
50active installs
8.6K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
If there is a user (or a bot) that signed up at your site this user can start to send messages to every other user.
I had some negative experiences with this and so I wrote a module that should help to block such a spam.
Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker introduces some restrictions to your users:
- New users can send messages only 24h after their registration, so you’ll have time if bot registrations have to be removed manually (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_newMembersWaitingPeriod’)
Their are also some more restrictions for mass mailings (mails that are sent to “friends” of the contact list are not included in this calculation):
- Users can send 6 messages maximum in 5 minutes (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.5
- Fixing PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function friends_get_friend_user_ids() in /wp-content/plugins/buddypress-messages-spam-blocker/buddypress-messages-spamblocker.php on line 42 => https://codex.buddypress.org/plugindev/checking-buddypress-is-active/ applied now
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