As of April 2026, Chronological Spam Removal is a WordPress spam plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
0/5Rating
10active installs
2.9K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
PHP V5+ only! This plugin deletes spam from the comments table of the database. It does so by checking it for matches against the characters or words you have blacklisted in Settings->Discussion. Also on the Settings->Discussion page is a setting for the maximum allowed links that a comment can contain. This plugin will delete comments that have too many links. Spam can also be deleted if it has a url in the author url field. This is handy if you don’t have a author url form field in your comment form, and bots are submitting without using your form. Finally, spam can be deleted if there are any non US-en keyboard characters in any comment row. I don’t expect any foreign language characters on my blog, and while I know this setting may be a little harsh, it’s a spa…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0.4.0
- cron entry in wp_options table now updated when plugin settings are updated. $_GET variable from options.php redirect was changed from “updated” to “settings-updated”.
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