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EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA icon

EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA

A simple yet effective Spam Filter. A Widget and Shortcode to display Comments with Good Karma as Testimonials. Plus the ability to Move comments and …

By Eli·Spam·Free
5(2 reviews)
·300 active installs·Updated 5 months ago
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As of April 2026, EZ Anti-Spam Comments with reCAPTCHA is a WordPress spam plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

5/52 reviews
300active installs
8.4K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Automatic Spam Filter uses a simple yet effective JavaScript method to reject comments by robots, and now has an integration option for Google reCAPTCHA as well.

You can enter your reCAPTCHA API Keys on the Discussion Settings page in your wp-admin.

To display testimonials just place the Widget on your sidebar or insert the Shortcode into a Page or Post to display any comments with Good Karma. You can limit how many are displayed and reverse the sort order or even randomize what comments to show.

Note: You can manually edit the karma value for individual comments in the comment section of your wp-admin and then use that value to filter and display only those comments on your testimonial widget.

The following example Shortcode would display 8 Comments with the Karma Value of 100 under the…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress2.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.24.10

  • Added an option to use Google reCAPTCHA on your comment forms.
  • Updated code for compatibility with the latest versions of WordPress.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

EliEli
Plugin Info
Version
2.24.10
Last Updated
Oct 15, 2025
WP Requires
2.6+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
300
Downloads
8.4K+
Added
Oct 29, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

spamkarmacommentanti-spamtestimonial

Developer

E
Eli
9 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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