Byteplant Email Validator
With the Byteplant Email Validator plugin you can easily verify with a real-time live check if an email address really exists and is valid (https://ww …
3.8(9 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 6 months agoAs of April 2026, Byteplant Email Validator is a WordPress spam plugin with 100 active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
3.8/59 reviews
100active installs
11K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Real-Time Email Validation – Live Check
This plugin uses the Byteplant Email-Validator API (https://www.byteplant.com/email-validator/) for a real-time live check to find out if an email address really exists or not.
Supported Plugins / Compatible Forms
The plugin integrates seamlessly with:
- Contact Form 7
- Gravity Forms
- WPForms
- Ninja Forms
- Jetpack/Grunion
- WooCommerce
- WordPress registration forms
- WordPress comments
- and with any other form which uses the is_email() function (no changes required).
The plugin can also be easily integrated into any 3rd party forms.
Key Features
The Email-Validator API real-time validation process includes a live check with all of the following tests:
- Syntax verification (IETF/RFC standard conformance)
- DNS validation, including MX record lookup
- Disposa…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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