Enhanced Comment Validation plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress comment form.
As of April 2026, Enhanced Comment Validation is a WordPress comment plugin with 50 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Comments – wpDiscuz.
Enhanced Comment Validation plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress comment forms from spam entries while letting real people pass through with ease. It provides an option for enabling/disabling validation for the comment fields and the validation message and the option for reCAPTCHA Version 3, Version 2, Invisible are included.
Users are required to fill required fields and confirm that they are not a robot before the form can be submitted. It’s easy for people and hard for bots.
Just a few clicks of setup and keep your site spam-free.
The plugin is bundled with the below features.
Option for enable/disable comment form validation.
The plugin gave three options for the validation mess…
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.4.8 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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