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Exact Match Disallowed Comment & Contact Forms

Change the default WordPress comment blocklist functionality to exact match and save entries marked as spam for review.

By Ryan Howard·Anti-spam·Free
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·100 active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Exact Match Disallowed Comment & Contact Forms is a WordPress anti-spam plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

0/5Rating
100active installs
3.6K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

Change the default WordPress comment blocklist functionality to exact match and save entries marked as spam for review.

The WordPress comment blocklist inside matches keywords, so for example, blocklisting a word such as “pasta” will automatically delete comments containing “pastaroni” or “anitpasta” (but not “chef boyardee”).

If you try to use the WordPress comment blocklist for contact form entries, this can be hugely problematic. The first major issue is falsely identifying comments as spam so you risk blocking valid contact form entries.

Additionally, there’s no moderation queue built into Formidable Forms, Contact Form 7, or Gravity Forms for entries marked as spam. This plugin fixes those issues.

Changing the default WordPress comment…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPressfalse+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHP7.0+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3

  • The “Comment must be manually approved” setting didn’t work, a fix was applied
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
1.3.1
Last Updated
Nov 17, 2025
WP Requires
false+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
7.0+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
3.6K+
Added
Sep 15, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

anti-spamblacklistformidablegravity formscontact form 7

Developer

R
Ryan Howard
7 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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