Blocks comment spam without captchas, hidden fields, etc. Removes excess URLs from comment area. Set text values for all areas of the comment form.
As of April 2026, Form Spammer Trap for Comments 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 4.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
FormSpammerTrap For Comments adds form spam bot blocking to your comment form, and the comment processing code. We catch comment spam before it gets to your database. It senses human interaction with the comment form. It does not require those irritating captchas, hidden fields, silly questions, CSS tricks, or other annoying things others use to try to (but fail to) block spam-bots.
The FormSpammerTrap for Comments plugin provides several options to change the text of various parts of the comment form, such as the title of the comment form, the submit button, and more. You can also set the text used for the Reply link, and even include the name of the commenter in that Reply link.
If a spam-bot tries to submit a comment, even when they bypass your comment form with non-browser tricks (thi…
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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