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Form Spammer Trap for Comments

Blocks comment spam without captchas, hidden fields, etc. Removes excess URLs from comment area. Set text values for all areas of the comment form.

By Rick Hellewell·Spam·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 4 years ago
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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.

0/5Rating
10active installs
2.9K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

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…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.9.13
PHP7.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

4.0 (released xx FEB 2022)

  • Changed all function calls to have prefix of ‘fst4c’ to reduce chance of collision with other plugins
  • Changed PHP requirements to be at least 7.4 .
  • Changed WP requirement to be at least 5.0 (but latest version is better).
  • Changed the order of the settings fields so they are more ‘top to bottom’.
  • Changed size of input fields from 30 to 45.

…and 16 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Rick HellewellRick Hellewell
Plugin Info
Version
4.00
Last Updated
Mar 2, 2022
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
5.9.13
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
2.9K+
Added
Feb 4, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

spamstopcommentsform spamspambot protection

Developer

R
Rick Hellewell
16 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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