Honeypot Comments
Plugin to stop most comment spam by adding in a simple honeypot for spam bots to get caught in.
2.3(4 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Honeypot Comments is a WordPress spam plugin with 70 active installations and a 2.3/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
2.3/54 reviews
70active installs
6.4K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
No more need for captchas, making your readers jump through hoops in order to comment. Instead, activate this plugin and let a simple hidden honeypot input field catch spam bots, which will fill out all fields in the form (even our hidden honeypot field). If that honeypot field isn’t empty, the comment won’t process, effectively nuking most spam comments.
I also made sure that the id of the field is utilizing a random string of letters and numbers every time the page is loaded (ie: 34rscsDW37g8gf) so that spam bots can’t target a specific id name in order to bypass it, making it harder for the bots to win.
Installation is dead simple, just activate the plugin and you’re done. No other steps required on your end, the plugin handles everything.
Additional info
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Ratings & Reviews
2.34 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Changed the way the ID for the input field was created, as it was pointed out to me that a sophisticated bot could figure out how I originally had the ID generated since it had honeypot-comments- in the ID name.
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