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Never Moderate Registered Users

Never moderate or mark as spam comments made by registered users, regardless of the apparent spamminess of the comment.

By Scott Reilly·Spam·Free
4.3(3 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 11 months ago
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As of April 2026, Never Moderate Registered Users is a WordPress spam plugin with 50 active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

4.3/53 reviews
50active installs
9.3K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010

Overview

This plugin prevents comments from registered users (or, alternatively, those with specified capabilities) from ever going into the moderation queue or getting automatically marked as spam, regardless of the apparent spamminess of the comment.

To be recognized as a registered user, the user must be logged into your site at the time they post their comment.

This plugin assumes that you trust your registered users. It will automatically approve any comment made by registered users, even if the comment stinks of spam. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not allow users to register themselves (uncheck the setting “Anyone can register” in the WordPress admin under Settings -> General).

You can still allow open registration, whereby these “subscribers” are modera…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.33 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.1+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.3.6 (2025-04-14)

  • Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+
  • Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+
  • Change: Update copyright date (2025)
  • Unit tests:
    • Change: Explicitly define return type for overridden methods
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Scott ReillyScott Reilly
Plugin Info
Version
2.3.6
Last Updated
Apr 15, 2025
WP Requires
3.1+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
50
Downloads
9.3K+
Added
Sep 13, 2010
Business
Free

Tags

spamuserscommentmoderationsubscribers

Developer

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Scott Reilly
63 plugins0.1M+ total installs
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