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Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam

Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting.

By Peter·Spam·Free
4(1 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam is a WordPress spam plugin with 200 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 63K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

4/51 reviews
200active installs
63K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007

Overview

Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a random word displayed as an image before commenting and optionally before registering. You can customize the pool of words to display.

Features

  • Toggle whether registered users need to enter the word

  • Random font display

  • No cookies required

  • No JavaScript required

  • Auto-generated audio for visually impaired users

  • Easy-to-read

  • No mapping of words from the code — words are used once or removed after 24 hours

  • Reminder of what was entered if you get the word wrong

  • Selective blocking of trackbacks, pingbacks

  • Easy to translate

  • Compatible with caching plugins

Negatives

  • Purposely no obscuring techniques so that the anti-spam word is easy to read

  • The more people who use this plugin,…

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Ratings & Reviews

41 reviews
5 ★
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4 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.2+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

3.2.4

  • 2024-12-16: Fix CSRF vulnerability on register
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

PeterPeter
Plugin Info
Version
3.2.4
Last Updated
Dec 17, 2024
WP Requires
3.2+
Tested Up To
6.3.8
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
63K+
Added
Jul 15, 2007
Business
Free

Tags

spamcaptchacommentsanti-spam

Developer

P
Peter
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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