Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting.
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.
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.
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
Purposely no obscuring techniques so that the anti-spam word is easy to read
The more people who use this plugin,…
| WordPress | 3.2+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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