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Raven's Antispam

Powerful and invisible fighter against comment spam.

By <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/kahi/"></a>·Spam·Free
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·200 active installs·Updated 15 years ago
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As of April 2026, Raven's Antispam is a WordPress spam plugin with 200 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

0/5Rating
200active installs
12K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

Raven’s antispam – powerful and invisible fighter against comment spam. No set-up necessary, install and forget.

Details

Visitors with enabled JavaScript (99%+) see nothing – no annoying questions, no captcha, nothing. (Users with disabled JS see an additional text-field and a word that must be rewritten into the textfield.)

Note: this plugin is not able to check your trackbacks – to handle trackback spam, it’s necessary to use some other solution. (I recommend to disable trackbacks globally, since they rarely bring any benefit for your readers.) more….

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Ratings & Reviews

00 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress2.5+ requiredTested up to 3.0.5
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.1

  • Spam-detection algorithm improvements
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

kahi
Plugin Info
Version
2.1
Last Updated
Jul 10, 2010
WP Requires
2.5+
Tested Up To
3.0.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
200
Downloads
12K+
Added
Sep 12, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

spamcommentantispamcommentsdiscussion

Developer

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<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/kahi/"></a>
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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