Hides the 'Comment Website URL' field, kills WP if a spam 'bot submits a comment which includes a Comment Author URL.
As of April 2026, TMD Spam Killer is a WordPress spam plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
Is this the ultimate in automated ‘bot Spam Killers?
Spam is the bane of WordPress admin’s lives; auto-generated Spam can bypass unset hidden fields from the WordPress comment page by directly submitting the comment to WordPress.
This plugin does two things:
Website spam ‘bots have two aims, firstly they populate spam links within the main body of a spam comment, and the spam ‘bot also includes the spam destination in the Comment Author URL of the comment field.
We put together this little plugin as despite runnin…
| WordPress | 4.2.2+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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