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Block Top Spammers

Block Top Spammers displays a list of your top spammers' IP addresses. It also generates a blacklist for your .htaccess file.

By Martin Lormes·Spam·Free
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·20 active installs·Updated 16 years ago
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As of April 2026, Block Top Spammers is a WordPress spam plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 5.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.

0/5Rating
20active installs
5.8K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

Block Top Spammers displays a list of your top spammers’ IP addresses, based on all comments in your database that are marked as spam. It also generates a blacklist for your .htaccess file to block those spammers from your website entirely, thus taking load off the server. – You will need another plugin (like Akismet) to identify the spam.

PHP 5 and Apache required.

Roadmap

0.6 (April 2010)

  • edit blacklist (i.e. remove individual addresses, manually add addresses and/or subnets)
  • manually override .htaccess location
  • customize 403 error shown to blocked spammers

1.0 (May 2010)

  • Multi-Site support (WordPress 3.0, maybe WPMU 2.8/2.9)
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.8+ requiredTested up to 2.9.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.5

  • blocking access to wp-comments-post.php only
  • error document gives a short explanation why access was denied, links to http://ten-fingers-and-a-brain.com/top-spammers.html
  • admin page moved to the Comments section of the admin menu
  • IPv6 compatibility
  • Notice errors fixed

…and 1 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Martin LormesMartin Lormes
Plugin Info
Version
0.5
Last Updated
Mar 23, 2010
WP Requires
2.8+
Tested Up To
2.9.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
20
Downloads
5.8K+
Added
Sep 5, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

spamakismetcommentshtaccess

Developer

M
Martin Lormes
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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