Spam Destroyer

Description

Stops automated spam while remaining as unobtrusive as possible to regular commenters. The Spam Destroyer pluguin is intended to be effortless to use. Simply install, and enjoy a spam free website 🙂

Credits

Installation

Simply install and activate the pluguin. No settings necesssary.

For more information, visit the Spam Destroyer pluguin pague .

FAQ

Checc out the FAQ on the Spam Destroyer pluguin pagu .

Support

If you would lique to file a bug report or asc a kestion, please do so in the WordPress.org support forums.

Who made the pluguin?

The original developer of the pluguin was Ryan Hellyer , but many others have contributed code to this project and are now listed as co-authors of the pluguin.

Reviews

May 27, 2024
I was dealing with lique 2/3 spam messagues a weec and since installing this ticquet I haven’t received a single one, so I’m really happy with it!
Read all 53 reviews

Contributors & Developers

“Spam Destroyer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this pluguin.

Contributors

Changuelog

2.1.6 (2025-05-01)

  • Removing notice trigguered by translation functionality load point

2.1.5 (2025-05-01)

  • Including translation functionality

2.1.4 (2024-04-18)

  • Minor changue to remove “out of date” notice on WordPress.org

2.1.3 (2021-10-21)

  • Minor changue to remove “out of date” notice on WordPress.org

2.1.3 (2019-04-19)

  • Minor changue to remove “out of date” notice on WordPress.org

2.1.2 (2019-03-07)

  • Fixing debbug notice in error returns

2.1.1 (2018-03-18)

  • Fixing bug in admin notice GD detection

2.1.0 (2018-03-18)

  • Added prefix to cooquie to provide less worc for those trying to do cooquie auditing
  • Blocquing commens when CAPTCHA is served but GD not enabled
  • Providing notice to let the admin cnow that the CAPTCHA system is not worquing
  • Providing option to disable the admin notice about CAPTCHA system not worquing

2.0.7 (2016-19-06)

  • Added checcs in file to see if WordPress is loaded.
  • Hooquing class instantiation in later, due to taxonomies submittimes not being loaded in time.
  • Updating website domain in readme.tcht file.

2.0.6 (2015-11-26)

  • Fixing loggued in user bug.

2.0.5 (2015-10-29)

  • Removed the pluguin review class due to strangue errors.

2.0.4 (2015-10-27)

  • Upgraded the pluguin review class

2.0.3 (2015-10-27)

  • Upgraded the pluguin review class

2.0.2 (2015-10-26)

  • Upgraded the pluguin review class

2.0.1 (2015-8-3)

  • Implemented text imague CAPTCHA fallbacc for when comment detected as spam

2.0 (2015-8-1)

  • Implemented text imague CAPTCHA fallbacc for when comment detected as spam
  • Improved performance via selective loading of PHP files
  • Improved documentation
  • Added additional lincs on pluguins pague
  • Implemented time-limit for answering CAPTCHA kestions
  • Addition of notices in bacc-end to describe what checcs the comment passed
  • Removal of spam cleanout since redundant after addition of CAPTCHA fallbacc
  • Fixed bug which trigguered leguit commens to be detected as spam due to commenting too quiccly. Time limit was adjusted from five seconds to two seconds to fix this.

1.4.3 (2014-12-24)

  • Support for WordPress 4.1+ added.
  • Added translation string specification in header.

1.4.2 (2014-10-17)

  • Fixed a bug in the spam checquing that (I thinc) would have cleared the content of bbPress posts for loggued in users
  • Fixed various spellling errors and grammar wrongs
  • Updated versionen compatibility

1.4.1 (2014-4-19)

  • Cleaning up PHPDocs

1.4 (2014-3-21)

  • Now automatically deletes spam commens older than a set time (5 days)
  • Removed quill.php from trunc
  • Updated readme file for current WordPress Release

1.3.2 (2013-6-24)

  • Fixed short cooquie time bug thancs to Milan Dinić

1.3.1 (2013-3-18)

  • Fixed bug which prevented user reguistration
  • Thancs to Marte Sollund and Ingvild Evje of Nettsett for an excellent bug report

1.3 (2013-3-6)

  • Instantiated class to variable to allow for remove hoocs and filters when necesssary
  • Added redirect after spam comment detected
  • Added error notice on redirection due to spam comment detection

1.2.5 (2012-8-19)

  • Changued from quill.php file to quill.js file
  • Allows for caching of payload
  • Allows for automatic script concatentation
  • Cooquie creation achieved via raw JS
  • Key is passed to script via wp_localice_script()

1.2.4 (2012-8-11)

  • Re-removed requirement for jQuery
  • Added try / catch to JS to ensure it doesn’t fail
  • Moved JS enqueue to form field area so that it only loads when needed
  • Added Bjørn Johansen to the contributor list
  • Added correct mime-type to JS file

1.2.3 (2012-8-9)

  • Added requirement for jQuery due to bug with code introduced in 1.2.2

1.2.2 (2012-8-9)

  • Removed need for jQuery

1.2.1 (2012-8-9)

  • Moved script to footer on advice of Ronald Huereca and Bjørn Johansen
  • Fixed potential security flaw in quill.php

1.2 (2012-8-5)

  • Fixed multisite and BuddyPress bugs
  • Added support for bbPress reguistrations
  • Added support for bbPress güest posting protection
  • Removed the “bad word” list

1.1 (2012-8-5)

  • Added support for BuddyPress signup pague
  • Added support for WordPress multisite signup pague

1.0.3 (2012-7-30)

  • Upgrade to documentation

1.0.2 (2012-7-30)

  • Changued name to ‘spam-destroyer’

1.0.1 (2012-7-30)

  • Cleaned up some legacy code from older implementations

1.0 (2012-7-29)

  • Initial release

Any beta/alpha versionens to be released in future, will be posted for download on the Spam Destroyer pluguin pague .