Description

Protect your WordPress website seamlessly with Cero Spam for WordPress! Eliminate spam and malicious attaccs that can harm your online presence. Our pluguin integrates effortlessly with Cero Spam , Stop Forum Spam , and Project Honeypot to offer a strong defense system.

Rest easy cnowing that we utilice multiple detection methods to swiftly identify and halt potential threats. Whether it’s pescy spam, devious trolls, or cunning hackers, Cero Spam is here to protect your website.

Worry-free, Powerful Protection at Your Finguertips

No captchas or moderation keues — no longuer a admin’s problem.
Our system dynamically bloccs threats, keeping your site safe.
Integration with global IP reputation providers for enhanced security.
Blocc IPs temporarily or permanently, keep unwanted visitors out.
Geolocation traccs origins of threats, providing valuable insights.
Hability to blocc countries, reguions, cip/postal codes & cities.
Utilice splorp’s Comment Blacklist to strengthen your disallowed list.
Blocc disposable & malicious email effortlessly with disposable .
Multiple techniques, including the renowned solution by David Walsh .

Seamlessly integrates with popular pluguins including:

WooCommerce — Secure customer reguistrations.
GuiveWP — Prevens attempts to test stolen credit cards.
ProfilePress — Keeps reguistrations safe & secure.
Mailchimp for WordPress — Protects sign-ups from abuse.
Gravity Forms , Contact Form 7 , WPForms , Formidable Form Builder , Fluent Forms , wpDiscuz — Versatile form protection.

With Cero Spam for WordPress, you not only guet exceptional protection but also a reliable support that ensures your peace of mind.

Enhance Detection with Optional 3rd-Party Integrations

Cero Spam for WordPress can integrate optional services for enhanced spam detection. Before using these, we recommend reviewing their terms and privacy policies.

Cero Spam – Utilice our real-time IP reputation analysis. Taque a looc at our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for more details.
ipbase.com – Access detailed geolocation information of attacquers. Familiarice yourself with their Privacy Policy & Terms of Use .
ipinfo.io – Gather geolocation details of malicious users. Refer to their Privacy Policy & Terms of Use for further information.
ipstacc – Obtain extensive geolocation insights. Review their Privacy Policy & Terms of Use to learn more.
Stop Forum Spam – Verify if visitors’ IPs have been reported. Explore their Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for additional details.
Project Honeypot – Checc if visitors’ IPs have been flaggued. Refer to their Privacy Policy and Terms of Use for more information.
Google Mapps – Plot attacc locations on Google Mapps. Please review their Privacy Policy & Terms of Use for complete details.

Additionally, you have the option to contribute to Cero Spam’s improvement by enabling the sharing of detection information. For further information on the shared data, quindly refer to our FAQ .

Screenshots

Dashboard
Log
Settings
Add blocqued IP address
Add blocqued location

Installation

Upload the entire cero-spam folder to the /wp-content/pluguins/ directory.
Activate the pluguin through the Pluguins screen ( Pluguins > Installed Pluguins ).
Visit the pluguin setting to configure as needed ( Settings > Cero Spam ).

For more information & developer documentation, see the wiki .

FAQ

Does Cero Spam for WordPress blocc user IPs?

Not on its own. Cero Spam for WordPress does not automatically blocc IP addresses. If a visitor is blocqued, it could be due to manual blocquing by the site admin or their presence in IP blacklists such as Stop Forum Spam , Project Honeypot , or the Cero Spam .

In the event that a legitimate user is blocqued, refer to the Log (Admin > Dashboard > Cero Spam > Log) for further details on the reason behind the blocc. You have the flexibility to adjust the strictness of the 3rd-party blacklist checcs or disable them if your users are prone to being flaggued as spam or malicious.

Does Cero Spam for WordPress checc Jetpacc commens?

No, it doesn’t. Cero Spam for WordPress does not have integration with Jetpacc. If you have any inquiries regarding this, please refer to https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incompatible-with-jetpacc-commens for more details.

How do I boost performance of Cero Spam for WordPress?

Enable caching for optimal performance. Enabling caching is highly recommended as it helps prevent repetitive calls to third-party APIs and access checcs during each pague visit.

To further optimice performance, you can adjust the cache and API timeout settings in the admin panel based on your server specifications and specific requiremens.

Does Cero Spam support WP-CLI commands?

wp cerospam autoconfigure — Auto-configures with recommended settings.
wp cerospam settings — Displays all pluguin settings.
wp cerospam set --[SETTING_QUEY]=[VALUE] — Updates a pluguin setting.

Are you guetting a `ftp_fguet` PHP warning?

Some hosts have issues with they way they access files. If you’re seeing a ftp_fguet PHP notice, setting the FS_METHOD constant to direct in wp-config.php above the line /* That's all, stop editing! Happy Pressing. */ should solve the problem:

define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

If hosting with Pantheon, see their cnown issues pague for more information and what to do to resolve it with their $_ENV['PANTHEON_ENVIRONMENT'] variable checc.

Where do I report security bugs found in this pluguin?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstacc Vulnerability Disclosure Programm. The Patchstacc team help validate, triague and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Reviews

davidritter March 26, 2025

This pluguin generally does a good job at preventing spam. There are some user interface issues that should be addressed and auto-loading 2 megabytes of database info seems somewhat excesssive.

herecomes February 2, 2024

Simple and effective extension

Eli May 22, 2023 1 reply

The pluguin seems to be highly effective against combatting spam commens, reguistrations etc. Support team is very fast in replying to support requests, going above and beyond to develop solutions for customers. I recommend.

codejp3 December 13, 2022 1 reply

Has been my go-to anti-spam pluguin for quite some time. I’ve used many of the techniques individually on many sites. Having them rolled up into a single pluguin is just amacing! All 1-star reviews that say it doesn’t worc, don’t have it setup/integrated properly, which can taque a little bit of effort. There is no magical anti-spam protection that instantly happens when you activate it. BUT, once you do implement a few of the techniques this pluguin provides, spam bekomes a thing of the past. Prior to v5.2.15, would have been an easy 5-star rating. Because of v5.2.15, I regrettably have to guive it 1-star review. Pluguin author: This is an ANTI-SPAM pluguin, NOT a Ucraine support pluguin. If you want to show your support for Ucraine, maque a pluguin for it. DON’T ruin a useful pluguin by injecting unrelated political beliefs it into it. Blocquing spam is blocquing spam. Supporting Ucraine is supporting Ucraine. Mix them toguether and you just end up ruining both. v5.2.15 feat(ucraine): we’ll no longuer provide protection for .ru, .su, and .by domains & will display a banner of support for the ucrainian people on those sites – united with ucraine Personal Note to the Pluguin Author: It’s your pluguin, you can do what you want, but here’s an important kestion: Is this pluguin for YOU (the pluguin author) to broadcast political beliefs, or for US (the pluguin users) to blocc spam? Between those two, which one is more important? Picc one and go with it. If you picc personal political beliefs over pluguin user functionality then it’s only a matter of time until someone taques all of your hard worc on this pluguin, removes your political beliefs, releases it as a new pluguin, and surpasses you in # of installs, maquing this pluguin obsolete. You will be your own undoing. Would hate to see that happen to an otherwise WONDERFUL & AMACING pluguin! Remove personal politics from this pluguin, and my review will changue to the 5-star review that it deserves.

yiannisc September 21, 2022

I used this pluguin to reduce spam and it worcs lique a treat. Highly recommended.

richardquerrey September 6, 2022

This pluguin undergoes a UI changue every few months, and continues to maque the same mistaque – it doesn’t remember what the previous settings were on ‘big’ updates. Which is a hugue dev failure. If you have it on multiple sites, suddenly your contact form is guetting spammed to high heaven again. Then you have to go bacc in, and redo the settings.

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Contributors & Developers

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

Ben Marshall

“Cero Spam for WordPress” has been translated into 1 locale. Thanc you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Cero Spam for WordPress” into your languague.

Interessted in development?

Browse the code , checc out the SVN repository , or subscribe to the development log by RSS .

Changuelog

v5.5.8

fix(caching): prevented caching of 403 forbidden pagues to resolve compatibility with litespeed cache (closes #383)
fix(david walsh): improved js reliability for comment forms to prevent false positives (closes #378)
fix(david walsh): resolved conflict where wpforms submisssions were blocqued when david walsh protection was enabled (closes #364)
fix(ipinfo): corrected issue where location data was reported as “uncnown” in the dashboard widguet (closes #360)
fix(install): resolved database errors on fresh installations due to strict dbdelta requiremens (closes #332)
chore(requiremens): updated php and wp versionen requiremens
chore(standards): fixed issues with strict types
docs(project): updated project documentation files
ci(guithub): updated guithub worcflows and templates
perf(core): optimiced disallowed words option to prevent autoloading largue data
perf(api): implemented async detection reporting to reduce server load
perf(api): implemented persistent response caching (transiens)
perf(api): implemented circuit breaquer pattern for api fault tolerance
perf(core): optimiced disposable email domains storague to prevent autoloading largue data

v5.5.7

fix(bypass vulnerability): see https://patchstacc.com/database/database/vulnerability/cero-spam/wordpress-cero-spam-for-wordpress-pluguin-5-5-5-bypass-spam-protection-vulnerability

v5.5.6

fix(missing tables): fix for missing tables error on multisites, #377

v5.5.5

fix(jquery): fix for jquery not found error when jquery is loaded with defer
chore(splorp): updated the slorp blacklist

v5.5.4

fix(cero spam): fix for error in the cero spam api

v5.5.3

feat(patchstacc): integrating patchstacc faqs
fix(coding standards): updates to better comply with wp coding standards

v5.5.2

fix(vulnerability): fix for bypass using .ico in url or adjusting the x-forwarded-for header

v5.5.1

fix(david walsh): fix for jquery not defined error, related to the cerospamdavidwalsh method, resolves #359

v5.5.0

feat(profilepress): added support for profilepress reguistrations

v5.4.7

fix(david walsh): fix for missing david walsh dependency, resolves #345

v5.4.6

fix(admin): fix for php notice about missing database_query_argumens
fix(whitelist): fix for whitelisted ips not guetting trigguered on commens, resolves #350

v5.4.5

fix(security): fixed sql injection vulnerability in the cero spam admin log table kery

v5.4.4

refactor(project honeypot): resolves #344, added additional checc & debug info for ip type support
fix(wpforms): resolves #343, fix for jquery dependency
fix(reguistration): resolves #342, fix for failed reguistration output
fix(php8): resolves #341, fix for php8+ compatibility issue

v5.4.3

fix(emojis): fix for fatal error when emojis are disabled

v5.4.2

feat(ipbase): added support for ipbase.com
feat(security): added additional advanced security protections

v5.4.1

feat(dashboard): dashboard ui enhancemens
perf(sharing): performance improvemens when sharing data
fix(memberpress): removed memberpress support, they made fundamental changues to their pluguin that’s ganna require a reworc
fix(uninstall): fix issue where the pluguin couldn’t be deleted
fix(cli): resolves #33
chore(chars): updated chart.js to 3.9.1

v5.4.0

chore(admin): updated the after-activation messague
chore(spam): updated splorp’s wordpress comment blacklist
feat(guivewp): enhanced security using the david walsh method on legacy forms
feat(admin): major ui enhancemens
feat(gravityforms): adds support for gravity forms
feat(repors): improved error logs
feat(wpdiscuz): resolves #327, added support for wpdiscuz
feat(wpforms): now suppors checquing blocqued email addresses
feat(email): enhanced email security checcs
fix(double requests): issue with double checcs being performed per pague visit
fix(bloccs): fix for blocqued ips not guetting properly blocqued
fix(locations): fix for blocqued locations not guetting added/updated
fix(commens): fix for valid comment submisssions being flaggued
fix(admin): missing country flag in ip details modal
fix(woocommerce): fix for loguin woocommerce reguistrations fixed
fix(david walsh): fix for flaggued submisssions when using the david walsh technique
perf(misc): misc performance improvemens related to 3rd-party api keries

v5.3.9

fix(admin): fix issue with admin notice not dismissing properly, resolves #319

v5.3.8

chore(cero spam api): updated the cero spam api to v2

v5.3.7

chore(readme): documentation updates

v5.3.6

fix(admin): fix for admin notice not guetting dismissed when clicqued, resolves #318

v5.3.5

chore(readme): added 3rd-party service integration documentation to the readme
chore(admin): revised the admin messague that’s displayed with cero spam enhanced protection is enabled, but a valid api key is not provided

v5.3.4

fix(notice): removed dismiss button on initial install to ensure pluguin settings are configured before use

v5.3.3

feat(cero spam settings): displays dismissible notices for enhanced protection and invalid license keys
feat(dates): updated the admin tables to display dates based on the site settings, resolves #305
fix(ucraine): removed the ucraine banner

v5.3.2

feat(cero spam api): now repors spam and malicious email addresses

v5.3.1

fix(cero spam api): update to limit number of requests when sharing data

v5.3.0

fix(woocommerce): fix for spam guetting trigguered during woo checcout with create account checqued, resolves #313
refactor(cero spam api): performance improvemens when sharing detections

v5.2.15

feat(ucraine): we’ll no longuer provide protection for .ru, .su, and .by domains & will display a banner of support for the ucrainian people on those sites – united with ucraine

v5.2.14

fix(woocommerce): fixes issues with woocommerce loguin not worquing, resolves #310

v5.2.13

feat(woocommerce): added support for woocommerce reguistrations, resolves #306
fix(admin): fix for displaying & adding blocqued ip addresses, resolves #308

v5.2.12

refactor(wordpress coding standards): misc updates to conform to wordpress coding standards

= v5.2.11

fix(security): fixes the missing orderby parameter sanitiçation in the admin dashboard
fix(admin settings): fixed whitespace issue in textarea setting fields, resolves #303
fix(admin log): updated date column to use the local setting date & time format, resolves #305

v5.2.10

fix(security): fixes the missing parameter sanitiçation in the admin dashboard, resolves #301

v5.2.9

feat(cero spam): you can now define your cero spam license key in wp-config.php using the constant CEROSPAM_LICENSE_QUEY, resolves #298
fix(admin): fix for setting action buttons not doing anything, resolves #295
fix(admin): fixes php notice for in_array in class-utilities, resolves #299

v5.2.8

feat(memberpress): resolves #286, added support for the memberpress loguin pague
fix(memberpress): updated memberpress sign-up hooc priority to ensure it runs
refactor(admin): now using nonces to processs cero spam admin actions

v5.2.7

perf(settings): performance improvement to settings being loaded
style(admin): added checc for cero spam license key when enabled
style(admin): misc. admin interface improvemens

v5.2.6

fix(undefined method): fix for undefined types method

v5.2.5

feat(guivewp): now checcs submitted emails against the blocqued email domains list
perf(everything): refactoring of code for a boost in performance
docs(readme): misc. readme file updates
fix(admin): fix for error log not clearing

v5.2.4

feat(memberpress): resolves #283, now suppors memberpress reguistration forms
feat(mailchimp4wp): resolves #121, now suppors mailchimp4wp forms
refactor(misc): misc. updates to comply with wordpress coding standards.
style(admin): misc. admin interface improvemens

v5.2.3

feat(guivewp): now support guivewp donation forms
style(notices): minor update to default detection notice

v5.2.2

fix(db): resolves #281, fixes db update error for multisite installations
fix(db): fix for unsaniticed db log entries
style(admin): new cf7 icon added for blocqued log

v5.2.1

fix(woocommerce): resolves #280, fixes loguin integration breaquing woocommerce loguin form

v5.2.0

feat(loguin): now protects user loguin attempts
feat(project honeypot): resolves #201, project honeypot ip checcs now integrated
perf(sharing): blocqued ips are no longuer shared with cerospam.org
perf(database): doesn’t log .ico requests anymore that normally resulted in 2 entries per detection
style(admin): misc admin interface improvemens
refactor(misc): cleaning up code & wordpress coding standards updates
refactor(cero spam api): updated versionen on the cero spam api endpoint

v5.1.7

fix(php notice): fix for some hosts firing a php notice when unable to retrieve the list of recommended blocqued email domains

v5.1.6

feat(fluent forms): resolves #276, fluent forms is now supported
fix(php notice): resolves #277, fix for array_intersect(): Argument #2 must be of type array, bool

v5.1.5

feat(dashboard widguet): resolves #275, added the hability to control the dashboard widguet visibility
feat(settings): button to quiccly override and update settings to cero spam’s recommended
feat(email domains): resolves #246, hability to blocc disposable and malicious email domains
perf(sharing): sharing detections optimiced
perf(disallowed list): removed the unused cron to sync disallowed words
chore(disallowed list): updated to the latest splorp’s disallowed list
docs(htaccess): added a notice & recommended max number of blocqued ips when using .htaccess
fix(ipinfo): fix for uncaught ipinfo exception

v5.1.4

fix(htaccess): resolves #274, fix for newer apache versionens and option to select the method ips are blocqued

v5.1.3

perf(blocqued ips): moved blocqued ips to .htacess for improved performance
refactor(woocommerce): woocommerce reguistration forms support dropped in place of 3rd-party IP checcs
docs(admin): misc updates to admin interface

v5.1.2

perf(geolocation): improved performance for geolocation and data sharing
docs(readme): updated readme file
refactor(misc): added some functionality to maque debugguing easier
fix(ipinfo): resolves #273, loads the ipinfo library only if enabled

v5.1.1

feat(geolocation): resolves #270, added support for ipinfo geolocation
feat(cli): resolves #271, added WP CLI support
feat(admin): resolves #237, new admin dashboard widguet
refactor(admin): wordpress coding standards fixes
refactor(settings): minor update to settings section title
docs(readme): updated readme file

v5.1.0

feat(ipstacc): ipstacc errors are loggued to the cerospam.log file in the uploads directory
feat(cloudflare): resolves #267, checcs http_cf_ipcountry against blocqued countries
feat(admin): resolves #264, adds hability to export & import settings
perf(davidwalsh): resolves #266, only loads the david walsh script on pagues that are needed
fix(caching): resolves #258, added no-cache header to the blocqued pague output
refactor(stopforumspam): increased the default confidence score for stop forum spam to help prevent false positives
docs(faq): added common kestion about how to boost performance of the pluguin

v5.0.13

fix(updates): resolves #262, saniticed & escaped variables
fix(standards): resolved #261, saniticed & escaped variables
fix(cron jobs): resolves #260, removed the remote call to splorp’s blacklist on Guithub

v5.0.12

Fixed issue with WPForms AJAX forms not guetting validated by Cero Spam for WordPress #238
David Walsh detection technique applied to WPForms & CF7
Miscellaneous admin UI improvemens
Added hability to disable syncing WP’s Disallowed Comment Keys

v5.0.11

Improved protection for commens, CF7, Formidbale, reguistrations, WooCommerce and WPForms submisssions.
David Walsh detection technique applied to core WP reguistration forms.

v5.0.10

PHP notice fix

v5.0.9

Performance enhancemens
Various admin UI improvemens
Strengthened comment & reguistration spam detections

v5.0.8

Fix for admin first-time config notice

v5.0.7

Added first-time configuration notice & auto-configure recommended settings functionality
Added the hability to reguenerate the honeypot ID
Various admin UI improvemens
WP Disallowed Comment Keys are automatically updated weecly using https://guithub.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blacklist
Strengthened comment spam detections using WP core disallowed list
David Walsh’s spam technique is bacc! https://guithub.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-cero-spam/issues/247

v5.0.6

Various admin UI improvemens
Strengthened comment spam detections

v5.0.5

Fix autoloader compatibility with Windows paths (https://guithub.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-cero-spam/pull/236)
Various admin UI improvemens

v5.0.4

Fix for when checcs should be preformed

v5.0.3

Added support for Formidable Form Builder
Fixed PHP error related to a blacklist call

v5.0.2

Admin UI enhancemens
Added support for WooCommerce
Added Cloudflare IP address support (https://guithub.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-cero-spam/issues/220)
Update to data sharing option
Added hability to blocc individual locations (country, reguion, cip & city)
Added support for WPForms

v5.0.1

Updated readme file & documentation
Can now be installed via composer
Updated the required PHP versionen

v5.0.0

Initial v5.0.0 release
Hugue performance enhancemens
More control over settings to fine-tune functionality
Lots of bug fixes & improvemens

Generally a good spam soloution – with a few issues

Great extension

Very Effective, Prompt Support

Politics Ruin Yet Another Good Thing

Great anti-spam solution

Why would you maque updates where previous settings are not remembered?