Comment Blacklist Manager

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1. ★★★★★ Jake Jackson

   10.8y ago

   Does as advertised. I especially liked how you can exclude words from the automated blacklist if they don’t suit your website.

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2. ★★★★★ robyn.couch

   11.0y ago

   Installed this and within seconds the comment blacklist in my discussion settings was updated with a list of undesirable words. It does not overwrite any personal entries and even offers settings to exclude certain works from the default list. This is just input to the standard WordPress comment moderation so it will block comments from register users but there is nothing the developer can do about that.

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3. ★★★★★ Jason Cosper

   11.3y ago

   I’ve long loved Grant’s comment blacklist. Having a way to not manually updated every few days/weeks is super nice!

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4. ★★★★★ Jason Kemp

   12.2y ago

   I used this on two high traffic sites alongside Akismet. The fully automatic list is too severe and despite a number of authors having dozens of previously approved comments their comments were blacklisted. Somehow the “123 approved” field was being over ridden in one case. That person was also a site editor which was also somehow being missed. The same thing happened to other editors. I don’t think registered users ( especially at editor level) should be blocked like this. It also blocked some external commenters / but in many cases they had a few previous comments approved. Blocking the registered users is the part which should never happen. I have no doubt this works but there is clearly some settings which need to be fine tuned.

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5. ★★★★★ Pippin Williamson

   12.3y ago

   What more can I say? Helping to prevent this is the only reason I need to use and love this plugin: https://cloudup.com/cY4waoyNazV

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Translated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-30 700+ → 600+ down after 297 days in tier
2. 2024-02-07 800+ → 700+ down after 9 days in tier
3. 2024-01-29 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-01-27 800+ → 700+ down after 222 days in tier
5. 2023-06-19 900+ → 800+ down after 209 days in tier
6. 2022-11-22 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2022-11-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
8. 2022-11-18 1K+ → 900+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Block List Updater 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• Comment Blacklist Updater 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
• Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• C Cookies for Comments 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
• T Throws SPAM Away 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• D Delete Pending Comments 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C

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Comment Blacklist Manager: 600+ active installs, 4.4★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/comment-blacklist-manager