Honeypot Anti-Spam

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1. ★★★★★ jorgevm

   6mo ago

   Tenía un problema con la cantidad de correos que me llegaban diariamente a causa del spam en comentarios de todas las instalaciones de WordPress que gestiono. Fue instalar este plugin y solucionado. Sin tener que configurar nada. Arreglado

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2. ★★★★★ Javier Afan

   1.1y ago

   Una herramienta muy útil para tener en tu instalación para prevenir el span. Además con la garantía de Raiola, como todo lo que hacen. Hosting estupendos, rapidos, un soporte técnico genial, artículos súper útilies y un equipo humano muy top.

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3. ★★★★★ Gerard Blanco

   1.9y ago

   Forget about all the other antispam plugins out there. They are all unnecessarily big. This is just what you need, a simple tool to block the spam for comments.

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4. ★★★★★ Fran Sarabia

   3.2y ago

   Buen plugin antispam

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5. ★★★★★ José Luis Hernández

   3.9y ago

   He recibido mucho spam

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6. ★★★★★ gestionatuweb

   4.7y ago

   Pues lo dicho, añade un honeypot en el formulario de comentarios de WordPress haciendo que el bot de spam se detale y enviando el comentario directamente al SPAM. Muy útil si quieres abrir los comentarios sin moderación. Sin configuraciones ni nada, solo activar y listo.

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7. ★★★★★ whomples

   5.0y ago

   Solo dar las gracias al equipo de Raiola por ocuparse de recuperar este estupendo plugin anti-spam para los comentarios de WordPress.

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8. ★★★★★ KnallBlauMedia

   5.7y ago

   GDPR friendly plugin against WordPress spam comments.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-05-28 Version 1.1.1 Fixed and completed the Spanish translation (notices, messages and settings that were shown in English). Unified the statistics text into a single translatable string with placeholders. Fixed a typo in the translation (“ 1.1.1
2. 2026-05-28 Version 1.1.0 Compatibility with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 7.4-8.x. Security: escaping of all output, nonce and capability checks on the screen options, and input sanitization ($_POST/$_SERVER with wp_unslash). Settings API: register_sett 1.1.0
3. 2024-08-01 Version 1.0.5 JS code linting. PHP JS code linting. Prepare plugin for new major version. 1.0.5
4. 2022-10-20 Version 1.0.4 Added a conditional for webmention comment types. Refactored conditional with strict operators. Fixed a wrong URL on the settings page. Thanks: @danidub (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/algunos-errores-encontrados/) 1.0.4
5. 2021-12-14 Version 1.0.3 Fixed minor issues. 1.0.3
6. 2020-05-01 Version 1.0.2 Improved the spam detection logic. 1.0.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 9 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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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).

• WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 400K+ installs · 5.0★ · 4 shared tags B
• CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
• SpamJam – Anti-Spam Protection for Comments & Forms 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Web Ok Honeypot Lite for CF7 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• GB Anti-Spam for Contact Form 7 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B

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Honeypot Anti-Spam: 10K+ active installs, 4.7★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/honeypot-antispam