Title: Block Spammers
Author: sander85
Published: <strong>January 21, 2015</strong>
Last modified: October 25, 2018

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# Block Spammers

 By [sander85](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sander85/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/block-spammers.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/block-spammers/)

## Description

This plugin allows to block spammers with the following options:

 * Block spammers by IPs (supports wildcards).
 * Block IPs that have posted comments marked as spam.
 * Block comments that contain bad words.

Additional options:

 * If comment contains bad words, add the spammers IP into the blacklist.
 * When deleting spam, add IPs of spam comments into the blacklist.
 * Similar entries in the blacklist are merged automatically.

## Installation

 1. Upload block-spammers to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the \’Plugins\’ menu in WordPress
 3. Check and configure the plugin settings through the \’Block Spammers\’ menu in 
    WordPress settings

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Block Spammers” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sander85 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sander85/)

[Translate “Block Spammers” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/block-spammers)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/block-spammers/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/block-spammers/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-spammers/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/block-spammers/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3

 * Add counter for blocked comments
 * Add option to merge similar entries in the blacklist

#### 0.2

 * Enable translations
 * Add Estonian translation

#### 0.1

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/)
 * Tags
 * [blocking](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocking/)[comments](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
   [ip](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ip/)[spam](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/block-spammers/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ sander85 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sander85/)

## Support

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