Title: Seriously Simple Spam Blocker
Author: Garth Mortensen
Published: <strong>December 7, 2012</strong>
Last modified: May 11, 2016

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# Seriously Simple Spam Blocker

 By [Garth Mortensen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voldemortensen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/seriously-simple-spam-blocker.2.3.zip)

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 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-spam-blocker/#developers)

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## Description

A plugin that interacts with the StopForumSpam.com api to protect your
 website.
Find out how many unwanted attempts have been blocked in Dashboard > Tools > Seriously
Simply Spam Blocker.

### Usage

Simply upload/activate the plugin and you’re good to go.

## Installation

Installing “Seriously Simple Spam Blocker” can be done either by searching for “
Seriously Simple Spam Blocker” via the “Plugins > Add New” screen in your WordPress
dashboard, or by using the following steps:

 1. Download the plugin via WordPress.org.
 2. Upload the ZIP file through the “Plugins > Add New > Upload” screen in your WordPress
    dashboard.
 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 4. Customise the plugin from its settings page

## FAQ

  NONE! Because it’s that easy to use.  But seriously, when are more features coming?

Soon. More options are coming, such as which pages to block on, how strict you
 
want your filtering, etc.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Seriously Simple Spam Blocker” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Garth Mortensen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voldemortensen/)

[Translate “Seriously Simple Spam Blocker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/seriously-simple-spam-blocker)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 2.3

 * 4.5 compatible

#### 2.2

 * This still works with 4.3 🙂 Making sure y’all know that.

#### 2.1.3

 * Update default confidences for better protection out of the box.

#### 2.1.2

 * 2015-05-12
 * Updated compatibility

#### 2.1.1

 * 2015-02-19
 * Secured the settings form

#### 2.1

 * 2015-02-16
 * Added ability to adjust spam settings.

#### 2.0

 * 2014-12-17
 * Plugin adopted and revamped.

#### 1.0.4

 * 2013-01-06
 * Fixing bug that broke media uploader in WordPress 3.5

#### 1.0.3

 * 2012-12-08
 * Adding support for touch devices (only works on some devices)
 * Fixing issue where spam blocker would not show in some browsers
 * Improving cross-browser support
 * Adding Modernizr check for drag and drop functionality

#### 1.0.2

 * 2012-12-07
 * Adding option to hide spam blocker from specified submit buttons
 * Improving Javascript handling

#### 1.0.1

 * 2012-12-07
 * Improving AJAX form handling
 * Removing spam blocker from widgets and WP search form

#### 1.0.0

 * 2012-12-07
 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.5.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-spam-blocker/)
 * Tags
 * [block](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block/)[protection](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/protection/)
   [security](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)[simple](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/simple/)
   [spam](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/seriously-simple-spam-blocker/advanced/)

## Ratings

 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Garth Mortensen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voldemortensen/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seriously-simple-spam-blocker/)