Wp Spamshield Wordpress Plugin is used by 1,670 websites. Among 1,670, 0 site is within top 10,000 and 54 sites are within top 100,000 websites.
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| Plugin Description | An extremely powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, trackback spam, contact form spam & registration spam. |
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An extremely powerful and user-friendly WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, trackback spam, contact form spam & registration spam. An All-in-one Spam Solution for WordPress - Without CAPTCHASNo CAPTCHA's, challenge questions or other inconvenience to site visitors - it works silently in the background and simply makes WordPress spam disappear. Supports: Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, BuddyPress, bbPress, WooCommerce, s2Member, WP-Members, Mailchimp, and more, including most WordPress forms, and almost all WordPress registration forms. Documentation / Tech Support
How It WorksMost of the spam hitting your blog originates from bots, but quite a bit comes from humans too. This plugin works like a firewall to ensure that your commenters are in fact, human, and that those humans aren't spamming you. Two Layers of Spam BlockingThere are two layers of anti-spam protection that work together to block both automated (spambots) and human spam: a JavaScript/Cookies Layer, and an Algorithmic Layer. The first layer uses a dynamic combo of JavaScript and cookies to weed out the humans from spambots, preventing 100% of automated spam from ever getting to your site. Even if bot authors could engineer a way to break through the JavaScript/Cookies Layer, the Algorithmic Layer would still stop almost all of the spam that the JavaScript Layer blocks, and provides close to a fully redundant backstop. This JavaScript Layer utilizes multiple randomly generated keys, and is algorithmically enhanced to ensure that spambots won't beat it. The powerful Algorithmic Layer consists of over 100 advanced filters, and eliminates trackback spam and most human spam as well. And, it does all that without hindering legitimate comments and trackbacks. No More Wasted Time Sifting Through the Spam QueueThis type of solution works silently in the background, with no inconveniences. You won't have to waste valuable time sifting through a spam queue any more, because there won't be anything there. WP-SpamShield is different from other anti-spam plugins in that it BLOCKS spam at the front door of your site and doesn't allow it into the WordPress database at all. Many other anti-spam plugins simply label a comment as spam, leaving you to sort through a spam queue, which wastes your valuable time. WP-SpamShield will give you back your time! Improves SecurityNot allowing spam into the database improves security by potentially preventing SQL injection and XSS exploit attacks through automated spam comment submissions. The plugin also has several other features that improve security, such as blocking certain potentially dangerous URLs in spam comment submissions, and limiting comment size to 15kb. (15kb of text is roughly the equivalent of 3 typed pages in Microsoft Word, single-spaced, so that's more than enough for even the longest of comments.) See this blog post for more info. Helps Improve Overall Website PerformanceThe plugin helps keep your WordPress database slimmer and more efficient (keeping your site running faster in the long term) by not allowing the thousands upon thousands of spam comments into it, which could bloat the database and potentially corrupt it. Keeping your database lean is extremely important, because bloated databases result in much longer query times, slowing down a site dramatically even for simple functions. If website performance is important to you, then you definitely want an anti-spam plugin like WP-SpamShield instead of a plugin that uses a spam queue. See this FAQ for more detailed info. ZERO False PositivesIt does all this with ZERO false positives, because of the method used to block spam. This leads to fewer frustrated website visitors, and less work for you. If a comment/contact form/registration gets blocked as spam, the user is given instant feedback and has a chance to correct their comment/contact form/registration and try again. We are committed to keeping the promise of zero false positives. 100% Trackback Validation and Spam BlockingThe trackback validation contains a filter that compares the client IP address of the incoming trackback against the IP address of the server where the link is supposedly coming from. If they don't match, then it is guaranteed spam, without fail. This alone eliminates more than 99.99% of trackback spam. Trackback spammers don't send spam out from the same server where their clients' websites reside. There are algorithmic filters in place to ensure 100% trackback spam blocking. Although it's far more rare, the plugin protects again pingback spam as well. You can be confident that only legitimate trackbacks and pingbacks will get through. Includes a Spam-Free Contact Form, and Anti-Spam for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, and OthersIncludes drop-in spam-free contact form, with easy one-click installation. Easy to use - no configuration necessary, but you can configure it if you like. (See Installation for info.) As of version 1.8.9.9 WP-SpamShield also includes automatic spam protection for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, and more. (You don't have to do anything...just add your Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms to your site, and they will automatically be protected.) It will now also automatically protect most forms on your WordPress site from automated spam, even if they are not listed here. WordPress Registration Spam BlockingThe plugin also includes powerful protection from user registration spam. Once you install WP-SpamShield, you don't have to worry about bots or spammy users signing up any more. (Note: This protects the WordPress registration form, and registration forms for bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, s2Member, WP-Members, and more. See this FAQ for more info. Stops Email HarvestersAs of version 1.9.0.5, the plugin now has a feature to thwart email-harvesting bots and keep them from scraping your site for email addresses. It automatically obfuscates plain text email addresses and mailto links in your website content by encoding them into HTML entities (hexadecimal and decimal character codes). It protects email addresses on pages, posts, comments, excerpts, and text widgets. Why Not Just Use a CAPTCHA?The concept of using a CAPTCHA as an anti-spam solution in this day and age is flawed for several reasons:
Optimized and ScalableThis plugin has an extremely low overhead and won't slow down your site, unlike some other anti-spam plugins. Each of the filters in the plugin have been benchmarked, and when processing comments for spam, the fastest filters are put at the front of the stack. Once a comment tests positive for spam, the testing process terminates and will not engage the remaining filters. Additionally, as mentioned above, by keeping spam out of the WordPress database altogether, WP-SpamShield helps keep your database slimmer and more efficient, which in turn helps keep your site running faster. This efficiency helps keep the server load down, and helps improve the overall performance of your site. WP-SpamShield is optimized to work well with all popular caching plugins. Free for Commercial and Personal SitesNo cost, no hidden fees. This plugin is free for both Commercial and Personal use. If you find that this plugin benefits you, and you're so inclined, then feel free to make a donation. Responsive and Helpful Tech SupportIf you have any issues with the plugin, we are here to help. Simply submit a support request at the WP-SpamShield Support Page, and we'll help you diagnose and fix the issue quickly. Additional Features
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