BotSmasher WordPress Plugin
BotSmasher stops spam by checking comments and registrations against the BotSmasher API.
Got spam? BotSmasher wants to fix that problem.
BotSmasher is a CAPTCHA-less tool to check user submissions for spam. Why CAPTCHA-less? Because your spam isn't your visitors' problem.
Register with BotSmasher to get an API key and start smashing bots!
Comments
All comments supplied by users who aren't administrators are checked by BotSmasher. If they are identified as spam, they'll be flagged as spam and not shown on your site. You can report false positives back to BotSmasher if a real comment gets flagged.
Registrations
New registrations are run through BotSmasher. Anybody flagged by BotSmasher will get a notice that they've been flagged as spam, and directed to contact the site separately. When you get the new user email from WordPress, it'll incl
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Usage of BotSmasher over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 14 to 9 — down 5 (-35.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| June 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 9 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 9 | -2 |
| February 2024 | 11 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 11 | -1 |
| December 2023 | 12 | -1 |
| November 2023 | 13 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 13 | -1 |
| September 2023 | 14 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 14 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 14 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 14 | — |
Sites running BotSmasher
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