AOS Comment Spam Cleanup is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
AOS Comment Spam Cleanup is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by AOS Digital. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
AppRanks data: AOS Comment Spam Cleanup ranks #0 in Comments on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
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AOS Comment Spam Cleanup is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Spam category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by AOS Digital — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How AOS Comment Spam Cleanup works
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AOS Comment Spam Cleanup helps you remove comment spam in bulk using URL pattern matching, and prevents future bot submissions with a honeypot and quality scoring. Whether you have hundreds of shortlink spam comments or want ongoing protection, this plugin has you covered.
It works alongside Akismet and other spam filters, not instead of them.
✨ What you can do 🔍 Pattern Scanner
Type a URL fragment (e.g. shorturl.fm) into the scanner, click Check Count to see exactly how many comments match, then choose your action: mark as spam, move to trash, or delete permanently.
⏱ Scheduled Auto-Cleanup
Set a WP-Cron job to run hourly, twice daily, daily, or weekly. Configure your patterns and action once — the plugin keeps your comment section clean automatically.
🤖 Honeypot Bot Protection
An invisible form field is added to your comment form. Real visitors never see or fill it. Bots that automatically fill every form field get rejected with a 403 error — silently, without affecting real users who never see or fill the field.
📊 Comment Quality Scoring
Every new comment is automatically scored based on:
– Number of external links (+2 per link)
– Shortlink in author URL (+4 points)
– Very short text under 15 characters (+2 points)
– High symbol/punctuation density (+3 points)
– Known spam keywords like “casino” or “viagra” (+3 points)
– Excessive ALL-CAPS usage (+2 points)
If the score exceeds your threshold, the comment is held for review or marked as spam automatically.
🚫 Gravatar Privacy (GDPR-friendly)
Optionally block all external requests to gravatar.com. When enabled, avatar images are suppressed completely, preventing third-party data transfers without visitor consent — helpful for GDPR / DSGVO compliance.
💬 Disable Comments Globally
Close comments and trackbacks / pingbacks on all posts, pages, and custom post types in one click. Existing comments are not deleted — only new submissions are blocked. Disabling the toggle restores original comment status immediately without any database changes.
🛡 WordPress Blocklist Integration
Add URL patterns directly to WordPress’s native disallowed_keys list — new comments containing those patterns are caught before they even reach the scanner.
📋 Spam Domain Analysis
Automatically scans your existing spam and trash comments to surface the most common offending domains, so you always know what to block next.
🎯 Who is this for?
Site owners who suddenly find hundreds of shortlink spam comments (you know who you are)
Bloggers who want passive spam protection without a heavy third-party service
Developers managing multiple WordPress sites who need efficient bulk moderation
Anyone frustrated by shortlinks like bit.ly, shorturl.fm, cutt.ly in their comments
❓ Why not just use Akismet? Akismet is great for real-time filtering — but it doesn’t help you clean up existing spam, and it doesn’t support pattern-based bulk actions. AOS Comment Spam Cleanup fills that gap. Use both.
🔒 Privacy This plugin does not collect, transmit or store any personal data on external servers. All processing happens on your own server. No external API calls are made during normal operation.
🌍 Translations Ships with English and German (de_DE). Help translate at translate.wordpress.org.
👨💻 Developer Made by AOS Digital — WordPress development from Germany.
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Comments#0of 217Top 1%
- Comment spam#0of 6Top 1%
- Moderation#0of 14Top 1%
- Spam#0of 539Top 1%
- Spam filter#0of 4Top 1%
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Where AOS Comment Spam Cleanup stands in the Spam category
AOS Comment Spam Cleanup ranks #0 of 539 apps in the Spam category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is AOS Comment Spam Cleanup?
AOS Comment Spam Cleanup is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Spam category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by AOS Digital.
Who uses AOS Comment Spam Cleanup?
Currently around 10 active stores have installed AOS Comment Spam Cleanup. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Spam category on WordPress.