Stop Comment Spam is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 4 reviews, as of Jul 15, 2026.
Stop Comment Spam is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by pedjas. With a rating of 5.0★ from 4 reviews.
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Stop Comment Spam is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Comment category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 4 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 pedjas — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (4) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Stop Comment Spam works
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If you use Akismet, you are likely happy how it recognizes spam, but probably it still bothers you that you have to check recognized spam and reject it. If your blog is target of heavy spam, you may get large number of spams a day, and although Akismet prevents spam to show up on your blog, you still have to administer (delete) it.
Stop Comment Spam jumps in that place. It is very likely that you may identify large amount of spam by very precise keywords, and if spam contains specified keyword, it may undoubtedly be considered as 100% spam and rejected without need for Akismet or you to interfere.
For instance, my blog is overwhelmed by, what we call Russian spam. Thing is that my blog uses Cyrillic alphabet, and Russian spammers recognize that, so they pay more attention to spam it with comments containing Russian language. As my blog is not in Russian language, I needed tool to recognize if Russian language is used in a comment, and if that is the case, to simply reject it. That is how this plugin became. It also helps a lot with Chinese spam and other verious automated spammers.
You may use it to prevent using obscene words or other unwanted words in comments posted on your site. You just define list of words that are unacceptable, and any comment containing any of them would be rejected.
Also, you may set similar keyword rules for comment author web site URL. If you have some nasty spammer that is persistent to advertise his site, you just put his site url in forbidden url list and he is gone, any comment using that site as commenter site URL will be rejected.
There is option to limit number of allowed links in comment text. That would help stopping link spammers. All you have to do is set number of allowed links within comment. If spammer posts one more than allowed, his comment will be refused.
This plugin is simple and straightforward. It will help you to filter out exact words or phrases, but it is not strong against more profane spammers. But, that is what Akismet is for. This plugin works as Akismet companion. It filters out obvious spam and lets Akismed deal with rest.
Author uses this plugin personally since year 2009, and it prooved to be very helpful. It stopped two times more spamm comments than Akismet. This does not mean Akismet is worse, just that two thirds of spam comming to my blog were so obvious that simple tool like StopCommentSpam could handle it leaving Akismet to deal with less but more delicate spam.
Keyword examples To stop spam comments using Russian language add these as forbidden comments contents:
ы
ю
щ
я
э
ь
й
ё
пасибо
что
все
Все
Мне
мне
автор
Что
To stop some spam linking to spam or malicious sitees ad these to forbidden URL contents:
.cn
healthcare
drugstore
loan
finance
insurance
viagra
baidu.com
clearance
forum
xxx
topic
gscraper
jimdo
nikeschuhe
jordan
discount
money
pharmacy
Category rankings
As of Jul 15, 2026- Block spam#0of 5Top 1%
- Comment#0of 58Top 1%
- Spam#70of 541Top 13%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Stop Comment Spam stands in the Comment category
Stop Comment Spam ranks #0 of 58 apps in the Comment category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Stop Comment Spam?
Stop Comment Spam is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 4 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Comment 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 pedjas.
Who uses Stop Comment Spam?
Currently around 300 active stores have installed Stop Comment Spam. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Comment category on WordPress.