Block Top Spammers for WordPress Plugin Directory
Block Top Spammers is the #222 ranked spam app on WordPress, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Block Top Spammers is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Martin Lormes.
AppRanks data: Block Top Spammers ranks #222 in Spam on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 42% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Block Top Spammers is a newly-listed 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. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). 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
- +Published by Martin Lormes — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Block Top Spammers works
Block Top Spammers displays a list of your top spammers’ IP addresses, based on all comments in your database that are marked as spam. It also generates a blacklist for your .htaccess file to block those spammers from your website entirely, thus taking load off the server. – You will need another plugin (like Akismet) to identify the spam.
PHP 5 and Apache required.
Roadmap 0.6 (April 2010)
edit blacklist (i.e. remove individual addresses, manually add addresses and/or subnets)
manually override .htaccess location
customize 403 error shown to blocked spammers
1.0 (May 2010)
Multi-Site support (WordPress 3.0, maybe WPMU 2.8/2.9)
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Spam#222of 541Top 42%
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Competitors & alternatives
Block Top Spammers doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked spam apps on WordPress:
Where Block Top Spammers stands in the Spam category
Block Top Spammers ranks #222 of 541 apps in the Spam category, placing it in the top 42% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Block Top Spammers?
Block Top Spammers is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. 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 Martin Lormes.
Who uses Block Top Spammers?
Currently around 20 active stores have installed Block Top Spammers. 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.
Where does Block Top Spammers rank on WordPress?
Block Top Spammers currently sits at position #222 in the Spam category on WordPress. That places it in the top 41% of 541 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.