Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools vs OpenPorte Spam Protection

All in one solution to fight blog comment spammers and improve comment quality. Tired of deleting useless spammy comments from your WordPress blog posts? Comment Link Remove WordPress plugin removes author link and any other links from the user comments among other features. If you run a blog or WordPress website with comments enabled, there is no getting away from comment spammers. Captchas help with bot spamming. But how do you prevent a human who is willing to put in a moment to pass the captcha and write a spam comment just to push a link in your website? 🚀 Upgrade to Comment Tools Pro now! 🚀 Support, Bug Report, Feature Requests | Pro version Live Demo | ++ Upgrade to the Comment Tools pro version and Increase Interactivity with features like AI Auto Comment reply, adding a Voice record to the comments or Upload files, Images and Videos. Ability to Subscribe to newsletters, UpVote/DownVote comments or send eMail notifications and reminders to your commenters grow relationship with your users. Supports comment username mention, quote, collapsing comments and tons of other options. //-> Try our FREE ChatBot for WordPress with AI – WPBot. It is an easy to use, Native, No coding required, AI ChatBot to provide Automated Live Chat Support. Use ChatBot to answer user questions and also collect information from the users using conversational forms. It can be also be powered by DialogFlow, Tavily or OpenAI ChatGPT or simply use the built-in features to provide Live support and collect data. ++ Check out the ChatBot for WordPress Demo. Usually the comment spammers’ main goal is to get a do-follow or no-follow link from your website. Comment Link Remove WordPress plugin empowers you with the options to remove author website hyperlink and cleaning up any links from the comment itself. The URLs will still be visible but they just won’t be hyperlinked. This will greatly discourage comment spammers. You can individually choose to turn on/off the following options to discourage and comment spams or take actions against spammy comments: Remove WEBSITE Field from Comment Form Remove hyper-link from comment AUTHOR Disable turning URLs into hyper-links in comments Remove HTML Link Tags in comments Disable Comments Globally Hide Existing Comments Open Comment Links in New Tab Delete pending comments with one click Delete all comments with one click Delete All Spam Comments in One Click Display post update date in blog post Everything you need to discourage spammers from leaving useless comments in your precious blog posts. Empower Your Blog Comments with Comment Tools Pro Comment Tools Pro adds an arsenal of practical tools for your WordPress Blog’s comment section including an AI auto reply feature! Increase Interactivity with features like adding a Voice message record to the comments or Upload files, Images and Videos. Ability to Subscribe to newsletters, UpVote/DownVote comments or send eMail notifications and reminders to your commenters to grow relationship with your users. Increase quality of the comments by reducing spammy and low quality comments. Export commentator eMail addresses as CSV or Integrate with Zapier and MailChimp. Analyze the sentiment of a Comment – discern and moderate commentator’s emotion automatically. AI Auto Comment Reply Never have a comment go unanswered! Use ChatGPT AI to automatically reply to your user comments. Just add your OpenAI API key to the comment tools settings and it can reply to all Approved comments automatically from now on. You can set it to Auto reply to only the top comments or all the child comments. You can control the length, imagination and verboseness of the AI comments. Increase Interactivity An interactive community is a vibrant community. Comment Tools Pro helps your site users become more interactive by adding unique features like Voice comments. Users can record and attach a voice messages with each of their comments. Allow users to Upload and attach files, Images and Videos (define allowed file types). UpVote/DownVote comments is also supported. Site admins can send eMail notifications and reminders to the commenters to create a more intimate relationship with the website users. Collect eMails and grow eMail List for Your Newsletters! Get more out of your blog users. They love your blog and leave comments on your articles. Why not give them the option to subscribe to your newsletter while they are leaving a comment? You can do just that with Comment tools pro. Subscribed users’ name and emails can be exported as CSV or you can directly integrate with a MailChimp List! You can also use Zapier to integrate with almost any major mailing List platform! Create new Zap on your Zapier Account and connect with this plugin. Improve and Moderate Comments Automatically Enable Comment Sentiment setting to Show the commentator’s Emotion with icon. Filter comments by Emotion (positive, negative or neutral) in the Front and Backend! Auto moderate comments for profanity by setting a threshold for negative comments! Commentator will be shown warning message you define and asked to rephrase her comments to adhere to the community rules! ++ View Demo of Comment Tools Pro Version All the Pro Version Features for WordPress Comment Tools Pro Comment Tools ⭐ Remove WEBSITE Field from Comment Form ⭐ Remove hyper-link from comment AUTHOR Bio ⭐ Disable turning URLs into hyper-links in comments ⭐ Remove HTML Link Tags in comments ⭐ Disable Comments Globally ⭐ Hide Existing Comments ⭐ Open Comment Links in New Tab ⭐ Delete or Mark Comments as Spam from the front end (for users with Privilege) AI Auto Reply to User Comments ⭐ Supports Auto Comment Reply Using OpenAI GPT 3, 4 and ChatGPT ⭐ Auto Reply only for Approved Comments ⭐ Reply only to the Top Comment or all the Child Comments also ⭐ Options to Select Max Tokens, Temperature, Presence Penalty, and Frequency Penalty Voice Recording Message with Comments ⭐ Enable option to Record a Voice Message with each comment ⭐ View and listen Voice records in the WordPress dashboard ⭐ Change all languages Discourage Spam Comments ⭐ Remove WEBSITE Field from Comment Form ⭐ Remove hyperlink from comment AUTHOR ⭐ Disable turning URLs into hyperlinks in comments ⭐ Remove HTML Link Tags in comments ⭐ Open Links in Comment on New Tab ⭐ Minimum Time Between Comments ( Set Time Interval Required Between Comments by same user to Avoid Spamming ) ⭐ Custom Message for too quick comments Prevent Bot and Spam Comments Comment Tools Pro provides an advanced feature to completely prevent commenting by Spam Bots by adding a stylesheet or image to the source code. When a Human loads your blog in a browser that stylesheet or image a cookie is added. If that user then leaves a comment the cookie is checked. If the cookie does not exist the comment is marked as spam by Bots. Auto Moderate Comments with keywords or keyphrases. Define a list of keywords. When any new comment include any of these keywords, it will be automatically marked as Spam or Deleted Get eMail Subscriptions from Comments ⭐ eMail subscription opt-in checkbox in comment field ⭐ Edit subscribe Language ⭐ List of subscribed users in the plugin back end ⭐ Export subscribed user list as CSV file ⭐ Integrate with your MailChimp account and add emails directly to your mailing list ⭐ Integrate with your Zapier account and create new zap for all major mailing platforms like aweber, drip, getresponse, contact contact etc. and dozens more! Image, Video, Document Attachment with Comments Comment Tools Pro allows your visitors to attach images, videos, audios, documents and other files with their comments. They will also be able to automatically embed links from Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and other services in the comment text. ⭐ Limit the maximum file upload size. ⭐ Make an attachment required. ⭐ Specify whether the attachment will be embedded or displayed as a link. ⭐ Enable/Disable autoembed links (like Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) in the comment text. ⭐ Select an attachment image size from thumbnails available in your WordPressl. ⭐ Link a thumbnail to a full-size image with lightbox plugins support ⭐ Open a full-size image in a new tab or link thumbnail to the attachment page. ⭐ Enable/Disable multiple upload. ⭐ Combine images to gallery. ⭐ Select an attachment image size for the images gallery. ⭐ Restrict attachment file types. ⭐ Decide who will be able to upload attachments: all users or only logged users. ⭐ Manually moderate comments with attachments. You can also: ⭐ Add, replace or delete an attachment from a comment on Edit Comment screen. ⭐ Attach an unlimited number of attachments to the comment in the admin panel. ⭐ Delete an attachment on Comments screen. Discourage Low Quality Comments ⭐ Define Minimum Length of Comments ( Avoid Low Value Comments ) ⭐ Alert Message for Minimum Comments Length ⭐ Maximum Length of Comments – (Prevent lengthy copy pastes) ⭐ Define Alert Message for Maximum Comments Length Sentiment Analysis to Prevent Spams and Improve Quality ⭐ Sentiment and Emotion analysis for English Language ⭐ Show Comment Sentiment Icons by each comment ⭐ Filter comments by Sentiment (positive, negative or neutral) ⭐ Automatically prevent comments with Profanity or too many negative words based on a score you define ⭐ User Upvote/Downvote a comment ⭐ Comment emotion and score display in the backend for admin Improve Interactivity with Your Followers ⭐ Tag a user (mention @name) to send notification. Supports drop down auto populate to choose username ⭐ Quote another Comment ⭐ Notify a user when their comment is approved by email ⭐ Collapse Comment Replies and show Comment Number ⭐ Redirect First Time Commenters to a Page for a special offer or thank you message ⭐ Send a private email to an individual commenter from Dashboard ⭐ A button in the WP toolbar to email all the commenters on a post ⭐ Option to Notify All Commenters of a Post when there is a New Comment on that post ⭐ Notify All Users of the site when there is a New Comment on Any Post Bulk Manage Your Comments ⭐ Disable Comments Globally ⭐ Hide Existing Comments ⭐ Show All Comments on a single page with a convenient shortcode. ⭐ Delete all pending comments with one click. ⭐ Delete All Spam Comments in One Click. Other Features ⭐ Sidebar Widget to Display the Top Commenters ⭐ Add Vertical scroll in recent comments widget ⭐ Pin a Comment to Show the Comment at the Top Position ⭐ Mark a Comment as Private (only admin and commenter will see) ⭐ Enable Read More option in Comments (show more comments at once) ⭐ Set rel UGC, “follow” , “nofollow” to Comment Links ⭐ Display post update date in blog post. Some more interesting plugins to help your website: Simple Link Directory plugin | Simple Business Directory plugin with maps | ChatBot for WordPress WPBot | Infographic Maker plugin – iList | Slider Hero WordPress Slider Plugin Woocommerce related plugins WooCommerce One Page Store Express Shop | Woocommerce Shop Assistant | Woo Tabbed Category Product Listing | ChatBot for WooCommerce WoowBot | Bargain Bot to Increase Sales More Useful Plugins: WordPress Portfolio plugin | Easy Charts and Graphs plugin iChart | KnowledgeBase Helpdesk Plugin with ChatBot Use Download the plugin zip file. Extract and upload the folder to your wp-content/plugins folder. From the wp-admin panel goto plugins and activate “Comment Link Remove” Tune the plugin settings from (Settings –> QC CLR Settings) You are done.

OpenPorte is a free and open-source plugin that protects WordPress forms from spam using a lightweight Proof-of-Work challenge instead of CAPTCHAs. The goal is to make spam expensive for bots while keeping the experience almost invisible for legitimate visitors and respecting their privacy. For site owners, OpenPorte offers an easy to configure and deploy modern spam protection under their control. For the site users, it offers an accessible, transparent and privacy-friendly alternative to CAPTCHAs. OpenPorte is built around the open-source ALTCHA widget. Some highlights: CAPTCHA-free spam protection Fully open source (GPL) Self-hosted – no mandatory external service Designed to be accessible and privacy-friendly Compatible with existing ALTCHA integrations Easy migration for users of ALTCHA Spam Protection v1 (≤ 1.26.3) For the list of contributors, refer to our GitHub project: Contributors. AI-assisted development AI-assisted project. Architecture, security decisions, and final review are mine; AI tools (Claude, Mistral, and others) help with drafting code, tests, translations, and documentation — without them, one person couldn’t keep this fork alive. Background The original ALTCHA Spam Protection WordPress plugin (v1) was open source (GPLv2). Its authors have since released a version 2/3 which is no longer open source. They no longer maintain the open source project and recommend that users migrate to v2/v3. See the official project at https://altcha.org for their offering. OpenPorte started as a fork and continues the v1 line as free software (GPLv2 or later) for users who want to stay on a fully open-source, self-hosted solution. It is a faithful fork: existing v1 installations can switch to OpenPorte and keep their settings (see Upgrading). Compatibility OpenPorte is backward-compatible with ALTCHA Spam Protection v1 plugin: Your existing settings are migrated automatically on activation. The [altcha] shortcode keeps working (alongside the new [openporte]). The altcha_* filters and actions keep firing as deprecated aliases. Custom API Mode has been verified against GateCHA, an open source server implementing the creation and verification of ALTCHA challenges. See the Deprecations section for the full list of compatibility aliases and what they map to. Upgrading From the original ALTCHA v1 plugin Deactivate the old ALTCHA plugin, then install and activate OpenPorte. Your existing configuration is detected and copied into the OpenPorte settings on first activation; the original ALTCHA settings are left untouched, so you can roll back to ALTCHA v1 without losing anything. Do not run both plugins at the same time. From ALTCHA v2/v3 If your site was already moved to ALTCHA v2/v3 (for example by the automatic 3.0.0 update), your original v1 settings are normally still in the database: the v2/v3 upgrade neither migrates nor removes them. Deactivate ALTCHA, then install and activate OpenPorte — it finds and imports the v1 settings, even when the v1 plugin itself has long been deleted. Settings made in v2/v3 are not read. Deprecations The following ALTCHA-era identifiers are kept as aliases for backward compatibility and are scheduled for removal in a future release: The [altcha] shortcode — use [openporte]. The altcha/v1 REST namespace — use openporte/v1. The altcha_* filters and actions — now firing through WordPress’ deprecated hook mechanism; use the openporte_* equivalents. The AltchaPlugin class and the ALTCHA_VERSION / ALTCHA_WIDGET_VERSION constants — use OpenPortePlugin and the OPENPORTE_* constants. Integrations targeting paid-only third-party plugins; affected users should migrate to the official ALTCHA v2/v3 plugin. The “Custom HTML” integration (auto-configuration of hand-written tags) — place the [openporte] shortcode instead. You can re-enable it for now under Settings → OpenPorte → Integrations. Privacy No cookies, no tracking OpenPorte prioritizes user privacy by avoiding the use of cookies and fingerprinting techniques. No external service This plugin remains fully contained within your WordPress installation, eliminating any reliance on external services. Modes of Operation OpenPorte verifies submissions in one of two modes, selected in the settings (API Mode): Self-hosted (default) — a proof-of-work challenge is issued and verified by your own WordPress site through the REST API. Fully self-contained, with no external service and no additional setup beyond enabling the integrations you need. Custom — point the Challenge URL at your own ALTCHA-compatible backend (for example a self-hosted ALTCHA Sentinel, or GateCHA). Submissions are verified with your site’s shared secret. The paid altcha.org regional SaaS classifier offered by earlier versions has been removed; both remaining modes are free and self-hostable. REST API This plugin requires the WordPress REST API. If you are using any “Disable REST API” plugins, ensure that the endpoint /altcha/v1/challenge (marked for deprecation) and /openporte/v1/challenge are allowed. Supported Integrations CoBlocks Contact Form 7 Elementor Pro Forms (deprecated — paid plugin, see Deprecations) Formidable Forms Forminator GravityForms HTML Forms wpDiscuz WPForms WordPress Login, Register, Password reset WordPress Comments WooCommerce Many other plugins and your own content (via the [openporte] shortcode, or the deprecated [altcha] alias) Source Code All source code for the plugin, and the ALTCHA widget is available on GitHub. In the repository, you’ll also find versions of non-minified JavaScript and CSS assets: Plugin: https://github.com/openporte/openporte ALTCHA Widget: https://github.com/altcha-org/altcha