Machete vs SpamBanana – AI Spam Protection

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.

SpamBanana uses advanced Machine Learning (Logistic Regression + TF-IDF) to detect spam comments. Accuracy improves over time with admin feedback, reaching up to 99% after 2M feedbacks. No annoying CAPTCHAs needed! Features AI-Powered Detection with Machine Learning Accuracy improves over time (up to 99% with feedback) Real-time Dashboard with Statistics GeoIP Country Blocking Admin Feedback System to improve AI No CAPTCHA Required Fast & Lightweight Secure HMAC-SHA256 Authentication How It Works Install and activate the plugin Get your free API keys from spambanana.com Enter API keys in Settings All comments are automatically checked Provide feedback to improve AI accuracy Admin Feedback System Help improve the AI by providing feedback on spam detection: * Mark false positives as “Not Spam” * Mark false negatives as “Spam” * AI learns from your feedback * Accuracy improves over time GeoIP Blocking Block spam by country: * Real-time IP geolocation * Select countries to block * Cached for performance Dashboard & Statistics Total comments checked Spam blocked count Daily trends (7-90 days) Top spam sources Beautiful charts External Services This plugin relies on external services to provide spam detection and geolocation features. Below is detailed information about each service: SpamBanana API (api.spambanana.com) What it does: Analyzes comments using Machine Learning (Logistic Regression + TF-IDF) to detect spam. When data is sent: Every time a comment is submitted on your WordPress site (unless the user is logged in and you’ve disabled checking for logged-in users). What data is sent: * Comment content (text) * Comment author name * Comment author email * Comment author IP address * Comment author website URL (if provided) * User agent string Why it’s needed: WordPress servers have limited resources. By processing spam detection on our dedicated ML servers, we: * Reduce load on your WordPress server * Provide faster spam detection * Use advanced Machine Learning models that would be too resource-intensive to run locally * Continuously improve accuracy through centralized learning from millions of comments * Reduce AI costs for users by sharing infrastructure Data retention: Comment data is stored temporarily for analysis and learning. Spam detection results are kept to improve the ML model accuracy over time. Privacy & Terms: * Service Terms: https://spambanana.com/terms * Privacy Policy: https://spambanana.com/privacy * The service is GDPR compliant * No personal data is sold or shared with third parties IP-API.com (ip-api.com) What it does: Provides geolocation data (country) based on IP addresses for the GeoIP blocking feature. When data is sent: Only when GeoIP blocking is enabled in settings, and only for new IP addresses not in cache (cached for 7 days). What data is sent: * Visitor’s IP address only Why it’s needed: To identify the country of origin for comments, allowing you to block spam from specific countries if desired. Privacy & Terms: * Service website: http://ip-api.com * Terms of Service: https://ip-api.com/docs/legal * This is a free service with rate limiting (45 requests per minute) Privacy Policy User Data Protection: * All data transmission uses secure HTTPS connections * Data is only sent when actively processing comments * Users can disable the plugin at any time to stop data transmission * GeoIP feature is optional and can be disabled * No tracking cookies or scripts are added to your site * GDPR compliant Support Support: [email protected] Support: [email protected] Website: https://spambanana.com Credits Developed by FamaServer Team Website: https://famaserver.com