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- 0 ms
- Memory
- 0.0 MB
- SQL
- +6
About
Dam Spam is a spam protection plugin that blocks spam registrations, login attempts, comments, and contact form submissions. It provides multiple layers of protection including IP blocking, email validation, CAPTCHA challenges, and integration with third-party spam detection services.
How it Works
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Dam Spam runs a series of configurable checks on registrations, logins, comments, and form submissions. When a submission is flagged as potentially suspicious, you can choose to block it outright or present a CAPTCHA challenge. Legitimate users are cached to speed up future submissions, while known spam sources are permanently blocked.
Features
Configuration
After installation, go to the Dam Spam settings in your WordPress admin to:
Differences from Stop Spammers
Dam Spam is a fork of Stop Spammers. While the core spam protection functionality remains similar, Dam Spam’s file and code structure has been significantly cleaned up and modernized.
Addon Support
Dam Spam supports custom spam checks via addons. Create a separate plugin with this structure:
Description published by Web Guy on WordPress.org, licensed under GPL.
Tags
anti-spam
no spam
security
spam
spam protection
Per-version history
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Per-version history
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How the plugin evolves version by version.
| Version | Homepage | Admin | Last scan |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1.1.8 | 1 scan | — | 2 weeks ago |
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| Date | Version | Context | Score | Grade | Time | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 weeks ago | v1.1.8 | Homepage | 94/100 | A | 0 ms | 0.0 MB |