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Cookies for Comments
v0.5.5Not updated in over a year
Sets a cookie on a random URL that is then checked when a comment is posted. If the cookie is missing the comment is marked as spam.
by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) · Website
commentscookiesspam
- Rank
- #1,547 24h -21 · 7d -20
- Est. installs
- 18,890 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 109K all time
- Rating
- 4.9 ★ 18 reviews
- Official installs
- 10,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 5.2.29 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
7.4 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 0.5.5
- Requires WP
- 3.1
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2008
About Cookies for Comments
Cookies for Comments is a WordPress plugin by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n), first published on WordPress.org in 2008. It has 10,000+ active installations and 109,486 downloads in total, and ranks #1,547 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 20 places. Users rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 18 reviews. Version 0.5.5 was released 7.4 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 5.2.29 and requires WordPress 3.1 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under comments, cookies and spam. Plugins with a similar focus include Delete Pending Comments, Throws SPAM Away and Simply Disable Comments.
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