Gerry Manzari

Manzari Anti-Spam Shield protects your WordPress comment forms from automated spam using multiple layers of defense:
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<li>🔒 Hidden honeypot field to catch bots</li>
<li>⏱️ Submission timing detection to block fast spam bots</li>
<li>🧠 Keyword blocking for suspicious phrases</li>
<li>✅ Optional Google reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox</li>
<li>📊 Dashboard widget showing total spam blocked</li>
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Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly — no unnecessary external calls (unless you enable reCAPTCHA). 
Built for performance, simplicity, and full WordPress.org compliance.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses Google reCAPTCHA v2 to help protect comment forms from automated spam.
When reCAPTCHA is enabled, the plugin loads the Google reCAPTCHA script from: 
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js
When a comment form is submitted, the plugin sends the following data to Google for verification: 
• The reCAPTCHA response token 
• The user’s IP address 
• Your site’s secret key
This verification request is sent to: 
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify
Google reCAPTCHA is provided by Google LLC. 
Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms 
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Manzari Anti-Spam Shield

A lightweight anti-spam plugin using honeypot, timing, keyword, and reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox protection. Blocks bots silently while keeping UX clean.

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Once installed, the plugin ‘Hide Invisible Google reCAPTCHA Badge’ will immediately hide the annoying Google reCAPTCHA v3 badge that appears when using Google anti-spam service.
If you are using Contact Form 7 or another form plugin, this is the right solution. A lot of WordPress websites have the same problem after updating the anti spam service to V3: 
a wonderful unwanted badge appears on the bottom right of the screen. This plugin hides the lovely Google reCAPTCHA v3 badge from your WordPress website while maintaining the functionality.
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<li>Activate</li>
<li>Badge is gone.</li>
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Hide Invisible Google reCAPTCHA Badge

Once installed, Hide Invisible Google reCAPTCHA Badge will remove immediately the annoying Google reCAPTCHA v3 badge that appears when using Google an …

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