Plugin info

Total downloads: 16,335
Active installs: 600
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.1
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 11/30/2025 (30 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/15/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 30 days ago • 7 reviews

70/100

Is En Spam abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 30 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: f

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Description

“En Spam” blocks totally comments and form submissions of bots by cookies and javascript. Bots can’t use cookies and javascript and therefore will not be able to comment.
Users that blocking cookies or Javascript can to comment after transfer in special page.

We protect Elementor Pro and Contact Form 7 (cf7) forms and default comments of WordPress.

The plugin is transparent to your visitors, only bots will be blocked.

You can see how many spambots blocked in dashboard widget.

“En Spam” means “have not spam” in Hebrew.

Installation

  1. Upload en-spam directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  • Or to install via Admin Panel.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

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Changelog

1.1

  • Refactored plugin code into a PHP class for better structure and maintainability.
  • Fix error in Elementor Pro.

1.0

  • Add support to Elementor form and contact form 7 (cf7)

0.7.2

  • Add support to old PHP versions

0.7.1

  • Add widget with block counter to the dashboard

0.7

  • Move JS to en-spam.js
  • Improve the code
  • Fix encoding bug

0.6

  • Fix Adding slashs to specific characters

0.5

  • Disable language filtering
  • Add transfer page for blocked commenters

0.2

  • First Stable Version