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    • Anti-spam protection for your standard WordPress comments in 5 minutes

      Anti-spam protection for your standard WordPress comments in 5 minutes

      If you have any Standard WordPress Comments Forms in your website some bots may use it to send spam messages and links. CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin protects your Standard WordPress Comments Form from spam.

      Once CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website.

      You can always use our detailed installation instructions.

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now your website and Standard WordPress Comments Forms are protected from spam.

      You can always use our detailed installation instructions.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      How to check that CleanTalk already protects your Standard WordPress Comments Form from spam

      After that, you can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your Standard WordPress comments forms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form.

      After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      How to hide «Website» field to protect your WordPress site comments

      Different bots and spammers use Website field in your comments forms to send spam URLs. CleanTalk has a special option for standard WordPress Comments Form. So this option hides this field from all of the comments forms on your website.

      Follow our guide to hide this field to improve your website’s anti-spam security.

      If you have any questions, then add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your Cleantalk account – Register now. Enjoy while the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin protects your Standard WordPress Comments Forms from spam.

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 100% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, personal lists, country filters, stop-words and many another.

      A complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features can be viewed here.

      WordPress spam protection

    • How to hide Website URL Field From WordPress Comment Form

      How to hide Website URL Field From WordPress Comment Form

      How many useful website URL’s did you get through comments on your website lately? Not too many, we believe. But it really is a good way for spammers to send spam websites using this form. This «Website URL» field is frequently used by spammers to place spam links in it. CleanTalk helps you protect your WordPress website comments by hiding this field off.

      So we improved CleanTalk’s integration to Comments and from now you can just remove «Website URL» field from all of the comment forms on your website. This feature is disabled by default, but it will take less than a minute to enable it using your WordPress dashboard. This option does not completely remove the field but hides it on the page.

      At the moment this feature works only with default WordPress Comments. So if your comments form is made with another plugin it will not be able to hide it’s «Website» field for now. If you use another comments plugin and still need to remove «Website URL» field – just let us know in the comments below.

      How to hide «Website» field to protect your WordPress site comments

      Step 1: Go to Plugins → Installed Plugins.

      Then go to Settings link next to CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin.

      Step 2: Click on «Advanced settings» button at the bottom of the screen. More setting will appear.

      Then find Hide the «Website» field in Comments and Messanges section.

      Step 3: Just switch it to «On» and press the «Save changes» button.

      Done! It really is that simple.

      Now just go to your WordPress site page and see the difference while CleanTalk helps you completely protecting your WordPress website comments

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.
      Create your Cleantalk account – Register now

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects not only comments, but also registrations, feedbacks, contacts and reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 100% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support & free mobile app.
      • Logs, personal lists, country filters, stop-words and many another.

      A complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features can be viewed here. https://cleantalk.org/help/introduction 
      WordPress spam protection