Title: Block List Updater Author: pluginkollektiv Published: November 5, 2014 Last modified: March 14, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/blacklist-updater/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2499642) ![](https://ps.w.org/blacklist-updater/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2499642) # Block List Updater By [pluginkollektiv](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluginkollektiv/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/blacklist-updater.1.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/) ## Description Few users are familiar with the comment block list built into WordPress. Located in the WordPress admin area under “Settings”—“Discussion”, that block list for incoming comments accepts values (words) to identify spam by. Additionally to plugins like [Antispam Bee](https://wordpress.org/plugins/antispam-bee/) in order to fight spam successfully a curated comment block list is recommendable. You can either update the list manually, or utilize a very detailed global [comment block list](https://github.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blacklist) that gets updated on a regular basis. Block List Updater has been developed to keep your comment block list in your WordPress installation up to speed with the curated global list on GitHub. The plugin will check the global comment block list on GitHub multiple times a day. Whenever new anti-spam values have been added to the global list, Block List Updater will read the global list and update your WordPress database accordingly. While the check-up process will run several times a day, the plugin will only update the database when it detects an actual change of the global comment block list on GitHub. ### Support * Community support via the [support forums on wordpress.org](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater) * We don’t handle support via e-mail, Twitter, GitHub issues etc. ### Contribute * Active development of this plugin is handled [on GitHub](https://github.com/pluginkollektiv/blacklist-updater). * Pull requests for documented bugs are highly appreciated. * If you think you’ve found a bug (e.g. you’re experiencing unexpected behavior), please post at the [support forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater) first. * If you want to help us translate this plugin you can do so [on WordPress Translate](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/blacklist-updater). ### Credits * Author: [Sergej Müller](https://sergejmueller.github.io/) * Maintainers: [pluginkollektiv](https://pluginkollektiv.org/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/da5bb37a9550dc7c11e72153cc702ba492890a56e7697db477196d64587e8010? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Seems to do the job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seems-to-do-the-job-3/)󠁿 [borpin2](https://profiles.wordpress.org/borpin2/) March 17, 2017 Seems to do the job. Great stuff. [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Block List Updater” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ pluginkollektiv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluginkollektiv/) “Block List Updater” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/blacklist-updater/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Block List Updater” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/blacklist-updater) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blacklist-updater/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/blacklist-updater/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/blacklist-updater/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/blacklist-updater/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog ### 1.0.2 * Tags reduced to 5 * Minor internal adjustments to prevents warnings * WordPress 6.8 compatibility check ### 1.0.1 * Removed unsupported links from plugin description * Minor internal adjustments to meet WordPress coding standards * WordPress 6.6 compatibility ### 1.0.0 * Localize the plugin via Translate WordPress * Add code style check and make code compatible with WP CS * Rename plugin to _Block List Updater_ ### 0.0.6 * WordPress 5.5/5.6 compatibility * Updated description with more inclusive wording ### 0.0.5 * Implement automated deployment ### 0.0.4 * Update donation link ### 0.0.3 * WordPress 4.2 support * Russian translation ### 0.0.2 * Plugin refactoring * Moving to wordpress.org ### 0.0.1 * _Blacklist Updater_ goes live ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **4,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [German (Austria)](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/blacklist-updater) * Tags * [antispam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/antispam/)[blacklist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blacklist/) [blocklist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blocklist/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/) [spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blacklist-updater/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blacklist-updater/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ pluginkollektiv ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluginkollektiv/) ## Support Got something to say? 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