Title: BlueFairy AntiSpam
Author: bluefairydevelopment
Published: <strong>September 30, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 30, 2026

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# BlueFairy AntiSpam

 By [bluefairydevelopment](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bluefairydevelopment/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bluefairy-antispam.1.1.4.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bluefairy-antispam/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bluefairy-antispam/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bluefairy-antispam/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bluefairy-antispam/)

## Description

We hate spam with a burning passion. We hate it so much we built this plugin for
free.

**BlueFairy AntiSpam** stops bot submissions on comments, user registration, WooCommerce
reviews, My Account registration, and checkout — without a single CAPTCHA in sight.
No puzzles. No friction on the path to purchase. Just invisible protection working
silently in the background.

**How it works:**

 * **Honeypot** — A hidden field is added to your forms. Real humans never see it
   or fill it in. Bots do. Blocked.
 * **Time trap** — A cryptographically signed timestamp is embedded at page load.
   Submissions that arrive faster than a human can type are rejected. Bots move 
   fast. Too fast.
 * **Stop Forum Spam (optional)** — Cross-reference visitor IPs and emails against
   the world’s largest spam database. Disabled by default. You choose when to turn
   it on.

No configuration required to get started. Activate and it works. The honeypot and
time trap are on by default.

**What it protects:**

 * WordPress comments (traditional and REST API)
 * WordPress user registration
 * WooCommerce product reviews
 * WooCommerce My Account registration
 * WooCommerce shortcode checkout
 * WooCommerce Block checkout

Logged-in users are never challenged — no friction for your actual customers.

### Third Party Services

This plugin can optionally connect to the Stop Forum Spam service (https://www.stopforumspam.
com/).

**This feature is disabled by default.** It must be explicitly enabled under Tools
> Anti-Spam.

When enabled:
 * Visitor IP addresses and email addresses are sent to `https://api.
stopforumspam.org/api` for spam lookup. * If you provide an API key, blocked visitors’
IP and email may be reported to `https://www.stopforumspam.com/add.php`.

Stop Forum Spam privacy policy: https://www.stopforumspam.com/legal
 Stop Forum 
Spam terms of service: https://www.stopforumspam.com/legal

No data is ever sent without your explicit opt-in.

## Screenshots

[⌊Dashboard widget showing total spammers blocked.⌉⌊Dashboard widget showing total
spammers blocked.⌉[

Dashboard widget showing total spammers blocked.

[⌊Settings page under Tools > Anti-Spam.⌉⌊Settings page under Tools > Anti-Spam.⌉[

Settings page under Tools > Anti-Spam.

[⌊Anti-Spam log — searchable, filterable, with Reported to SFS view tab.⌉⌊Anti-Spam
log — searchable, filterable, with Reported to SFS view tab.⌉[

Anti-Spam log — searchable, filterable, with Reported to SFS view tab.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `bluefairy-antispam` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`
 2. Activate the plugin in **Plugins > Installed Plugins**
 3. Done. Honeypot and time trap are active immediately.

To configure: **Tools > Anti-Spam**

## FAQ

### Will this break my checkout?

No. Real customers never interact with any trap field. The honeypot is invisible.
The time trap gives 24 hours before expiry — far longer than any checkout takes.

### Do I need a Stop Forum Spam account?

No. SFS is entirely optional and off by default. Honeypot and time trap work without
it.

To enable SFS checking (IP and email lookup only), turn it on in **Tools > Anti-
Spam** — no account needed.

To also _report_ confirmed spammers back to SFS, you need a free API key. Register
at https://www.stopforumspam.com/signup and paste your key into the SFS API key 
field.

### Does it work with the WooCommerce Block checkout?

Yes. The Block checkout uses the Store API, so POST-based traps don’t apply — but
the SFS check still runs if enabled.

### What gets stored?

When a submission is blocked: the time, which trap fired, which form, the IP address,
and a hashed (HMAC-SHA256) version of the email address. The raw email address is
never stored.

### How long are logs kept?

90 days by default. Configurable under **Tools > Anti-Spam**.

### When I mark a comment as spam in the admin, does the plugin report it?

Yes — if Stop Forum Spam is enabled and an API key is configured, marking a comment
as spam from the Comments list or post edit screen will automatically report the
commenter’s IP and email to SFS.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“BlueFairy AntiSpam” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ bluefairydevelopment ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bluefairydevelopment/)

[Translate “BlueFairy AntiSpam” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bluefairy-antispam)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bluefairy-antispam/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bluefairy-antispam/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bluefairy-antispam/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bluefairy-antispam/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.4

 * Security: WP 6.9 Abilities (get-log-entries, get-stats, get-settings) now enforce
   manage_options at runtime via permission_callback. Previously only the descriptive
   capability key was set; the API treats capability as metadata, not enforcement.
 * Security: get-settings ability strips sfs_api_key and hmac_secret from its response
   as defence in depth; a regression test guards this invariant.
 * Added: real execute_callback handlers for all three abilities — they now return
   usable data instead of being metadata-only stubs.
 * Added: Logger::get_recent_entries() and Settings::get_all() helpers used by the
   ability handlers.
 * Fixed: dashboard widget CSS moved out of an inline tag into an enqueued stylesheet,
   scoped to the WP dashboard (index.php) only.

#### 1.1.3

 * Fixed: removed empty Domain Path header from the plugin file. The languages/ 
   directory was empty and excluded from the release zip, causing a Plugin Check
   warning.
 * Compatibility: bumped Tested up to 7.1.

#### 1.1.2

 * Fixed: SFS enabled, confidence threshold, and API key fields were silently not
   saving. WordPress calls add_option() instead of issuing a MySQL UPDATE when the
   stored value equals the default registered via register_setting(), and add_option()
   is a no-op when the row already exists. Removed the registered default so WordPress
   always takes the UPDATE path.

#### 1.1.1

 * Fixed: Log filter (trap type, search) now persists after bulk-delete actions (
   was lost because filters were read from $_GET, which is empty after POST redirect).
 * Fixed: Bulk-delete on the Anti-Spam Log now shows a success notice with the count
   of entries deleted.

#### 1.1.0

 * Added: when an admin marks a comment as spam from the Comments list or post edit
   screen, the commenter’s IP and email are automatically reported to Stop Forum
   Spam (requires SFS enabled + API key configured).
 * Added: “Reported to SFS” view tab on the Anti-Spam Log page so you can filter
   to see only submissions forwarded to Stop Forum Spam.
 * Added: PHPUnit unit test suite (23 tests covering Honeypot and TimeTrap classes).

#### 1.0.1

 * Fixed: register WP 6.9 abilities on correct action hooks to eliminate deprecation
   notices.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release. Honeypot, time trap, optional Stop Forum Spam integration, dashboard
   widget, admin log.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.4**
 *  Last updated **2 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.2**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [anti-spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-spam/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
   [honeypot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/honeypot/)[spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
   [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bluefairy-antispam/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ bluefairydevelopment ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bluefairydevelopment/)

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