Title: Commentinel Spam Comment Cleaner
Author: ahmadalidentist
Published: <strong>October 10, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 10, 2026

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# Commentinel Spam Comment Cleaner

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/)

## Description

Adds **Comments  Spam Cleaner** to wp-admin. Pick which folder to scan, hit _Scan
comments_, and every comment that matches your rules is listed with the reason it
was flagged. Tick what you want (everything is pre-ticked) and apply one bulk action
to the lot.

Rules included:

 * **Links in the comment** — any http://, https://, www., anchor tag or BBCode 
   link. Threshold is configurable (default: 1 link).
 * **Author website field filled** — the classic link-drop signal.
 * **Link inside author name or email**.
 * **SQL injection / scanner probes** — `PG_SLEEP`, `WAITFOR DELAY`, `UNION SELECT`,`
   BENCHMARK()`, `EXTRACTVALUE()`, `information_schema`, `' OR 1=1--`, `${jndi:`
   and more.
 * **Script / HTML injection** — script and iframe tags, `javascript:` URLs, inline
   event handlers.
 * **BBCode links** — `[url=...]`, `[link=...]`.
 * **Custom keywords** — your own list, matched against comment, author, email, 
   website and IP.
 * **Numeric or empty author name** — catches the “1” that injection scanners use.
 * **Repeat IP address** — an IP with more than N comments.

Bulk actions: Move to Trash, Mark as Spam, Delete Permanently, and Approve (to clear
a false positive out of the list).

Scanning and deleting run in batches over AJAX, so tens of thousands of comments
will not time the request out.

Optionally the same rules can run on new submissions: send matches straight to the
spam folder, or reject them outright.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`,
    or upload the ZIP via **Plugins  Add New  Upload Plugin**.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Go to **Comments  Spam Cleaner**.

## FAQ

### Will it delete legitimate comments?

Nothing is deleted until you press Apply. The “Links in the comment” rule is broad
by design — a genuine visitor pasting a URL will match it, so review the list before
deleting, or raise the link threshold to 2+.

### Comments from my logged-in users are being flagged

Under **Rules & settings  Safety**, “Comments from logged-in registered users” is
skipped by default. Make sure it is ticked.

### Does deleting count as permanent?

“Delete Permanently” removes the rows from the database and cannot be undone. Use“
Move to Trash” first if you want a safety net.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Commentinel Spam Comment Cleaner” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **1 day ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [antispam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/antispam/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
   [delete comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete-comments/)[moderation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/moderation/)
   [spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/commentinel-spam-comment-cleaner/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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