New privacy features: block Gravatar external requests and disable comments globally. The automation and protection settings are now saved independently \u2014 please re-save both tabs once after upgrading.<\/p>","1.4.0":"
Plugin renamed to AOS Comment Spam Cleanup (slug: aos-comment-spam-cleanup). All internal option keys updated. After upgrading, existing settings will not migrate automatically \u2014 please re-save your settings once.<\/p>","1.3.0":"
Security hardening: nonce verification, output escaping, and input sanitization improved throughout. Plugin renamed to AOS Comment Spam Cleanup; text domain updated to comment-spam-cleanup. Recommended upgrade for all users.<\/p>","1.2.0":"
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AOS Comment Spam Cleanup<\/strong> helps you remove comment spam in bulk using URL pattern matching, and prevents future bot submissions with a honeypot and quality scoring. Whether you have hundreds of shortlink spam comments or want ongoing protection, this plugin has you covered.<\/p>\n\n It works alongside<\/em> Akismet and other spam filters, not instead of them.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udd0d Pattern Scanner<\/strong>\nType a URL fragment (e.g. \u23f1 Scheduled Auto-Cleanup<\/strong>\nSet a WP-Cron job to run hourly, twice daily, daily, or weekly. Configure your patterns and action once \u2014 the plugin keeps your comment section clean automatically.<\/p>\n\n \ud83e\udd16 Honeypot Bot Protection<\/strong>\nAn invisible form field is added to your comment form. Real visitors never see or fill it. Bots that automatically fill every form field get rejected with a 403 error \u2014 silently, without affecting real users who never see or fill the field.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udcca Comment Quality Scoring<\/strong>\nEvery new comment is automatically scored based on:\n- Number of external links (+2 per link)\n- Shortlink in author URL (+4 points)\n- Very short text under 15 characters (+2 points)\n- High symbol\/punctuation density (+3 points)\n- Known spam keywords like \"casino\" or \"viagra\" (+3 points)\n- Excessive ALL-CAPS usage (+2 points)<\/p>\n\n If the score exceeds your threshold, the comment is held for review or marked as spam automatically.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udeab Gravatar Privacy (GDPR-friendly)<\/strong>\nOptionally block all external requests to gravatar.com. When enabled, avatar images are suppressed completely, preventing third-party data transfers without visitor consent \u2014 helpful for GDPR \/ DSGVO compliance.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udcac Disable Comments Globally<\/strong>\nClose comments and trackbacks \/ pingbacks on all posts, pages, and custom post types in one click. Existing comments are not deleted \u2014 only new submissions are blocked. Disabling the toggle restores original comment status immediately without any database changes.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udee1 WordPress Blocklist Integration<\/strong>\nAdd URL patterns directly to WordPress's native disallowed_keys list \u2014 new comments containing those patterns are caught before they even reach the scanner.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udccb Spam Domain Analysis<\/strong>\nAutomatically scans your existing spam and trash comments to surface the most common offending domains, so you always know what to block next.<\/p>\n\n Akismet is great for real-time filtering \u2014 but it doesn't help you clean up<\/em> existing spam, and it doesn't support pattern-based bulk actions. AOS Comment Spam Cleanup fills that gap. Use both.<\/p>\n\n This plugin does not collect, transmit or store any personal data on external servers. All processing happens on your own server. No external API calls are made during normal operation.<\/p>\n\n Ships with English and German (\u2728 What you can do<\/h4>\n\n
shorturl.fm<\/code>) into the scanner, click Check Count<\/strong> to see exactly how many comments match, then choose your action: mark as spam, move to trash, or delete permanently.<\/p>\n\n\ud83c\udfaf Who is this for?<\/h4>\n\n
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bit.ly<\/code>, shorturl.fm<\/code>, cutt.ly<\/code> in their comments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\u2753 Why not just use Akismet?<\/h4>\n\n
\ud83d\udd12 Privacy<\/h4>\n\n
\ud83c\udf0d Translations<\/h4>\n\n
de_DE<\/code>). Help translate at translate.wordpress.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udcbb Developer<\/h4>\n\n