Stop Spammers vs Twitter Mentions as Comments
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| Feature | Stop Spammers v2026.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | Twitter Mentions as Comments v1.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 20,000+ | 40+ |
| Last updated | July 18, 2026 | July 4, 2013 |
| Editions | Stop Spammers Classic | Twitter Mentions as Comments |
| Pros | Checks IPs against StopForumSpam, BotScout and Akismet; Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms; Allow list, block list and activity reports | Adds tweets linking your posts as comments; Uses the normal comment moderation queue; Hourly check runs automatically |
| Cons | Legacy build; new features are not planned; Successor Dam Spam is the recommended plugin; Several external lookups send visitor IPs to third-party services | Needs Twitter API credentials; Readme last tested with WordPress 3.5; Depends on Twitter search API availability |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Spam checks run on each request at init, Captcha challenge on login, registration and comment forms, Checks 404 hits for exploit-scanning bots, Allow list and block list screens, Reports of caught spam, Tor exit node and hosting-provider checks, Logs IP address on user registration and login | Searches Twitter for tweets linking to posts, Inserts tweets as comments, Skips tweets already imported, Hourly check for new mentions, Shows the tweet author name and avatar, Settings page under Settings |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | — | Twitter API |
| Plugins | Akismet | — |
| Other | StopForumSpam, BotScout, Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Solve Media | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| Requires PHP | 5.0 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 3.5 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, verify.solvemedia.com, www.stopforumspam.com, botscout.com, rest.akismet.com, api-secure.solvemedia.com | api.twitter.com |