Install
Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.
Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:
wp plugin install https://github.com/sashmarin/juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot/releases/download/juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot%401.0.0/juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot-1.0.0.zipA minimal WordPress plugin that adds a hidden honeypot field to guest and logged-in comment forms. When an automated script fills the field, WordPress rejects the submission with HTTP 403.
Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.4+.
Installation
- Copy this directory to
wp-content/plugins/. - Activate Juliepr Comments Bot Honeypot in Plugins → Installed Plugins.
Compatibility
Requests that do not contain the honeypot field are accepted. This preserves REST API clients, approved integrations, and cached versions of forms created before activation.
This is a basic spam filter, not a replacement for moderation or a dedicated anti-spam service.
Translations
The Russian translation is bundled as languages/juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot-ru_RU.l10n.php, the modern PHP translation-file format supported by WordPress 6.5+. No .mo file is shipped.
Validation
php -l juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot.php
php -l languages/juliepr-comments-bot-honeypot-ru_RU.l10n.phpLicense
Releases
1 release. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.