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A Simple and Effective Anti-Spam Solution for Any Website: PHP Universal Anti-Spam Module

My own website was constantly under attack by bots and spammers. The captcha helped a bit, but sometimes I’d still receive manual spam from real users. Plus, I didn't like how CAPTCHA made my forms look cluttered. After a long search for an effective spam solution, I finally found the answer! Now, I want to share this service with you.

Their PHP Universal Anti-Spam module provides a simple yet effective way to protect your website from both bot and human-generated spam without relying on CAPTCHA. This solution integrates with the premium CleanTalk Cloud Anti-Spam service.

How Does It Work?

  1. A visitor writes a comment or registers on your site.
  2. The CleanTalk plugin sends the action parameters to the CleanTalk cloud for analysis.
  3. The service evaluates the parameters and, if it’s a real visitor, the comment gets published. If it’s a spam bot, CleanTalk blocks the comment or registration.
  4. All actions are logged, and you can review them through the CleanTalk Dashboard.

Why is CleanTalk the Best Anti-Spam Solution for Websites?

  • Spam protection for all website forms
    CleanTalk protects any web form on the site, comments, registrations, contact forms, etc. In this case, it is not required to connect protection to each form separately, it is enough to install an anti-spam plugin and protection will work on all forms.

  • Personal block lists
    Manage personal block lists for unwanted messages based on IP addresses, email addresses, domains, countries, or even the language of the message.

  • SpamFireWall
    Prevent spam bots from even loading your website pages. This reduces the load on your web server and database, as unnecessary scripts aren’t executed for bots.

  • Email validation
    CleanTalk verifies whether the email used in registration is real and not fake, helping you ensure that users register with valid addresses.

  • Spam attack logs
    Gain full control over your site’s spam protection with detailed logs showing all blocked and allowed actions processed by the service.

If you're tired of dealing with spam and frustrated by CAPTCHAs, CleanTalk’s cloud-based anti-spam solution might be the perfect fit for you. Start protecting your website today with their PHP Universal Anti-Spam module, backed by the powerful CleanTalk service.

Check out the module on GitHub and learn more about CleanTalk’s features here.

Also, if your site is made on CMS, then you can try their other plugins!

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