Email Validator for Comments
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Blocks comment submission until the user confirms their email address with a one-time link. No accounts or captchas required.
Stop fake or misused emails in your comment section. This plugin prevents spam and ensures valid email ownership by requiring users to confirm their email address before a comment is submitted.
When a user leaves a comment, they’ll receive a one-time confirmation link by email. Their comment won’t appear until they click the link — no accounts, no passwords and no friction for real users.
Why Use It? – Improves trust and deliverability. – Cuts down on abuse, spam and bot activity. – Ensures email addresses actually belong to the commenter. – Comments from verified users go straight to approved or pending in the future.
Features
- Email confirmation required before comment is accepted.
- Comments with unconfirmed emails are automatically deleted after 3 days.
- One-time confirmation — verified commenters skip confirmation next time.
- Lightweight, secure, and privacy-friendly.
- Admin tool to manually clear all verified email records.
- No account creation required.
- No third-party services or API keys needed.
- Only one confirmation email sent per hour to a single email address to prevent abuse.