Send Comments With Too Many Links to Spam
Marks a comment as spam when it contains more links than you allow, catching most link-dropping spam before it reaches the moderation queue.
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Code
// Most links a genuine comment may contain.
$wpide_max_comment_links = 2;
add_filter( 'pre_comment_approved', function ( $approved, $commentdata ) use ( $wpide_max_comment_links ) {
if ( is_wp_error( $approved ) || 'spam' === $approved || 'trash' === $approved || ! empty( $commentdata['user_id'] ) ) {
return $approved;
}
$links = preg_match_all( '#(https?://|www\.)#i', (string) $commentdata['comment_content'] );
return $links > $wpide_max_comment_links ? 'spam' : $approved;
}, 20, 2 );Notes
Logged-in users are never affected; check the Spam folder now and then for false positives.
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