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Kama SpamBlock · Version history

Kama SpamBlock changelog and version history

Latest version
2.0.0
Jul 25, 2026 (3 months ago)
Releases
7
since 2014
In the last year
2
about one every 6 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20141 release
  • 20172 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Kama SpamBlock 2.0.0Latest

    • NEW: (better spamblock) Rotate protective field names and unique codes together every four hours while keeping ten recent pairs valid for cached pages.
    • NEW: (better spamblock) require at least three seconds before a comment can be submitted.
    • NEW: (better spamblock) Bind comment markers to the specific WordPress post.
    • NEW: Make the retry challenge harder for basic bots to parse by varying its HTML structure.
    • IMP: Reject pingbacks and trackbacks when the source page has a non-2xx response or binary content.
    • CHG: Remove the static unique code setting and UTC date from comment markers.

  2. Kama SpamBlock 1.9.0

    • IMP: Return a 403 response for blocked spam comments.
    • FIX: Prevent malformed comment requests from causing PHP errors.
    • FIX: Use a generated unique code immediately after plugin activation.
    • FIX: Minor bugfix.
    • CHG: Min PHP version increased to 7.4.
    • IMP: Refactoring (Spam_Blocker class extracted).

20241 release

  1. Kama SpamBlock 1.8.3

    • FIX: XSS vulnerability fixed. Thanks to Wordfence for the report.
    • IMP: Other minor improvements.

20231 release

  1. Kama SpamBlock 1.8.2

    • Minor refactoring.

20172 releases

  1. Kama SpamBlock 1.7.2

    • CHG: moved translation to translation.wordpress.org.
    • ADD: new ‘unique code’ option.
    • IMP: some code improvements.

  2. Kama SpamBlock 1.7.0

    • BUG: Last UP bug fix…

20141 release

  1. Kama SpamBlock 1.5.1

    • ADD: JS included from a number of hooks if there is no “wp_footer” hook in the theme.

Questions about Kama SpamBlock’s releases

What is the latest version of Kama SpamBlock?

2.0.0, released on Jul 25, 2026 (3 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Kama SpamBlock updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 6 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2014.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Kama SpamBlock’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.