Spammers are all around us. You may not hear about them all the time. But if they could find a way to get around your site’s defenses, they would. There are things you can do to stop WordPress spammers. WP-DenyHost for WordPress is a plugin that lets you ban access to spammers to your website. The plugin is compatible with CloudFlare as well.
WP-DenyHost lets you define the threshold for the number of spam comments allowed before spammers get banned. You can also modify the response that you send to spammers. If you have CloudFlare, you can use this plugin to add banned IPs to it. Keep in mind that you will need CloudFlare’s premium service to get the best protection.
WP-DenyHost is simple to use and helps you stop spammers on your website. This is a free plugin.