Description
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.
Screenshots
The banner shown after a user submits a comment (telling them to confirm their email). 
The one-time confirmation email. 
The message shown after email is confirmed. 
Admin confirmation prompt before clearing confirmed emails. 
Email Validator admin tools screen.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- That’s it — the plugin works automatically. No configuration required.
FAQ
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Does it store user data?
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Only temporarily. The commenter’s email and comment content are stored until confirmation. After that, the pending data is deleted automatically. Nothing is shared or transmitted to third parties.
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Will users have to confirm every time they comment?
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No. Once a user confirms their email once, future comments from the same email will bypass the confirmation step.
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What happens to unconfirmed comments?
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If the confirmation link isn’t clicked within 3 days, the comment is automatically deleted.
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Does it work with caching plugins?
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Yes, it’s designed to work with most major caching solutions.
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Contributors & Developers
“Email Validator for Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.8.3
- Deprecated issues fixed
1.8.1
- Error fixes
1.8.0
- Added a view pending emails feature to admin tools.
1.7.0
- Added secure admin tools page for managing confirmed emails.
- Added display of current pending and confirmed email counts.
- Added nonce verification to confirmation link handling.
- Improved code security, sanitization, and performance.