Everyone hates spam, comment spam especially within wordpress. Sure there are plugins out there to reduce what shows up on your blog, a key player being Askimet, but I felt sorry for poor askimet, having to deal with literally thousands of spam messages.

Spamming is a common problem, I was getting (at least) 1000 spam messages a week, and I was sick of it. I'm sure also having so many spam messages stored in the database (even if identified by askimet) must have a speed impact on your blog.

Therefore I have created a simple solution to stopping spam at the source: asking a simple question that bots are too stupid to know in the comment form. I know only get about 10 spams per week, rather than 1000!

Wordpress Comment Spam Stopper plugin v2 build 20070812

By Mike Jolley ( http://www.blue-anvil.com )

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• What is it?
• Plugin History
• Get it now!
• Installation Instructions
• Licence
• Support my sweat, blood and tears

What is it?

The whole idea to this plugin is to keep spammer robots from posting on your blog, reducing the space taken by spam messages in the database, and reducing the stress of being a spam magnet.

Based on "Anti Spam Image" by Krazy Nio, and the spam question in our Wordpress PHP contact form plugin, this plugin adds a field to the comment form which much be answered in order to post.

You can ask anything, keep it simple and obvious, e.g. Is the sky Green? NO!. Doing this will stop stupid bots from being able to post.

It only shows up when you are logged out, so you dont have to fill it in if your an admin. On top of this, it also adds javascript validation to the form to ensure the required fields are filled in.

To see it in action…make a comment! I'm using the plugin in this blog, obviously.

I'd like to thank Mike Cherim at http://green-beast.com/ who originally added this spam question to the Wordpress PHP contact form plugin.

Plugin History

• 8th Dec 2007 - V2 -
  1. Bug fixes
  2. JS inprovements
• 21st Feb 2007 - V1.1.1 -
  1. CSS fixes (thanks ronald)
• 20th Feb 2007 - V1.1 -
  1. First public release
  2. No issues known.

So, what are you waiting for? Download it now!

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Installation Instructions

Installation is fast and easy. The following steps will guide get you started:

1. Unzip the *.zip file.
2. You may optionally edit the wp-comment-spam-stopper.php file in a text editor to modify the spam question and answer. You may also choose to manually add the form element by setting the $showField variable and adding the form code to your comments template (this is outlined in the plugin file, you will see it when setting the variable).
3. Using an FTP program, upload the /wp-comment-spam-stopper/ folder to your WordPress plugins
   directory (Directory structure should be: /wp-content/plugins/wp-comment-spam-stopper/ with the plugin files inside the wp-comment-spam-stopper folder).
4. Open your WordPress Admin panel and go to the Plugins page (link on the
   top menu). Locate the "wp-Comment-Spam-Stopper" plugin and
   click on the "Activate" link.
5. That's it, you’re done. Sit back and watch the spam, or not as the case should be.
6. *Final note - if you are using a template which does not call wp_head() in the header file, you will need to open the plugin in a text editor, find the css styles/JS include and paste these into your header file manually.

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Licence

Wordpress Comment Spam Stopper plugin v2 © Copyright 2007-current. All rights reserved.
Mike Jolley

You are free to use this application but may not redistribute it without written permission.
Use of this application will be at your own risk. No guarantees or warranties are made directly or implied.
The creators cannot and will not be liable or held accountable for damages, direct or consequential.

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Support my sweat, blood and tears

I know, that sounds gross, but we really did put ALOT of effort in to this plugin and others on my site. If you like this plugin, or it has benefited you, please make a donation via paypal! Any amounts are welcome, your support is much appreciated.

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