https://github.com/elazar/wp-spam-honeypot

A WordPress plugin that implements a spam honeypot in the comment form
https://github.com/elazar/wp-spam-honeypot

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A WordPress plugin that implements a spam honeypot in the comment form

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elazar/wp-spam-honeypot
• Owner: elazar
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2010-01-02T03:25:19.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-04-12T17:48:12.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-03T10:48:39.916Z (3 months ago)
• Language: PHP
• Homepage:
• Size: 213 KB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.txt
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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=== Plugin Name ===

Contributors: tobias382

Tags: comments, spam

Requires at least: 2.9.0

Tested up to: 4.1.1

Stable tag: 1.1.0 

Adds a hidden text field to the comment form to trap spam bots.

== Description ==

This plugin works by adding a textarea field to the comment form that's hidden using a CSS style. Since bots don’t 

generally detect CSS like this, they proceed to fill out the field like any other field. This implies that they 

aren't a human (or they wouldn't "see" the field with CSS hiding it) using a browser, in which case the plugin 

marks the comment as spam. This seems to catch the vast majority of spam with very few false results and doesn't  

require contacting a third party service like most spam plugins.

== Installation ==

1. Upload `spam-honeypot.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory

1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress

1. Be sure that your theme implements `` in comments.php and comments-popup.php 

1. Optionally, go to the plugin's settings page and change the hidden textarea name and/or specify the submit 

   button name; hover your mouse cursor over each of these fields for more details

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How can I get a question added to this FAQ? =

Just contact me at  with your question. I'll respond with an answer and, if it appears 

relevant to the plugin's userbase, I'll add it to the FAQ in the next release.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.0 =

* Added a settings page allowing the name of the hidden textarea to be set and the name attribute value of the 

  comment form's submit button to be specified

* Added a check for the submit button value (if specified) to check_honeypot()

= 1.0.0 =

* Initial release.