Adds a hidden text field to the comment form to trap spam bots.
| Author: | Matthew Turland (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 2.9.0 |
| WordPress version tested: | 2.9.2 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 02-01-2010 |
| Last updated: | 12-04-2015
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 84 |
| Rated by: | 5 |
| Plugin URI: | http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spam-hone... |
| Total downloads: | 8 605 |
| Active installs: | 1 000+ |
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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.