Comments on: Spam Stopper Hack for Wordpress 1.2

by: Astromusicologie 101

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:21:36 +0000

Any update:

Was there a fix for the error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: __() in /var/bt/home/web/deshshr/pande.info/html/wp-comments.php on line 25

thanks

by: zxcnm

Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:01:54 +0000

How i add feed option on every catagory??? or on comments??

ur plugins looks like only for Wp 1.2 but i am used now 2.2.3 something

Regards

ZXcnm.com

by: Astromusicologie 101

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:33:55 +0000

Was there a fix for the error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: __() in /var/bt/home/web/deshshr/pande.info/html/wp-comments.php on line 25

thanks

by: Astromusicologie 101

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:56:10 +0000

just upgrade to the newest version ,it stops it all

by: agenzie investigative

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 23:54:21 +0000

Anyone know some kind of verification code for WP ?

by: Andy

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:44:51 +0000

So does Jeff Barr’s plugin - no spam for about 2 months (since I installed it).

by: Joe Schmoe

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:32:15 +0000

Um, no, as I mentioned the hack no longer works at all. Spammer scripts have progressed to the point where they actually search for the comment post file/script target in the form. Referer scripts are useless as most spammers simply spoof it.

If there was a better, more inclusive method available for Wordpress I would gladly use it. Please provide a link…

Actually, I think that the authimage hack allows an option for using text for the verification code. Easier for the spam-bots to get through, but it would probably be effective for the next year or so until the spammers “get wise”. This would allow visually impaired users to post, and still provide some slight measure of security.

But in the end, I have not gotten a single spam since switching to authimage, down from nearly 60 a day. Put simply, Authimage stops spam. …So, I certainly have no plans to go back to a daily routine of moderating 50-60 porn spams a day.

by: Andy

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:04:58 +0000

Image verification sucks - it effectively means those with visual impairments are treated the same way as spammers - ie excluded. There are better, less exclusive, methods

by: Andy

Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:03:49 +0000

This hack works as part of a larger defence scheme. It will work for maybe a couple of weeks, maybe longer, but then others scripts will find the renamed file. Use it in conjunction with one or more other techniques, like the graphical or logical captcha, .htaccess server referer blocking, wordpress plugins, etc.

by: Joe Schmoe

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:46:51 +0000

Shreenath,
The hack only works with Wordpress 1.2 and above.