It is with great fear and apprehension that I released the 2.0 version of Stop Spammers.
I spent all of last week with the debug option turned on. I installed and uninstalled several times. This morning I tested the way that spammers are cached and found what I think is a bug so I tweaked that. I did complete uninstalls and re-installs on several sites and then I upgraded all the others. There were no problems.
I have added so many new complicated features and the actual code is 1.5 times larger than the last release, that I am worried about what new bugs may have crept in.
The code includes WordPress MU functions. I only run two MU sites and one is private with not hits from the public. The public MU site does not use sub-domains so I am worried about things working in a sub-domain version of MU. I don’t want to install a public sub-domain site. I have no good ideas for creating one that will get hits.
I put limits so that users can tweak how sensitive they are to spammers, but 99% of the spammers are caught by SFS, so I cannot be sure that these limits work correctly for Project honeypot and BotScout.
I put a much stronger nag message about buying my book, and I am afraid that it will turn people off.
I can’t wait any longer, so I released it. I hope that people will forgive me when the errors start appearing.
Expect version 2.01 any minute now.
BTW – honeypot gave me a hexadecimal code, Im just using that 12 letter code, not the enlarged http with reversed IP address since that would change with IPs … =)
pple in my situation, please google honeypot api …
thx again keith
I have a separate plugin that does this, but it only works on email as the ip address is not stored in wordpress.
Keith
Does the plugin scan already-registered users to see if they are legitimate or not? Maybe this could be added as a feature if it is not already?
~Andrew~
I am building a simple WordPress Plugin to see how it performs. If it works, I’ll integrate it into the next release of the Stop Spammers plugin.
Keith
Hi Keith,
I recently found your plugin for wordpress using stopforumspam.com (SFS). Today I was the first time in contact with Paul from SFS to discuss my latest webservice to detect disposable email addresses.
He like it. We are currently looking for a way to combine the two service – but it seems to be the best way to integrate my service to existing mods and plugins.
That’s why I want to ask you if you are able (and willing) to have a look at https://www.block-disposable-email.com and integrate it as an additional option to your wordpress “Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin”.
Please respond for further information.
Best regards,
Gerold