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1. kathleane
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Using WordPress 2.5.
   I've been reading about how to foil email spammers and would like to use the antispam bot but cannot find info (that I understand) on which file or files to edit and where to place the antispam bot line within this file or files. Can anyone help?

2. Michael Torbert
   WordPress Virtuoso
   Posted 4 years ago #

   What is the link to the plugin? There are many anti spam plugins.

3. sacredpath
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I'm using one (I'm not on 2.5 yet - still on 2.3.3) that stopped virtually all of the bot spam because it uses rotating math questions (not the same every time).

   http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/

4. Michael Torbert
   WordPress Virtuoso
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Did you follow these directions?

   This plugin can be installed in 5 easy steps:
   
       * Download the plugin (see “Downloads” above).
       * Decompress the .zip archive and put the files into your plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins/) or into a sub directory of the plugins directory.
       * Enable the plugin in the WordPress Plugins admin page.
       * Go to Options / Math Comment Spam, adjust the options and save.
         Important: You need to save the options when you use this plugin the first time or if you have updated from a previous version.
       * Add code to the comments.php of your theme. In the following an example for the WordPress standard theme (Kubrick):
   
         <?php
         /****** Math Comment Spam Protection Plugin ******/
         if ( function_exists('math_comment_spam_protection') ) {
         	$mcsp_info = math_comment_spam_protection();
         ?> 	<p><input type="text" name="mcspvalue" id="mcspvalue" value="" size="22" tabindex="4" />
         	<label for="mcspvalue"><small>Spam protection: Sum of <?php echo $mcsp_info['operand1'] . ' + ' . $mcsp_info['operand2'] . ' ?' ?></small></label>
         	<input type="hidden" name="mcspinfo" value="<?php echo $mcsp_info['result']; ?>" />
         </p>
         <?php } // if function_exists... ?>
   
         Add this code for example right after the field for the website URL.

5. sacredpath
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   No, I just put the folder in my plugins folder and everything worked fine for me.

   [edit: Actually, I've been using it for a while and now that I think about it, I do remember editing the comments.php.]

6. sacredpath
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I should mention that I've upgraded to 2.5 and changed themes so my changes to comment.php are now gone, so I don't know if it is compatible with 2.5 or not (I haven't activated it after upgrading). Probably ought to check with the author before hacking comments.php.

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