Unfortunately, spam is a common problem for any public form. The plugin includes a challenge question, hidden field, and other anti-spam measures to stop automated spam, but a human will still be able to submit whatever spam or other content easily.
The free version of User Submitted Posts doesn’t handle user registration, but the submission form itself can be better protected against spam by requiring the user to be logged in before they can submit content. There are numerous ways of doing so, including something like this:
<?php if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
// display form
} else {
// don't display form
} ?>
Hi Jeff
Thanks for your reply. My concern is more that they are managing to PUBLISH the posts they are submitting somehow when my settings are set to prevent this. I already require my users to register to be able to submit, so know really know what to stop this other than stopping using the plugin (which I’d hate to do because it’s working beautifully otherwise). Have you come across anything like this before?
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Are you sure it’s not a logged in user(s) who is spamming you? Or it could be an issue/conflict related to another plugin, script, or even the theme itself. Either way, I’ve added this to the list and will take a look next update. Thanks for the feedback.
Gonna go ahead and close this thread. Feel free to follow-up with any new infos.
