Title: Comment Gatekeeper
Author: Stuart Sequeira
Published: <strong>December 4, 2013</strong>
Last modified: January 31, 2014

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# Comment Gatekeeper

 By [Stuart Sequeira](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartsequeira/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/comment-gatekeeper.1.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-gatekeeper/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-gatekeeper/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-gatekeeper/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-gatekeeper/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-gatekeeper/)

## Description

Block comment spam (up to 98% of it !) by inserting a question and answer field 
on your comment forms. No more wasting your time emptying out pages of spam messages
just to get to the real comments from real visitors!

You can create your own simple question, like “What is 1 plus 1?” and the commenter
must supply an answer on the comment form. If the commenter can’t answer the question
correctly, this great little plugin blocks the comment from getting into your website.

Thanks to Andrew Kurtis and his team at Web Hosting Hub for translating this plugin
into Spanish!

With the recently added blocked-spam counter, we collected data on our test site
that blocked 798 spam comments and allowed only 14 through – a 98% success rate!

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The Settings > Discussion page where the comment gatekeeper question and answer
   is set; optional CSS classes can be added
 * [[
 * The spam-filtering question as it appears on the comment form

## Installation

 1. Upload the `comment-gatekeeper` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  How do I set the question and answer?

Go to the Settings Menu > Discussion
 Scroll to the section “Comment Gatekeeper 
Settings” Enter your question and answer Save your settings

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Comment Gatekeeper” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Stuart Sequeira ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartsequeira/)

[Translate “Comment Gatekeeper” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/comment-gatekeeper)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/comment-gatekeeper/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/comment-gatekeeper/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-gatekeeper/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/comment-gatekeeper/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.1

Update README.txt with recent spam-blocking data

#### 1.1

Add successfully blocked spam comment counter
 Add uninstall function to remove 
options on uninstall

#### 1.0

Add Spanish translation

#### 0.9.4

Modify english instructions to prepare for translations

#### 0.9.3

Add gettext functions on two English sentences that were missing it

#### 0.9.2

Add CSS classes to form field
 * Add an admin field for optional css classes * Adds
the optional CSS classes to the form

#### 0.9.1

Feature testing
 * Added user-friendly error messages for empty answer field and
for incorrect answer field * Will also see if there are any other improvement ideas
from users * Intend to roll this out as part of 1.0 after testing

#### 0.9

 * Initial submission to WordPress

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 * Tags
 * [comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-gatekeeper/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Stuart Sequeira ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuartsequeira/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comment-gatekeeper/)

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