Title: Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam Author: Peter Published: July 15, 2007 Last modified: December 17, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/peters-custom-anti-spam-image.svg) # Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam By [Peter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthree/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/) ## Description Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a random word displayed as an image before commenting and optionally before registering. You can customize the pool of words to display. #### Features * Toggle whether registered users need to enter the word * Random font display * No cookies required * No JavaScript required * Auto-generated audio for visually impaired users * Easy-to-read * No mapping of words from the code — words are used once or removed after 24 hours * Reminder of what was entered if you get the word wrong * Selective blocking of trackbacks, pingbacks * Easy to translate * Compatible with caching plugins #### Negatives * Purposely no obscuring techniques so that the anti-spam word is easy to read * The more people who use this plugin, the more motivation for spambots to target it #### Requirements * GD Library and FreeType Library (There’s a diagnostic page to tell you whether you have them installed. If needed, just ask your web host to install them!) * WordPress 3.2 or higher #### Translations * ru_RU translation by koc * sk_SK translation by Patrik Žec (PATWIST) of http://patwist.com ## Installation Unzip all files to the folder custom-anti-spam in your plugins directory, so that the path is wp-content/plugins/custom-anti-spam/. Then activate the plugin via your WordPress admin section. The plugin should work directly “out of the box”, but all settings can be customized in the Settings > Custom anti-spam page in your WordPress control panel. If you are upgrading from a previous release, de-activate that release first. ## FAQ Please visit the plugin page at https://www.theblog.ca/anti-spam with any questions. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Peter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthree/) [Translate “Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.2.4 * 2024-12-16: Fix CSRF vulnerability on register #### 3.2.3 * 2023-08-30: Fix back-end XSS vulnerability #### 3.2.2 * 2014-02-08: Minor code cleanup (thanks koc!) #### 3.2.1 * 2013-10-07: Support PHP 5 static function calls, bumping WordPress requirement to 3.2+. #### 3.2.0 * 2013-03-30: Add dynamic anti-spam field name. Also: standardize translation and upgrade process. ## Meta * Version **3.2.4** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 3.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.3.8** * Tags * [anti-spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-spam/)[captcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/captcha/) [comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Peter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pkthree/) ## Support Got something to say? 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