Title: WP Simple SpamCheck
Author: sdesalas
Published: <strong>May 6, 2012</strong>
Last modified: July 11, 2012

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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.

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# WP Simple SpamCheck

 By [sdesalas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sdesalas/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-simple-spamcheck.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-spamcheck/)

## Description

This plugin allows WordPress to block over 95% of spam comments using a time-based
hash.

This allows for a minimum sanity check and yet should remove almost all spam comments

without the need to sign up to any third party APIs.

The plugin has been tested in real world conditions for around 12 months. It will
not block
 real comments and it is pretty effective against spam, however it only
uses a very simple algorithm and for that reason some spam comments may still make
it through.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * What the plugin looks like once activated

## Installation

 1. Download the `wp-simple-spamcheck.zip` plugin to your desktop.
 2. Navigate to the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Click ‘Add New’.
 4. Select ‘Upload’ from the options at top of the page.
 5. Select the file `wp-comment-spamcheck.zip` and press ‘Install Now’.
 6. You should get a message saying ‘Plugin Installed successfully’.
 7. Activate the plugin.

TO REMOVE THE PLUGIN

 1. Navigate to the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 2. Scroll down to ‘WP Simple SpamCheck’ plugin.
 3. Click ‘Deactivate’
 4. Scroll down again and click ‘Delete’

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Simple SpamCheck” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sdesalas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sdesalas/)

[Translate “WP Simple SpamCheck” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-simple-spamcheck)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * New wp-simple-spamcheck plugin released.

#### 1.1

 * upgraded plugin in order to block more spammers.

#### 1.2

 * upgraded plugin in order to block even more spammers.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 * Tags
 * [bots](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bots/)[check](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/check/)
   [comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[prevent](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/prevent/)
   [spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-spamcheck/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ sdesalas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sdesalas/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-simple-spamcheck/)

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