What is the link to the plugin? There are many anti spam plugins.
sacredpath
(@sacredpath)
Automattic Happiness Engineer
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/
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.
sacredpath
(@sacredpath)
Automattic Happiness Engineer
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.]
sacredpath
(@sacredpath)
Automattic Happiness Engineer
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.
