Title: Does bot has an IP?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Does bot has an IP?

 *  [Archie Webmaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weblogian/)
 * (@weblogian)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bot-has-an-ip/)
 * I am trying to implement visitor IP on my spam protection extension.
    Will it
   be helpful?
 * I am thinking of using GET_visitor_ip()

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bot-has-an-ip/#post-1892380)
 * > Does bot has an IP?
 * Yes.
 * > Will it be helpful?
 * No.
 * A combination of [Cookies for Comments](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookies-for-comments/)
   and [Akismet](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/) is usually an effective
   control of spam.

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 * [IP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ip/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bot-has-an-ip/#post-1892380)
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