Title: Security Code before posting
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Security Code before posting

 *  [presto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/presto/)
 * (@presto)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/)
 * Does anyone have a working hack that requires a poster who responds to a blog
   post to enter a ‘security code’ that is displayed randomly? I have a friend that
   has a blog and that he is getting spammed to the point where he is trying to 
   prevent the spammers. Some sites like the whois and some search engines are using
   this technology to prevent spammers from mass spamming him. I think this would
   be a nice addition to WP to have a security code randomizer that displays a random
   security code that is required to be inputed before posting.
    Thanks for your
   answers in advance.

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 *  [Laughinglizard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laughinglizard/)
 * (@laughinglizard)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-26949)
 * That is not a very useful solution to comment spam. That method has been tried,
   tested and has somewhat failed due to the fact that a lot of spammers are manually
   entering their spam content. However, if there is a lot of interest in this method
   from the WP community, I could put some time into a hack.
 *  [otaku42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otaku42/)
 * (@otaku42)
 * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-26953)
 * That “security code” method is called “Captcha”. It’s a mess in regard of accessability
   and should be avoided. There are better methods than that and better ways to 
   spend your time on. Dougal mentioned that he is working on a bayes filter patch,
   I’ll start working on adding blacklist support to WP soon.
 *  [uhoh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uhoh/)
 * (@uhoh)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-27701)
 * I’m all for captcha! I’m not too worried about annoying blind people who ‘read’
   my blog.
    # Dougal mentioned that he is working on a bayes filter patch, I’ll
   start working on adding blacklist support to WP soon. # Any chance that all three
   plugins will play well together?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-27702)
 * Tried Kitten’s Spam Words plugin ?
    [http://mookitty.co.uk/devblog/category/kittens-spam-words/](http://mookitty.co.uk/devblog/category/kittens-spam-words/)
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-27711)
 * Posted by Laughing Lizard:
    _However, if there is a lot of interest in this method
   from the WP community, I could put some time into a hack._ There is interest!!
   Not as an anti-spammer hack, but as an anti-flooding one. [http://wordpress.org/support/10/9901](http://wordpress.org/support/10/9901)
   Perhaps is not a lot of interest, but I need something like this, or I will have
   to use MT instead of WP. There is a “catcha” plugin for MT. [http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/scode.php](http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/scode.php)

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-code-before-posting/#post-27711)
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