A WordPress plugin that implements a spam honeypot in the comment form
GPL-2.0 License
=== Plugin Name === Contributors: tobias382 Tags: comments, spam Requires at least: 2.9.0 Tested up to: 4.1.1 Stable tag: 1.1.0
Adds a hidden text field to the comment form to trap spam bots.
== Description ==
This plugin works by adding a textarea field to the comment form that's hidden using a CSS style. Since bots don’t generally detect CSS like this, they proceed to fill out the field like any other field. This implies that they aren't a human (or they wouldn't "see" the field with CSS hiding it) using a browser, in which case the plugin marks the comment as spam. This seems to catch the vast majority of spam with very few false results and doesn't require contacting a third party service like most spam plugins.
== Installation ==
spam-honeypot.php
to the /wp-content/plugins/
directory<?php do_action('comment_form'); ?>
in comments.php and comments-popup.php== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= How can I get a question added to this FAQ? =
Just contact me at [email protected] with your question. I'll respond with an answer and, if it appears relevant to the plugin's userbase, I'll add it to the FAQ in the next release.
== Changelog ==
= 1.1.0 =
= 1.0.0 =