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by Denis V (Artprima) 4.8 (3 reviews)

AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin

AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin allows you to verify IP addresses of clients connecting to your blog against the Project Honey Pot database.

AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin ranks #16,938 among WordPress.org plugins with 90+ active installations, is #648 of 2,958 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.8/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Dec 4, 2013. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.7 (Current: 7.1.4)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 12 years ago Last Update on 04 Dec, 2013
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#648 of 2,958 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
90+
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
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Support Resolved
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Rating
96%
Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8 (3 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8
3 reviews
Overall 96%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

  1. UNPATCHED

    AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin [ap-honeypot] <= 1.4 (unfixed + closed)

    CVE-2025-58855 · No fix released

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress blog owners who want to screen visitor IP addresses against the Project Honey Pot database. It solves the problem of malicious clients like email harvesters and comment spammers accessing the blog by checking visitors via DNS-based http:BL queries and denying access to harmful clients.

  • Checks visitor IPs against Project Honey Pot
  • Based on http:BL
  • Detects email harvesters
  • Detects comment spammers
  • DNS-based query mechanism
  • Denies access to harmful clients

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin

AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin has 90+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin holds a 4.8 out of 5 star rating based on 3 user reviews on WordPress.org.
AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin is developed by Denis V (Artprima) and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin requires WordPress 2.9 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 3.7.
AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin has been downloaded 6,654+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin is trunk. It was last updated on December 4, 2013.
Yes. AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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