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by Jimmy Peña
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BotScout Comment Protection
BotScout is a third-party antispam service. It maintains a database of known spammer bots which can be checked to determine if a given IP or email has …
Tested up to WP 4.1 (Current: 6.9)
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Current Version vtrunk
Updated 11 years ago
Last Update on 17 Jan, 2015
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- Version
- trunk
- Last Updated
- Jan 17, 2015
- Requires WP
- 4.0+
- Tested Up To
- 4.1
- PHP Version
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- Author
- Jimmy Peña
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about BotScout Comment Protection
Every time someone tries to leave a comment, this plugin takes their IP and email address and passes it to the BotScout API. If the API returns a 'Y' then the commenter is in the BotScout database. The comment is flagged as spam and put into the comment spam queue. You will have to moderate it. Note that even though BotScout is able to check name, email and IP address (3 fields), this plugin only checks IP and email (2 fields). Typically, the name field is unreliable as an indicator of a spammer.
Simply install and activate the plugin, then enter your API key on the plugin settings page. It starts working immediately to protect your comments form. I activated the plugin but it's not working. Make sure you entered your API key. Click here to get one.
Technically, you can make 20 API calls per day to the BotScout API without a key, but this plugin requires it anyway. Its just easier than writing code to track the number of API calls, or catching API errors when the limit is exceeded. It's easy and free to sign up for a key.
At this time there is no way to programmatically submit spambots to BotScout, so no plugin can offer this functionality. You have to manually go to botscout.com and fill out the CAPTCHA form to submit a spammer to their database. Once you do, however, it will be picked up by this plugin after that (assuming the submission is accepted).