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by Justin Tadlock
3.5 (8 reviews)
Registration Honeypot
Plugin for stopping most spambot registrations via a simple honeypot method.
Tested up to WP 3.9.40 (Current: 6.9)
v1.0.0
Current Version v1.0.0
Updated 11 years ago
Last Update on 12 May, 2014
Synced 6 hours ago
Last Synced on
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#10,278
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Active Installs
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Review 3.5 out of 5
3.5
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Last Updated
- May 12, 2014
- Requires WP
- 3.7+
- Tested Up To
- 3.9.40
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Justin Tadlock
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- Reviews
- 8
- Support Threads
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Registration Honeypot
I've had some sites over the years that would get hit by spambots registering user accounts. There are WordPress plugins for stopping user registration spam, but I couldn't find any simple plugin for handling just this specific type of spam. Plus, I hate having to go configure a lot of options that other plugins offer. I just wanted a plugin that I could set and forget. I wanted something that would simply do its job and nothing more.
You simply need to activate it. That's it. It'll stop most spambot user registrations.
The absolute best way is to disable open user registration on your site. A lot of WordPress users don't need this functionality but have it turned on anyway. You can disable it by going to "Settings > General" in your WordPress admin and unticking the checkbox for "Anyone can register". Then, you don't need any plugin.
No. This plugin was built for a specific type of spam. It uses a simple honeypot method to stop most spambots from registering a user account on your site. For the most part, it's all I've ever needed to stop spam registrations.
Basically, the plugin adds a hidden input field on the WordPress user registration form. It's hidden to us humans, but spambots will see this field and enter text into it. This is what we call "putting your hand in the honeypot". If a spambot puts his hand in it, the plugin catches it and cuts off the user registration process before a new user account is created. It's a pretty simple method, but it will not stop all spammers. It mostly just stops those that send spambots to automatically fill out forms.