Comments on: Math Comment Spam Protection Update

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:04:37 +0000

I didn’t have any difficulties getting it to work. I modified comments.php like you did and then activated the plugin.

You could try experimenting with the plugin code in different places within comments.php but I doubt that will make any difference.

Did you try deactiviating and reactivating the plugin to see if that made any difference?

The other possibility is a conflict with another plugin you’re using.

Which version of WordPress are you using?

By: Jim Wurster

Jim Wurster — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:16:42 +0000

Did you have any difficulty getting it to work? I added it into the comments php and it shows up. However, I can leave it blank and the comment will be added. I can also enter a wrong answer and it will add the comment.

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:03:19 +0000

This week I received my first piece of SPAM to get past the math protection, although the backup Akismet protection still caught it. Either the SPAM was entered manually by a human, a spambot got lucky with the maths, or spammers are figuring out ways to overcome the maths protection.

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:06:10 +0000

Example dean. Spammers are lazy, but unfortunately will adopt particularly when it is trivial to. Hey, don’t get my wrong, it is great that it is working for you today!

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:17:13 +0000

How would more people adopting this plugin make it less effective.

Were you thinking the spambots mights try to get round the plugin if more people start using it?

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:38:01 +0000

Interesting result. Of course, it only works as long as it is not widely adopted.