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NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Defender

Description

Powered by NerdTools.co.uk, this plugin will automatically and anonymously check the authors IP address against the NerdTools Bad Bots Intrusion & Spam Detection database.

If a match is detected no commenting will be allowed and a custom error message will be displayed instead, if no match is detected commenting will be allowed as normal.

More information can be found at http://www.nerdtools.co.uk/badbots/

Installation

  1. Upload nerdtools_badbot_spam_defender.zip to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Head to ‘Settings’ then ‘NT BB Spam Defender’ and check the box to enable the plugin and add a custom error message if required and hit ‘Save Changes’
  4. That’s it you will now be protected from future known spammers

FAQ

How do I report spam authors to the database?

We have a seperate plugin to do this called NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Reporter which will automatically report the author of any comment classed as spam.

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Contributors & Developers

“NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Defender” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release

1.1

  • Message added to prompt activation if plugin is installed but not enabled
  • Minor grammar updates to readme.txt changelog and upgrade notice section