WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam should help any webmaster prevent situations where his site is exposed to spam, may it be from registration forms, contact forms, pingbacks, trackbacks, or the classic comment fields.
The plugin offers a well-explained settings page in the WordPress backend, where various protection measures can be turned on or off.
The entire plugin configuration should not take more than a few minutes and nothing will change visually in your site once done. This means no CAPTCHA fields, no user challenges, and definitely no extra long page execution times.
Spamming activities can all be logged, and to brag to your friends, a shortcode and sidebar widget is provided to boast your site's performance in blocking spammers.
WordPress multi-site support is also included, along with the assurance you can use the plugin in countries with tight security laws like the UK or Germany.
Installation:
Unpack and upload it to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
What is new in this release:
- Added improved compatibility and full anti-spam support for JetPack Contact Forms.
- Made various logic and code improvements.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.9.6.1:
- Added improved compatibility and full anti-spam support for JetPack Contact Forms.
- Made various logic and code improvements.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.9.0.2:
- Made various minor code improvements.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.9.0.1:
- Made various minor code improvements.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.9.4:
- Made various minor code improvements.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.7:
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.6:
- Fixed a minor bug in the new custom widget.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.4:
- Added new widgets. Converted the spam stat counter graphics to widgets, so they are much easier to add to your site now. No more messing around with code. There are a number of new widget options to check out.
- Added a new customizable widget that has a number of color and style options, including a custom color chooser.
- Fixed a few potential issues with UTF-8 and multibyte support.
- Made a small fix to the contact form thank you message that will help multi-language users.
- Made the comment spam blocking process a little more efficient.
- Added info to the settings page with info on how much time the plugin has saved you.
- Made various code improvements.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.3:
- Added a contact form quicktag so users can just click a button in the editor to add a contact form to pages. No more manually inserting shortcodes.
- Made various code improvements.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.2:
- Fixed XHTML validation error in the hidden input fields on the forms.
- Internationalized the formatting of numbers used throughout the plugin so users in different countries will see numbers formatted according to their local customs. This will show in the blocked spam stats on the dashboard, spam counter widgets, and in the blocked comments log.
- Increased minimum required WordPress version to 3.8 and added a minimum required PHP version of 5.3. It's extremely important that users stay up to date with the most recent version of WordPress (currently 4.1.1) and a reasonably up-to-date version of PHP for security, functionality, and website performance.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8.1:
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the French (fr_FR) translation.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.8:
- Made some improvements to the spam blocking algorithm.
- Made a number of various code and performance improvements.
- Improved some of the error messages.
- Fixed a couple bugs introduced in 1.7.9, including a bug in the contact form that incorrectly detected spam servers, and a compatibility issue with the new registration anti-spam feature and certain multisite configurations. This feature was rolled back while we look into the compatibility issues.
- Made a few improvements to the blocked comment logging functionality.
- Updated the spam filters.
What is new in version 1.7.9:
- Improved the registration spam protection capabilities.
- Made a few improvements to the blocked comment logging functionality.
- Removed some unnecessary technical info from notification emails that had previously been added by the plugin.
- Made various code improvements.
- Added new filters to the spam blocking algorithm.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
What is new in version 1.7.8:
- Added new filters to the spam blocking algorithm.
- Improved some of the filters in the spam blocking algorithm.
- Updated the spam filters.
- Updated the Dutch (nl_NL) and German (de_DE) translations.
- Made various code improvements.
Requirements:
- WordPress 3.7 or higher
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