Antispam Bee

Antispam Bee, next to Akismet, is one of the oldest and most used spam fighting tools for WordPress.

It is a trusted and reliable solution that can check for spam in all user comments, marking or deleting certain feedback based on the admin's desired actions.

The plugin is transparent in the commenting forms, not needing any CAPTCHAs or special form modifications to be able to detect incoming spam.

Various configuration options are available with Antispam Bee, and all of them can be customized by the site's admin in the WP administration panel.

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:

• Removal of functions "Block comments from specific countries" and "Allow comments only in certain language" for financial reasons.

What is new in version 2.6.6:

• Switch to the official Google Translation API.

What is new in version 2.6.5:

• Consideration of the comment time (Spam if a comment was written in less than 5 seconds).

What is new in version 2.6.2:

• Improving detection of fake IPs.

What is new in version 2.5.9:

• Dashboard widget changes to work with Statify plugin.

What is new in version 2.5.7:

• Optional logfile with spam entries e.g. for Fail2Ban.
• Filter antispam_bee_notification_subject for a custom subject in notifications.

What is new in version 2.5.6:

• Added new detection/patterns for spam comments.

What is new in version 2.5.5:

• Detection and filtering of spam comments that try to exploit the latest W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache Vulnerability.

What is new in version 2.5.4:

• New mascot for Antispam Bee.

What is new in version 2.5.3:

• Optimization of regular expressions.

What is new in version 2.5.1:

• IP anonymization for peer review.

What is new in version 2.4.5:

• Revised settings layout.

What is new in version 2.4.4:

• Technical and visual support for WordPress 3.5
• Modification of the file structure: from xyz.dev.css to xyz.min.css

What is new in version 2.4.3:

• Check for basic requirements
• Remove the sidebar plugin icon
• Set the Google API calls to SSL
• Compatibility with WordPress 3.4
• Add retina plugin icon on options

What is new in version 2.4.1:

• Added Russian translation.
• Fix for the textarea replace.
• Detect and hide admin notices.

What is new in version 2.4:

• Support for IPv6
• Source code revision
• Delete spam by reason
• Changing the user interface

What is new in version 2.2:

• Interactive Dashboard Stats.

What is new in version 2.0:

• Allow comments only in certain language (English/German).
• Consider comments which are already marked as spam.
• Dashboard Stats: Change from canvas to image format.
• System requirements: WordPress 2.8.
• Removal of the migration script.
• Increase plugin security.

What is new in version 1.6:

• Support for WordPress 3.0.
• System requirements: WordPress 2.7.
• Code optimizations.

What is new in version 1.4:

• Enable stricter inspection for incoming comments.
• Do not check if the author has already commented and approved.

What is new in version 1.1:

• Adds support for WordPress new changelog readme.txt standard.
• Various changes for more speed, usability and security.

Requirements:

• WordPress 3.8 or higher
• PHP 5.1.2 or higher