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Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam

Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.3
Current version3.2.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.3
Minimum stackWP 3.2 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update17 Dec 20241y ago
Active installations200Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam version 3.2.4 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.3.

Overview

About this plugin

Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a random word displayed as an image before commenting and optionally before registering. You can customize the pool of words to display.

Features

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Toggle whether registered users need to enter the word

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Random font display

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No cookies required

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No JavaScript required

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Auto-generated audio for visually impaired users

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Easy-to-read

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No mapping of words from the code — words are used once or removed after 24 hours

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Reminder of what was entered if you get the word wrong

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Selective blocking of trackbacks, pingbacks

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Easy to translate

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Compatible with caching plugins

Negatives

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Purposely no obscuring techniques so that the anti-spam word is easy to read

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The more people who use this plugin, the more motivation for spambots to target it

Requirements

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GD Library and FreeType Library (There’s a diagnostic page to tell you whether you have them installed. )

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2 or higher

Translations

  • ru_RU translation by koc
  • sk_SK translation by Patrik Žec (PATWIST) of http://patwist.com
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • anti spam
  • captcha
  • comments
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.3

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.3.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.3
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.2 · PHP not listed
Update activity17 Dec 20241y ago

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