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Installation

Installation Instructions

Download, install and activate ‘Anti-spam by CleanTalk’.

Enter the access key in the settings: WordPress Dashboard -> Settings -> Antispam by CleanTalk

Make a test comment (registration or message via contacts) with email [email protected] . You should see a message: Forbidden. Sender blacklisted.

Ready! The plugin is ready to use.

Video instruction - Installing an antispam plugin on WordPress.

Important! To test anti-spam protection, you need to submit from the site as a visitor (log out of the WordPress admin area) because the plugin does not check the actions of administrators.

How to configure the plugin for the WPMS version?

In the WordPress MultiSite version, you can switch the plugin to use a global access key. In this case, the plugin will not show the field for entering the key in its settings and will not display a banner about the trial license in the administrative part of WordPress. To do this, define a constant in the wp-config.php file before the lines with database constants:

Define("CLEANTALK_ACCESS_KEY", "place your key here");

Do this before activating the plugin. If the plugin is already activated, deactivate it, add the code and activate it again.
Now all child sites will have this access key.

Spam protection management and control

If your website has forms for submitting data to external sources, you can enable the "Protect External Forms" option. In this case, if the plugin determines that the current message is spam, the form action will be temporarily replaced with your current hostname to prevent false data from being sent to an external source.

Reviews

I"ve been using Cleantalk to stop spam registrations for a few months now and can"t tall you the headache it"s saved me! Recently added their security and it"s blocked some interesting things that we had no idea were happening. People trying to hack an old admin account, brute force attacks trying to hack a non-existent account, WOW!

I came looking for a new spam filter since my old spam filter plugin was giving me support grief. This looks to be what I need. I added the trial today and it already blocked 7 spam attempts from contact 7, so I sent in my official purchase for three years. I needed a spam filter that works with WooCommerce and this seems to fit the bill. Keep up the good work!

Participants and developers

“Spam protection, Antispam, FireWall from CleanTalk” is an open source project. The following contributors contributed to the development of the plugin:

Changelog

5.128 October 17, 2019

• Mod: Users check - functionality updated.
• Fix: Users check — dates format updated.
• Mod: Comments check — functionality updated.
• Fix: Comments check — dates format updated.
• Fix: Fields exclusion fixed.
• Fix: Notice fixed.
• Fix: Cleantalk/Antispam/API.
• Fix: Minor improvements and bug fixes.

5.127.4 October 13, 2019

• Mod: Automatically decrease amount of checked users by one request if an error occurs.
• Fix: Security issue.
• Fix: Static JS key.

5.127.3 October 8, 2019

• Fix: Errors during registration.

5.127.2 October 8, 2019

• Integration: SeedProd Coming Soon Page Pro.
• Fix: WooCommerce double reuqests.
• Fix: Static JS key.

5.127.1 October 7, 2019

• Fix: WPMS settings logic.
• Using default database storage engine for tables.

5.127 September 30 2019

• Fix: Delete redirect notice on external forms
• Fix: Storing spam for 15 days.
• Fix: correct DiVi display message.
• Integration: Ultimate Members.
• Mod: Setting “Use static JS key” switched to “Auto” if it was “No”. Default is "Auto".
• Mod: Moving White Label option to main site settings.
• New: Use static JS key if cache plugin detected.
• New: Settings for URLs, fields, roles exclusions.
• New: Regular Expressions support in URLs, fields exclusions.
• New: Send validation errors on standard registration form.
• Updater: Move exclusions from global variable to settings.
• Deprecated: IP exclusions.

5.126 September 9 2019

• Spam protection improved!
• Integration: Option wheel.
• Mod: Improved Email detection.
• Mod: Improved IP detection.
• Fix: Too large database table with alternative sessions.
• Fix: Exception for WooCommerce AJAX.
• Fix: API key validation.
• Minor fixes.

5.125 August 26, 2019

• Fix: PHP Notices.
• Fix: Auto update.
• Fix: Displaying protection status for IP license.
• Fix: prevent capturing buffer for XMLRPC requests (check_external functionality).
• Fix: API key validating.
• New: Complete deactivation setting.

5.124.1 August 8, 2019

• Fix: Error on PHP 5.3.

5.124 August 8, 2019

• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Fix: SpamFireWall local database counter on Multisite.
• Fix: Caldera Forms integration.
• Fix: Settings “Use AJAX for JS check” description.
• Fix: Formidable integration.
• New: External forms check now independent from JavaScript.
• New: Setting Protect external - capture buffer.
• New: QuForm integration.

5.123 July 25 2019

• Fix: Plenty of minor fixes.
• Fix: wpDiscuz integration.
• Fix: Integration with bbPress.
• Fix: New comment email notification.
• New: Follow-Up Emails integration.
• Fix: Woocommerce integration.
• Fix: Spelling.

5.122 July 10, 2019

• Spam Protection improved.
• Fix: Error while checking account status.
• Fix: Conflict with Elementor Pro.
• Fix: Integration with Ninja Forms.
• Fix: Integration with Formidable.
• New: Detecting mobile devices.
• New: Integration for Easy Forms for Mailchimp.

5.121 June 26, 2019

• Fix: Translation typos.
• Fix: Woocommerce integration.
• Fix: Catching admin in AJAX queries.
• Mod: Session table (cleantalk_sessions) issue.
• Mod: Spam protection improved.
• Integration: Wilcity theme custom registration validation enabled
• New: Option “Use static JS key”.

5.120.2 June 17 2019

• Fix: WPForms integration.
• Fix: Translation and spelling.
• Fix: Minor PHP error

5.120.1 June 6, 2019

• Mod: Description for Search form protection.
• Fix: CSS and JS attachment.
• Fix: Undefined index error.

5.120 June 5 2019

• Fix: bbPress false positives.
• Fix: SpamFireWall check condition.
• Fix: SpamFireWall block page.
• Fix: Catch admin action via search form test.
• Fix: Catch admin action (AJAX).
• Mod: Using minified version of JS and CSS.
• Mod: Date format in statistics.

5.119.1 May 30, 2019

• Fix: Helper class error.

5.119 May 30, 2019

• Fix: No more second request after registration.
• Fix: Activation hook.
• Fix: Alternative sessions. Clear table.
• Fix: Stop capchuring AJAX requests in admin area.
• Fix: Spelling.
• Fix: Registration cookies set.
• Mod: SFW extended die page when testing.
• Mod: User-agent modified.
• New: Test search queries for spam.
• New: Gathering and output statistics.

5.118.4 May 13, 2019

• Fix: SFW cookie. Set correct domain for subdomains.
• Fix: SFW update.
• Fixed: IP detection.
• Fix: Triggering AJAX check in backend.
• Fix: Zero submit time on few forms.

5.118.3 April 29 2019

• Fix: Spam statistics in dashboard widget.
• Fixed: IP detection.
• Fix: Double check AJAX integrated forms like Ninja Forms.
• Fix: Use url exclusions for AJAX forms.

5.118.2 April 25 2019

• Mod: Spam filtration quality improved.
• Mod: Store SFW cookies for 30 days.
• Mod: Server IP added to connection report.
• Fix: spam_stat is not defined.

5.118.1 April 19 2019

• Fix: Fatal error.
• Mod: Spam protection improved on registrations.

5.118 April 19 2019

• Fix: Cookies on registration page.
• Fix: Update fix.
• Fix: WordPress built-in API.
• Fix: WooCommerce checkout form.
• Fix: UpdraftPlus. Saving settings.
• Fix: Convert Pro saving settings.
• Fix: UTF-8 Converting.
• Fix: GDPR notice.
• Fix: cleantalk_sessions table size reduced.
• Mod: Localization.
• Mod: Performance improved.
• Mod: SpamFierWall improvments.
• Mod: IP detection improved.
• Mod: JavaScript check revised.
• New: Setting “Use alternative mechanism for cookies”.

5.117.1 April 5, 2019

• Fix: GDPR notice.
• Fix: noCacheJS localization.
• Fix: Fatal error when updating.

5.117 March 27 2019

• New: Update logic runs on all pages.
• New: Integration for Ajax Contact Forms plugin.
• New: Notification for users groups about new comments.
• New: SFW die page. Show browser and page creation time.
• Fix: Huge bug in Cleantalk.php connected with servers changing.
• Fix: Check AJAX requests for logged in users.
• Fix: Deleting debug in JS.
• Fix: Validating settings before saving.

5.116.3 March 14 2019

• Fix: “Headers already sent” error.
• Fix: Images paths.
• Fixed: IP detection.
• Fix: Skip lost password form check
• Fix: Skip mobile requests (push settings)
• Fix: PHP notice when detecting BuddyPress template.

5.116.2 March 7, 2019

• Fix: Creating tables in MariaDB.

5.116.1 March 6, 2019

• Fix: Creating tables in DB.
• Fix: PHP Warning in spam statistics widget.

5.116 March 6, 2019

• Spam filtration quality improved.
• New: Storing visited URLs.
• New: Check before validation Contact Form 7, Comments, Jetpack comments.
• New: Get validation result for Contact Form 7, Comments, Jetpack comments.
• Fix: ES add subscriber.
• Fixed: IP detection.

5.115.2 February 27 2019

• Fix: False positives spam detection in WP Forms and Contact Form 7.

5.115.1 February 16 2019

• Fix: SpamFireWall's false positives.

5.115 February 14 2019

• Fix: Http_only flag for backend cookies.
• Fix: Spam filtration improved.
• New: IP detection improved.
• Fix: SpamFirewall update speeded up.
• New: False positives with caching solutions decreased.
• New: Opportunity to use WordPress HTTP API to connect with Cloud.

5.114 January 31, 2019

• New: Setting “Use WordPress HTTP API” as alternative to CURL. Disabled by default.
• Fix: Formidable: Adding small JS check when adding JS_key.
• Mod: layout of settings page.
• Mod: Banner logic altered.

5.113.2 January 18, 2019

• Fix: “Settings” link returns to plugin page.

5.113.1 January 17, 2019

• Fix: Conflict with CityTours theme.
• Fix: Error for WordPress lower 4.7.
• Add: Spam protection: “Validate email for existence.”

5.113 January 16, 2019

• Fix: Fast and Simple Contact Form.
• Fix: Settings layout.
• Fix: Error with WooCommerce Quickview.
• Fix: Bitrix24 contact form.
• Fix: Request time has decreased.
• Fix: Requesting account status when activating for IP licenses.
• Add: Precise AJAX request detection.
• Improved anti-spam protection.

5.112 December 21 2018

• Fix: Woocommerce AJAX checkout form.
• Fix: Profile Builder Pro.
• Fix: DB structure improvements for WPMS.
• The quality of spam filtering has been improved.
• Minor fixes.

5.111 December 13 2018

• Fix: Double request in JetPack contact form.
• Fix: Email notification about spam registration.
• Fix: Links button for feedback comments.
• Fix: Mail notification about plugin error.
• Fix: Key field output.
• Minor fixes.

5.110 November 29 2018

• Integration: BuddyPress ActivityWall spam protection.
• Add: GDPR setting for shortcode.
• Add: Support different BuddyPress templates on activity wall.
• Fix: Admin/moderator checking for validate post data.

5.109 November 15 2018

• Fix: Added URL and IP exclusions to Contact Form 7.
• Fix: js error when responseText is not exists
• Fix: Sitename when getting key automatically under WPMS.
• Mod: SpamFireWall is now fully compatible with WPMS.
• Mod: Setting ‘Tell others about CleanTalk’ was deleted.
• Mod: Protection from spam improved.

5.108.1 November 8, 2018

• Fix: Errors with integration class.

5.108 November 7, 2018

• Fix: White label mode.
• Fix: SpamFireWall can now be disabled.
• Fix: Layout.
• Integration: WPForms.
• Add: Message about block for all no integrated AJAX forms.
• Add: Displaying account name near api key.

5.107 October 29, 2018

• Fix: Ninja Forms integration.
• Fix: Cookie usage.
• Add: Capturing AJAX responses from non integrated forms.
• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Minor fixes.

5.106 October 11 2018

• Improved spam filtering.
• New: White Label mode.
• Modification: Warning message about test on SpamFireWall die page.
• Integration: WP Maintenance Mode.
• Fix: S2Member.
• Fix: JavaScript attachments reconsidered.
• Fix: Admin banners layout.
• Fix: Minor layout fixes.

5.105 September 26 2018

• Integration: Now blocking spam for QAEngine questions.
• Fix: Async http__request call.
• Fix: Unnecessary get_antispam_report_breif method call.
• Layout: Hide “Do you like Cleantlak?” when key is not ok.
• Layout: Minor fixes.

5.104 September 18 2018

• Fix: Trying to update anti spam plugin for the first installation.
• Fix: Update system.
• Fix: Errors output.
• Fix: Plugin’s settings under WPMS.
• Fix: SpamFireWall update.
• Fix: The server change system repaired.
• Mod: Cron saving tasks improved.

5.103.1 September 14 2018

• Fix: Error when saving settings.
• Fix: Error when getting key automatically.

5.103 September 13 2018

• Fix: Gravity Forms response message.
• Fix: SpamFireWall redirect to 404 page.
• Major anti-spam plugin improvement.
• Recombined setting page.
• Added error notification.
• Mod: S2 Members integration.
• Mod: Improved remote calls.

5.102 August 29, 2018

• Fix: Users and comments check.
• Fix: Update from 5.70 or previous versions.
• Fix: GDPR public JS-script.
• Fix: Dashboard widget JS scripts attachment.
• Fix: WooCommerce “Place order” action.
• Mod: Notification logic altered.
• Mod: Users check table now has ‘Signed up’ column.
• Minor fixes.

5.101 August 10, 2018

• Fix: Set cookies only for non-dashboard pages.
• Fix: Dashboard widget JS error.
• Fix: JavaScript error for some environment.
• Mod: Antispam protection accelerated for some pages.

5.100 July 30 2018

• Fix: JavaScript dependencies.

5.99.1 July 17 2018

• IP detection fixed and improved.

5.99 July 10 2018

• Fix: WooCommerce false positives.
• Fix: SpamFireWall IP detection.
• Minor fixes.

5.98 June 27 2018

• Fix: WooCommerce: Theme exclusion.
• Fix: Public GDPR JS code.
• Minor fixes.

5.97 June 7 2018

• Fix: Update system.
• Fix: Feedback from public page (admin only).
• Fix: Users and comment check: API error.
• Fix: Too many negative reports. (Too big ct_data option)
• Fix: SpamFireWall: Infinite redirection on the blocking page.
• Minor fixes.

5.96 May 22, 2018

• Fix: Update system.
• Mod: Reset all counters button in admin bar.
• Mod: GDPR compliance.
• Minor fixes.

5.95.1 May 3, 2018

• Fixed: logic for displaying the auto-receive key button.
• Fixed: PHP notifications.

5.95 May 2, 2018

• Improved spam filtering.
• Fixed: public widget display.
• Fixed: output of communication reports.
• Minor fixes.

5.94 April 23 2018

• Changed: JavaScript asynchronous loading option.
• Fixed: IP detection.
• Fixed: IP detection.
• Fixed: JavaScript error.

5.93.1 April 9, 2018

• Fixed: critical errors in PHP version 5.5 and below.

5.93 April 9 2018

• Fixed: IP detection by SpamFireWall option.
• Changed: Improved auto-update function.
• Minor fixes.

5.92.2 March 23 2018

• Fixed: Crash if CURL extension is disabled.

5.92.1 March 23, 2018

• Corrected: spelling.
• Fixed: Critical error if CURL extension is disabled.

5.92 March 22 2018

• Improved IP detection.
• Fixed: Communication via SSL.
• Fixed: false positives on Contact Form 7.
• Minor fixes.

5.91 March 15 2018

• Fixed: Errors for PHP compiled without XML support.
• Corrected: spelling and translation.
• Improved stability.
• Minor fixes.

5.90 March 7 2018

• Improvement: Better IP detection in SpamFireWall option.
• Fixed: Block message for Gravity Forms.
• Improved security.
• Minor fixes.

5.89 February 21 2018

• The quality of spam filtering has been improved.
• Improved compatibility.
• Widget for the public part: added styles and referral link.
• Widget in the control panel: redesigned and fixed.
• Minor fixes.

5.88 February 12 2018

• Integration: ConvertPro.
• Improvement: Search for visitor names in queries.
• Fixed: message recognition in Contact Form 7.
• Preparing for a remote plugin update.
• Minor fixes.

5.87 February 2 2018

• Improved filtration quality.
• Fixed: downloading images for WP Foto Vote.
• Fixed: Critical bug for unsupported PHP 5.2.
• Fixed: Improved spam filtering for Formidable Form.

5.86 January 25 2018

• Fixed: High CPU usage due to wp-ajax.php.
• Corrected: Mailpoet:Newsletter.
• Fixed: Standardization for input fields from Gravity Forms.
• Fixed: AJAX hook validates contact form data.
• Fixed: UTF-8 characters in requests.

5.85 January 11 2018

• Fixed: Spam blocking message for Fast Secure Contact Form.
• Fixed: IP license status.
• Location: The description of the widget in the control panel has been changed.

5.84 December 26 2017

• Integration: PeepSo contact forms.
• Fixed: Feedback from comment pages.
• Fixed: mb_* functions were only used when they existed.
• Fixed: Multi-page form logic for Gravity Forms has been debugged.
• Fixed: AJAX form logic for Gravity Forms has been debugged.
• Minor fixes.

5.83.2 December 19 2017

• Fixed: Bug in base class.

5.83.1 December 19 2017

• Fixed: IP determination for CDN.

5.83 December 19 2017

• Improved: stability and compatibility.
• Improved: anti-spam protection.
• Fixed: logic in filtering comments.
• Fixed: counter in the admin panel.
• Minor edits.

5.82.1 December 7 2017

• Minor changes to attaching JS and CSS files.

5.82 December 4 2017

• The plugin no longer uses PHP sessions.
• Corrections have been made.
• Improved update logic.

5.81 November 22 2017

• Fixed a bug with the “Show/Hide key” button.
• Slightly improved anti-spam protection for all forms.
• Minor edits.

5.80 November 3 2017

• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Improved filtering quality for WooCommerce order pages.
• Minor fixes for SpamFireWall.

5.79 October 26, 2017

• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Fixed an issue with checking existing spam comments.
• Added the ability to exclude IP from checks.
• Minor fixes.

5.78 October 16, 2017

• Improved theme compatibility. The prefix of root functions has been changed.
• Fixed an issue with WooCommerce order pages.
• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Minor fixes.

5.77 October 2, 2017

• Communication reporting system.
• Integration with CouponXXL theme.
• Fixed problem with mb_* functions.

5.76 September 20 2017

• Fixed an issue with the SpamFireWall option and caching plugins.
• Updated logic for banners.

5.75 September 15 2017

• Ability to pause checking users and comments for spam.
• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Minor edits.

5.74.2 September 2 2017

• Fixes for checking users for spam on PHP 5.3 and below.

5.74.1 September 2 2017

• Fixes for the update system and communication with the Cloud.
• Added the ability to check users and comments for spam for a specified period of time.

5.74 August 31, 2017

• Checking users and comments for spam: two types of checking (fast and accurate).
• Fixes for WooCommerce test order pages.
• Minor fixes.

5.73 August 11, 2017

• Updated SpamFireWall option.
• Corrections for placement of elements for BT Comments.
• Minor fixes.

5.72 July 27 2017

• Improved spam checking of existing users and comments.
• Minor fixes.

5.71 July 20 2017

• Improved anti-spam protection for external forms.
• Optimization.
• Minor fixes.

5.70.2 July 17 2017

• Fixes for SpamFireWall option under WordPress Multisite.

5.70.1 July 17 2017

• Fixes for SpamFireWall option.
• Spam detection has been improved.

5.70 July 13 2017

• New logic for updates.
• Own Cron system.
• Improved compatibility with AMP plugins.
• Optimization.
• Fixes for spam checking of existing users and comments.
• Fixes for the placement of feedback elements on the public part of the pages.
• Updated SpamFireWall option.
• SpamFireWall: SpamFireWall's counter now works in real time.
• SpamFireWall: improved compatibility with different databases.

5.69 July 3 2017

• Integration with Reviewer.
• Optimize spam checking of existing users and comments for large databases.
• Bugs fixed.
• Improved anti-spam protection.

5.68 June 22 2017

• Integration with Contact Form for WordPress - Ultimate Form Builder Lite.
• Integration with Contact Bank - Contact Forms Builder.
• Integration with Smart Forms.
• Integration with cformsII.
• Integration with Contact Form by Web-Settler.
• Bugs fixed.

5.67.3 June 9 2017

• Fixed a bug when embedding JavaScript.

5.67.2 June 5 2017

• Fixed an error when determining IP.

5.67.1 June 4 2017

• Fixed JavaScript error for plugin version 5.67.
• Integration: Enfold Theme, Convertplug.
• Links to check email/IP for spam.
• Control of comments and feedback to them on public pages.
• Improved stability of communication with the cloud service.
• Improved anti-spam protection.
• Other small edits.

5.67 June 1 2017

5.63 April 20 2017

• Fix for the dashboard spam stat widget.
• Added translation posibility for all text.

5.62 April 17 2017

• Fix for the dashboard spam statistics widget.
• Fix for users spam check.
• Small appearance changes.

5.61 April 6 2017

• Improved filtration.
• Additional logic for the form recognizing.
• Integration: Divi Theme Contact Form.
• Fix: Gravity Forms multipages forms.
• Stat Widget: Minor fixes.
• Added possibility to download results of the users check in CSV format.
• Alteration for settings page (footer).

5.60.1 March 29, 2017

• Fixed error function 'locale_get_display_region' no exists.

5.60 March 29 2017

• Added main dashboard widget with spam sctivity stats.
• Mailster - integration.
• Base class updated.

5.59 March 24 2017

• Users/comments check fix.
• Plugin’s name changed to Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.
• Trial banner is dismissable. Disapear for 24h or till logout.
• Settings modified (Auto testing failed warning).
• Mailing(inactive key) interval increased to 6 hours.

5.58.6 March 16 2017

• Fix for Ninja forms (protection updated).
• Fix for QA Theme.
• Fix for RSVP form.
• Setting changes (Spam FireWall).
• Improved debug section.
• Improved gathering data function.
• Minor fixes.

5.58.5 March 6, 2017

• Minor backend fix.

5.58.4 March 6, 2017

• Users check fix (redirect after the check).
• Fixed PHP Notice "HTTP_REFERER" is unset.
• Updated Notice logic.

5.58.3 February 28 2017

• Bitrix24 Contact form integration.
• Users/comments check fix.
• Spam sorting updated.
• Banner showing logic.

5.58.2 February 17 2017

• Cron fix for daily report.

5.58.1 February 16 2017

• Minor fixes.

5.58 February 15 2017

• Work without access key
• Bitrix24 contact integration
• Issues fixes

5.57.1 ​​February 8, 2017

• Fix for notice logic.

5.57 February 8 2017

• Setting page changes.
• Bug fixes for WooCommerce.
• Spam FireWall filters only GET requests.
• Optimization.
• Minor and major fixes.

5.56.1 January 25, 2017

• Minor fixes

5.56 January 19 2017

• Integrations: MailChimp Premium, Profile Press.
• Changes comments flow.
• FireWall updater fix.
• Users check optimization.

5.55 December 23 2016

• Integrations: Caldera Forms, Visual Form Builder.
• Fix for different ‘cookies’ header names.
• Fixed user deletion.

5.54 December 12 2016

• Integrations: AmoForms, Contact Form Clean and Simple.
• Comments check logic refreshed.
• Registration JS error fix.
• Users check fix.
• Fix for translation system.
• Minor fixes.

5.53.1 December 9 2016

• Minor layout fixes.

5.53 November 28 2016

• Addition warning before deleting users.
• Spam FireWall is enabled by default.
• Usernoise modal feedback / contact form: integration.
• Translations.
• Optimization.
• Fixes.

5.52.1 November 14 2016

• Users and comments check: Using new API method.
• Quick Contact From: Integration via “Custom Contact Forms” setting.
• JavaScript filtration improved.
• Translation changes.
• Optimized JavaScript code.

5.51 November 2 2016

• Added protection for internal forms
• Immediate spam check for comments and users from WP dashboard
• Optimized code

5.50.1 October 24 2016

• Spam FireWall: Fixed issue with SFW logs
• Skipping service fields: Fast Secure Contact Froms, QU Forms, Custom Contact Forms

5.50 October 20 2016

• Custom contact forms: integration.
• Pirate Forms: integration.
• PHP 7 compatibility: Deleted third-party JSON library and dependencies.
• PHP 7 compatibility: Fixed end of lines.
• YOAST Seo: Fixed PHP warnings.
• Spam FireWall: Minor fix for Spam FireWall counter.
• Only admin could access to CleanTalk dashboard (exclude Authors an Editors).
• Improved filtration in contact forms.

5.49.2 October 5 2016

• Second Fix for database error. Stable version.

5.49.1 October 5 2016

• Fixed database error.

5.49 October 3 2016

• Spam FireWall feature: Class upgraded.
• New feature: Delete links from approved comments.
• Settings: Grouped.
• Settings: Altered description fixed spelling mistakes.
• Settings: Added indicator for Spam FireWall.
• Admin bar: Added Spam FireWall counter
• Clean and Simple Contact Form: Direct integration.
• WooCommerce: Don’t check password recovery form.
• WooCommerce Wishlists: Issue with check for Google bots.
• JetPack: contact form fix.
• Fixed and created the defaults for all CleanTalk options.
• Fixed spelling mistakes.

5.48 September 15 2016

• buddyPress: Added private messages filtering. Doesn’t check user if he has 3 or more messages in the “sentbox” and “inbox” folders.
• buddyPress: Added option in settings for private messages check.
• WooCommerce Wishlist: Added check for wishlists.
• Fixed issue with “check all post data” option.
• Improved filtering for Gravity Forms
• Mobile Assistant Connector fix
• Minor fixes.

5.47 September 5 2016

• WooCommerce: direct integration for checkout form.
• WooCommerce Sensei: login form fix.
• bbPress: Added the check for topics and comments with stop_words
• bbPress: Skip check for admin in comments and topics
• UserPro: fixes. Request without field "shortcode"
• Contact Form 7: Bug fix.
• Spam FireWall: Optimized logs rotation.
• Updated inner functions (compatibility fix for PHP 5.4+)
• Fixed output of counters (without spamfirewall stats)
• Fixed spelling in settings
• Added “Delete from the list” button in comments spam check page
• Minor fixes.

5.46 August 17 2016

• Fixed issue with admin bar links in WP Multi Network mode.
• Added “All time counter” and “Daily counter” into admin bar.
• Added settings to disable counters in admin bar.
• New style for “Get access key manually” button.

5.45.2 August 4 2016

• Added Anti-Spam protection for Quick Event Manager.
• Improved bulk spam test for users. Now the plugin does not mark as Spam user, if the user IP address has spam activity more than 30 days ago.
• Fixed bulk spam test for comments. Previous version had a conflict between spam history for IP and Email.
• Minor fix function to get the API key.

5.45.1 July 26 2016

• Fixed issue with missed spam messages, subscriptions.
• Improved bulk spam test for comments. Now the plugin will not mark as Spam comments, if a comment sender (IP address) has spam activity more than 30 days ago.

5.45 July 21 2016

• Optimized bulk spam comments deletion.
• Turned off JavaScript anti-spam cookies if the option ‘Set cookies’ is turned off. It helps to avoid issues with Varnish.
• Added links to bulk spam comments&users removal tool.

5.44.1 July 13 2016

• Optimized options getting code.
• Added the option ‘Protect Logged in users’ to do anti-spam tests for submissions by logged in users.

5.43.2 June 30 2016

• Optimized anti-spam code for AJAX based contact forms.
• Fixed CSS layout of counters in Admin bar (issue with layout in IE11).

5.43.1 June 23 2016

• Added agent version in requests to test a connection between the website and servers.
• Fixed issue with PHP notices in cleantalk-admin.php.

5.43 June 22 2016

• Added spam protection for registrations via ‘Login with AJAX’ plug-in.
• Added a new counter to Admin bar that allows to count spam and approved submissions since last reset.
• Update the code that tests a connection between a website and CleanTalk’s servers. New version doesn't generate submissions with email [email protected].
• Fixed issue with spam protection for nested forms by Formidable plug-in.

5.42 2016-06-15

• Added anti-spam protection for UserPro.
• Improved protection for Formidable forms + Varnish.
• Improved bulk search for spam accounts.
• Fixed spam protection for pages that contain multiple Formidable forms with same HTML ID.
• Optimized PHP code to be compatible with PHP 5.4 and above. The patch has been applied to Formidable forms of spam protection.
• Minor fixes in plugin backend.

5.41 2016-05-31

• Added HTTP response in plugin response if an network issue was happend.
• Optimized JavaScript anti-spam test for Formidable forms.
• Re-stored the option to auto redirect to plugn settings after plugin activation.
• Updated Spanish, Russian translations.
• Fixed issue with nasted fields in Formidable forms.

5.40.3 2016-05-26

• Added option to encrypt (SSL) connection to CleanTalk anti-spam servers.
• Added JSON encoding for AJAX forms.
• Obfuscated private data for Custom contact forms option.
• Optimized bulk users check for spam over blacklists database.
• Fixed issue with lost connection to servers and JavaScript anti-spam test.
• Fixed issue with WordFence and collect_details.

5.40.2 2016-05-11

• Improved account status check logic.
• Fixed issue with double anti-spam tests for FastSecure contact forms.
• Fixed issue with nulled JavaScript variables assigned from backend. This issue might me occur on standard WordPress registration form and with failed JavaScript spam test.
• Fixed issue with session_start() with PHP sessions stored in memcache.

5.40.1 2016-04-28

• Fixed issue with Super Socializer.
• Fixed issue with spam filtration for logged in users and Formidable forms.
• Added logging of all submitted fields for FastSecure contact form.

5.40 2016-04-19

• Added JSON encoding for posts that were protected via Custom contact forms option. It allows show anti-spam logs in the Dashboard in more comfortable view.
• Minor fix in plugin settings.
• Fixed pagination for bulk users spam test.
• Fixed issue with unknown _SESSION.
• Fixed issue with double Spam FireWall database upload.

5.39.1 2016-04-04

• Improved AJAX based anti-spam test with HTTPS backends.
• Added fix to avoid issue with empty ct_info_flag on JavaScript side.
• Added logic to exclude caching for Spam FireWall.
• Removed a condition to skip accounts with 127.0.0.1 IP in spam test for registered accounts.

5.38.1 2016-03-24

• Fixed issue with PHP sessions and ‘The session id is too long or contains illegal characters’.
• Removed Spam FireWall protection on /feed page.
• Disabled anti-spam tests for AJAX calls if the option ‘Custom contact forms’ is turned off.
• Added reject notice for spam submissions on Gravity forms with AJAX calls.

5.37.3 2016-03-10

• Fixed bug with broken MailPoet previews.
• Fixed bug with broken Geo My WP pop-up windows.
• Fixed issue with mb_convert_encoding() function.
• Removed double JavaScript code in front-end.
• Removed unused variables in anti spam logic.
• Added option ‘Set cookies’ (turned on by default). If the option turned off, the plugin will not generate cookies, but in this case the plugin will not protect some rarely used contact forms. Any way, turn this option off be compatible with Varnish in spam protection for WordPress core comments, registrations and most popular contact forms.
• Added anti-spam protection for Gravity forms via option ‘Contact forms’ with hook gform_entry_is_spam().

5.36.1 2016-02-05

• Fixed bug, when users receive error after logging in
• Improve anti-spam filters for contact forms.

5.36 2016-02-04

• Improved JavaScript anti spam protection
• Improvements for avoiding blocking requests from payment systems

5.35 2016-01-14

• Added support for IP licensing
• Some anti-spam protection improvements
• Small backend interface fixes

5.34.1 2015-12-17

• Fixed trackback antispam protection: improved checking mechanism
• Fixed problem with blocking MailPoet: added exclusions in spam checking algorithm

5.34 2015-12-10

• Improved spam checking mechanism
• Added “Collect browser details” option for better antispam protection
• Fixed custom contact forms checking for AJAX requests
• Minor translation fixes

5.33.1 2015-12-04

• Fixed issue with BBPress: restored old user permission checking mechanism
• Fixed anti-spam comments checking: sometimes get_comments returned wrong comments number
• Fixed bulk checking: made numeric indexes in users and comments arrays
• Fixed trackback and pingback checking: removed exception for checking

5.33 2015-12-01

• Backend interface fixes
• Improved Spam FireWall efficiency
• Improved performance of anti spam checking

5.32 2015-11-26

• Added improvements for manual spam detection
• Fixed errors in backend
• Fixed bulk users anti spam checking
• Added indicator for bulk spam checking
• Added “Get access key automatically” button

5.31 2015-11-11

• Improved backend performance
• Fixed counter of approved/blocked spam attacks
• Fixed Spam FireWall logging

5.30 2015-11-05

• Improved anti-spam checking
• Optimized performance
• Fixed blocking email preview in MailPoet
• Interface fixes
• WPMU interface fixes

5.29 2015-10-27

• Optimized performance
• Fixed bugs in custom contact forms spam checking

5.28.7 2015-10-23

• Optimized PHP sessions creation algorithm. This fix should increase plugin performance on hostings without retention of PHP sessions files.
• Removed autoredirection to plugin settings after plugin activation.

5.28 2015-10-16

• Fixed errors in anti-spam checking
• Restored options for spam checking registrations and cpmmon contact forms
• Improved spam protection
• Fixed problems with AJAX functionality in MailPoet, WooCommerce and other AJAX plugins

5.27 2015-10-13

• Improvements in Spam FireWall feature
• Code optimization
• Backend interface fixes

5.26 2015-10-05

• Added WordPress Language Pack support
• Removed spam checking for some authorization plugins
• New experimental feature: Spam FireWall

5.25.2 2015-09-28

• Fixed backend bug

5.25.1 2015-09-28

• Added widget with anti-spam stats
• Added information about blocked spam attacks in admin dashboard and CleanTalk settings
• Added ability not to check comments for users with 3 or above allowed comments
• Added an option ‘Help others known CleanTalk’ to show information for site visitors, that your site is protected from spam by us
• Some backend interface settings

5.24.1 2015-09-16

• Fixed some errors in frontend
• Fixed access key saving

5.24 2015-09-14

• Backend interface fixes
• Improvement for AJAX JavaScript spam checking

5.23 2015-09-01

• Fixed BuddyPress profile search false positivities of anti-spam protection.
• Some interface fixes of bulk users & comments spam checking

5.22 2015-08-26

• Fixed possible XSS issue for anti-spam test on third-party forms.

5.21 2015-08-21

• Fixed bug with skipping spam submissions
• Fixed bug with receiving old user_token for viewing anti-spam stats
• Small backend fixes

5.20 2015-08-15

• Fixed anti-spam stats in admin bar — now stats updates every hour
• Fixed issue with skipping spam submissions
• Added some PHP-constants for advanced users — CLEANTALK_AJAX_USE_BUFFER and CLEANTALK_AJAX_USE_FOOTER_HEADER can be defined to true or false in wp-config.php to control method, which will be used for injection of AJAX script.

5.19 2015-08-11

• New feature: anti-spam checking for registered users
• Fixed issue with AJAX JavaScript anti-spam test.
• Fixed issue with SEO Yoast xml sitemaps and JavaScript anti-spam test.

5.18 2015-08-04

• Fixed issue with user_token
• Added anti-spam API, see our FAQ

5.17 2015-07-23

• Fixed infinite redirection after activation
• Minor backend fixes

5.16 2015-07-22

• Fixed external services checking
• Fixed mass comments deletion
• Fixed AJAX anti-spam protection

5.15 2015-07-16

• New feature: anti-spam protection for forms that uses external services

5.14 2015-07-03

• Added anti-spam protection for some themes and plugins
• Some backend fixes

5.13 2015-06-12

• Closing notification for anti-spam renew
• Fixed bulk anti spam comment checking

5.12 2015-06-01

• Added option for checking all post data for spam
• Some JavaScript protection improvements
• Added option for old JavaScript check (without AJAX)

5.10 2015-05-25

• Fixed Javascript error on some forms

5.9 2015-05-21

• Fixed Javascript error on CF7 and JetPack
• Some backend and frontent fixes

5.8 2015-05-18

• Minor fixes

5.7 2015-05-18

• Fixed French translation
• Fixed protection algorithm

5.6 2015-05-11

• Fixed translation
• Fixed bulk comments anti-spam checking
• Added option for disabling anti spam stats in adminbar
• Some security fixes

5.5 2015-04-29

• Fixed security issue
• Some interface fixes

5.4 2015-04-27

• Some interface and functionality changes in plugin settings page
• Added counter for anti-spam stats in admin bar

5.3 2015-04-13

• Added anti-spam protection for Divi theme contact forms
• Added anti-spam protection for MyMail contact forms
• Added anti-spam protection for MailPoet Newsletters
• Some interface and functionality changes in backend

5.2 2015-04-01

• Added link for anti-spam stats
• Added WP User Frontend Pro registration form protection

5.1 2015-03-24

• Fixed site crash after installing 5.0 on some websites

5.0 2015-03-24

• Added bulk comments checking for spam via CleanTalk blacklists
• Added anti-spam form protection for ‘Ajax Login & Register’
• Fixed JetPack form protection

4.24 2015-03-20

• Added immediate spam protection activation.

4.22 2015-03-17

• Added button for automatic spam protection key getting.

4.21 2015-03-11

• Added license renew notification.

4.20 2015-03-03

• Added German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese translations.
• Minor code fixes.

4.19 2015-02-24

• Increased keys lifetime for JS spam test.

4.18 2015-02-17

• Fixed bug with comments approvement — moved ct_unmark_red() to cleantalk-admin.php
• Added PayPal ‘payment_status’ in skip list.
• Added Akismet ‘spam’ status processing.

4.17 2015-02-12

• New base class.
• Divided code to 3 separate files - common, public and admin.

4.16 2015-02-05

• New base class.
• Fixed JetPack spam filters logics.
• Optimized Formidable, bbPress, BuddyPress spam filters.

4.15 2015-01-29

• Support spam test for Contact Form 7 versions before 3.0.0.
• Fixed global JS-vars for JS spam test.
• Fixed online notice cookie logics.
• Optimized spam filters for FSCF, WooCommerce, JetPack.
• Optimized option getting.

4.14 2015-01-19

• Removed deprecated option from comment approval code.
• New API key URL.
• Trimmed API key in admin panel.
• Added current options to array sent to CleanTalk servers.

4.13 2014-12-29

• Fixed bug with autimatically aprovement not spam comments. Now this option is disabled and do not override local WordPress policy.

4.12 2014-12-29

• Fixed bug with ‘Wrong Access key…’ notice in WordPress dashboard.
• Fixed filtration bug in WordPress dashboard login form.

4.11 2014-12-22

• Improved anti-spam protection for comments.
• Accelerated plugin speed for comments, registrations and contacts.
• Added translation to French.

4.10 2014-12-10

• Improved anti-spam protection for custom contact/registration/subscribe forms.
• Option ‘Custom contact forms’ enabled by default for new setups.
• Removed settings “Publish relevant comments”, “Use encrypted (SSL) connection”.
• Added translation to Danish (thank you for Mikkel at KreativJul.dk).

4.9 2014-11-24

• Fixed spam test for Contact Form 7.

4.8 2014-11-19

4.2 2014-10-20

• Fixed double checks issue for BuddyPress registrations.
• Increased timeout limits to find the work server.

4.1 2014-10-13

• Optimized code for manual moderation feedback sending.
• Optimized anti-spam algorithms for comments, contacts and signups.

4.0 2014-10-06

• Improved anti-spam protection for custom contact forms.
• Improved anti-spam protection for registration forms.

3.9 2014-10-01

• Did exception to do not break to create new user in WordPress backend.

3.8 2014-09-19

• Fixed json_encode() + malformed characters.
• Fixed JavaScript issue with wpautop().

3.6 2014-09-15

• Fixed preg_match() issue for Formidable forms and Custom contact forms.
• Improved anti-spam protection for Custom contact forms.

3.4 2014-09-04

• We’ve added anti-spam for themes contact forms and any untested contact forms plugins. To use this test enable option “Custom contact forms” in plugin settings.
• We've added auto rotation for spam comments. Now the plugin removes comments in SPAM folder older then 15 days. This option is enabled by default.

3.2 2014-08-27

• Fixed submit_time() logic for failed submissions (comments/registrations). Now form fill time resets after every failed submit.

3.1 2014-08-19

• Added anti-spam test over senders Cookies.
• Improved form fill anti-spam test.
• Improved speed selection of the nearest server to website.
• Improved anti-spam speed for comments.
• Relevance anti-spam test disabled by default. To enable test should be used option ‘relevance_test’.

2.58 2014-08-06

• Added anti-spam protection for signups posted via WooCommerce order form.
• Improved anti-spam protection for Contact Form 7.
• Improved anti-spam protection for registrations. Now the plugin looking for JavaScript anti spam test results not only in POST array, but in COOKIES array too. This improvement allows protect signup forms for any untested signups plugins and themes.
• Updated PHP API. Now the plugin can resolve sender IP for websites behind proxy servers. If the proxy servers uses private IP address.

2.57 2014-07-29

• Improved anti-spam protection for comments. The plugin is now processing website url in the comments form.
• Fixed sign remove logic for approved comments. Previous version doesn’t cut sign for comments approved via AJAX call in WordPress backend.
• Fixed switching to SSL for comments. Previous version doesn’t use secured connection for comments.

2.56 2014-07-21

• Fixed account status check logic. Previous version makes unnecessary test API calls when the plugin asks account status check.

2.55 2014-07-11

• Fixed bug with account status function. In backend the plugin showed notice ‘Please don’t forget to disable CAPTCHA if you have it!’ on every page.

2.54 2014-07-11

• Fixed signup anti-spam protection logic for BuddyPress registrations.
• Fixed anti-spam protection for JetPack contact form.
• Changed account status check logic.

2.53 2014-06-27

• Fixed anit-spam protection bug for signups.
• Changed anti-spam functions (comments and signups) priority.

2.52 2014-06-25

• Fixed ‘Fatal error: Call to a member function get_error_code()’ issue with signups via BuddyPress.

2.51 2014-06-23

• Added spam protection for registrations via plugin New User Approve by Josh Harrison. If the CleanTalk matched signup as spam this signup will be denied to placing in pending queue.
• Added option “Use secure (SSL) connection to CleanTalk cloud”. If the option enabled plugin will communicate with CleanTalk severs via 128bit encrypted data channel. So, if you have SSL protected webforms on website you can use this option to be sure that visitors personal data safely transmits to CleanTalk servers.

2.49 2014-06-10

• Added spam protection for S2Member Auth.net forms.
• Added spam protection for multisite signup form.
• Optimized account status check function.

2.46 2014-05-19

• Added: HTML notice about the need to enable JavaScript.
• Fixed: Fixed pingbacks anti-spam test.

2.44 2014-05-12

• Added: Anti-spam protection for S2Member framework.
• Improved: JavaScript anti-spam test.
• Improved: Plugin load time for backend and frontend.
• Fixed: PHP warning mb_convert_encoding()

2.42 2014-04-29

• Fixed: JavaScript anti-spam test for comments.

2.40 2014-04-25

• New: Fast Secure Contact form support.
• New: WordPress Landing Pages support

2.38 2014-03-27

• Fixed: Registraion form submit time spam test.

2.36 2014-03-12

• Reversed to patches from old revisions.

2.35 2014-03-12

• New: Notifications about disabled account
• New: Improved JavaScript spam test.
• Fixed: Code optimization
• Fixed: JavaScript test for signups.

2.33 2014-02-12

• Fixed: CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION bug at admin notice

2.32 2014-02-04

• New: Added notice about automatically approved comment. The notice shows only for first approved comment and only for new commentators (without approved comments) of the blog.
• New: At WordPress console added banner for notices.
• Changed: Screenshots updated.

2.31 2014-01-24

• New: Added spam protection for JetPack comments
• Fixed: cURL connection issue "Expect: 100-continue"

2.30 2014-01-13

• Changed: Improved servers connection logic.
• Fixed: Antispam test for Fomidable forms.

2.28 2013-12-19

• New: Added protection against spam bots for WooCommerce review form.
• Fixed: JavaScript anti-spam logic for WooCommerce review form.

2.27 2013-12-06

• New: Added protection against spam bots for JetPack Contact form.
• Fixed: JavaScript anti-spam logic for registrations and Contact form 7.

2.25 2013-11-27

• New: Added protection against spam bots for BuddyPress registrations.
• New: Added protection against spam bots for Contact form 7.
• New: Added Spanish (es_ES) translation.

2.23 2013-11-20

• New: Added automatic training blacklists on spam bot account deletion.
• New: Added URL to project homepage at plugin options.
• Changed: Improved anti-spam logic.

2.21 2013-11-13

• Changed: WordPress blacklists settings get priority over plugin’s anti-spam settings
• Changed: Disabled management approval comments for regular commentators of the blog. Automatically approved for publication only the comments of the new blog authors.
• Changed: Removed form submit time test. Imporved JavaScript spam test.

2.19 2013-11-08

• New: Antispam protection from spam bots at the registration form
• Changed: PHP code optimizations

2.5.18 2013-11-01

• Fixed: Bug with selection of the last comments for post
• New: Antispam protection for Formidable feedback forms
• New: Automatic deletion of outdated spam comments
• New: On/Off option for comments spam filtration
• Tested with WordPress 3.7.1

2.4.15 2013-09-26

• Fixed: Bug with mass comments deletion
• Changed: Russian localization for admin panel
• Tested with mulitsite setup (WordPress network or WPMU)

2.4.14 2013-08-29

• Changed: Removed feedback requests to the servers for banned (spam) comments.

2.4.13 2013-08-19

• Changed: Switched HTTP requests from file_get_contents() to CURL. Added file_get_contens() as backup connection to the servers.
• Changed: Removed feedback requests for comments moved to trash.
• Fixed: “Fail connect to servers...” error on hostings with disabled ‘allow_url_fopen’ PHP option.

2.4.12 2013-08-12

• Removed RPC::XML library from plugin.
• Switched plugin to HTTP+JSON connection with servers.
• Fixed bug with comments anti-spam tests with non UTF8 codepage.

2.4.11 2013-08-02

• Removed spam tests for self-made pingbacks
• Tested up to WP 3.6

2.4.10 2013-07-24

• Fixed warning in PHP 5.4
• Fixed bug with disabling comments test for Administrators, Authors and Editors
• “Stop words” settings moved to Control panel of the service
• "Response language" settings moved Control panel of the service

2.4.9

• Fixed extra debugging in base class

2.4.8

• Enabled conversion to UTF8 for comment and example text
• Optimized PHP code

2.3.8

• Enabled selection the fastest server in the pool
• Fixed work server in plugin’s config

2.2.3

• Secured md5 string for JavaScript test
• Added requests’s timestamp to calculate request work time
• Update base CleanTalk's PHP class

2.1.2

• Improved performance for processing large comments (over 32kb size)
• Improved performance for bulk operations with comments in Comments panel
• Added feedback request with URL to approved comment

2.0.2

• Fixed bug with JavaScript test and WordPress cache plugins

2.0.1

• Added option “Publicate relevant comments” to plugin’s options.
• Added descriptions to plugin options

1.5.4

• Fixed HTTP_REFERER transmission to the servers
• Improved JavaScript spam test
• Optimized PHP code

1.4.4

• Pingback, trackback comments has moved to manual moderataion
• Added transmission to the serves comment type and URL
• Post title, body and comments separated into individual data elements
• Added priority for matched words in the comment with post title
• Enabled stop words filtration as default option

1.3.4

• Removed PHP debugging.

1.3.3

• Added notice at admin panel about empty Access key in plugin settings
• Removed HTTP link to the site project from post page
• Removed unused options from settings page
• Tested up to WordPress 3.5

1.2.3

• Fixed bug with session_start.

1.2.2

• Plugin rename to CleanTalk. Spam prevent plugin
• Integration Base Class version 0.7
• Added fast submit check
• Added check website in form
• Added feedback for change comment status (Not spam, unapprove)
• Added function move comment in spam folder if CleanTalk say is spam
• Disable checking for user groups Administrator, Author, Editor
• Marked red color bad words

1.1.2

• Addition: Title of the post attached to the example text in auto publication tool.
• Tested with WordPress 3.4.1.

Hello, friends! In this lesson we will talk about how protect your website on WordPress from spam in comments. The problem of spam is relevant and quite painful for many website owners, but if your website is built on WordPress, the problem of spam protection can be solved very quickly, simply and forever.

Installing and configuring the Akismet plugin

We will protect the site from spam using: best plugin for anti-spam protection - Akismet. This plugin is used by millions of people, and its reliability has been verified by me personally on this site. Full plugin for personal use free!

The pleasant thing is that this plugin uses non-annoying captchas for protection, and checks the comments left using the database of commentators on the Akismet server, who were marked as “spammers.”

So, in order to protect your site from spam you need to do the following:

1. Activate the plugin Akismet. The plugin is automatically installed by default when you install WordPress. If you accidentally deleted it, download and install again.

2. Now we need to get API key. To do this you need to register on official plugin website http://akismet.com/wordpress/.

After visiting the plugin website, click on the button "GET AN AKISMET API KEY".

3. In the window that opens, indicate worker Mailbox, login and password for registration. After entering the data, click the button "Sign up" Also check the mailbox you specified during registration. You will receive a letter, inside which you need to press a button. « Activate Account" to activate your account.

4. After clicking the “Sign up” button, you will be taken to a new page where you need in the first block “Personal” click on the button "SIGN UP".

5. In the window that opens, indicate your first and last name. Drag the slider on the right to the very beginning, to the indicator "0.00/yr" and press the button "CONTINUE".

6. After clicking the button, a pop-up window will appear indicating your API key.

7. Copy the key and go from your WordPress admin panel to Settings -> Akismet.

8. Paste the copied API key and press the button "To plug".

Ready! Now the Akismet plugin is configured and will begin to protect your site from spam. Please note that API key which you received can be used on all your sites built on WordPress .

If you have any difficulties or questions when installing this plugin, feel free to write in the comments. I will try to help and answer all questions.

Hello, friends! In this tutorial we will talk about how to protect your WordPress site from comment spam. The problem of spam is relevant and quite painful for many website owners, but if your website is built on WordPress, the problem of spam protection can be solved very quickly, simply and forever. Installing and configuring the Akismet plugin We will protect the site from spam using perhaps the best anti-spam plugin - Akismet. This plugin is used by millions of people, and its reliability has been verified by me personally on this site. The plugin is completely free for personal use! A pleasant thing to note is that this plugin uses non-irritating…

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WordPress is one of the best blogging CMS designed for webmasters. And most importantly, the content management system is distributed absolutely free of charge. One of the most pressing problems for website owners is annoying WordPress spam, which very often causes a lot of difficulties.

I want to introduce you to 11 plugins that effectively combat the problem of spam and are distributed absolutely free. WordPress Spam Protection using plugins is most effective.

All these methods for solving the spam problem are good, but there is another way that we managed to find. The solution turned out to be even more interesting and universal. No plugins are used to protect WordPress; all you need to do is tweak the program code. Testing took 48 hours and no spam managed to escape.

In standard assembly WordPress spam protection uses the “Akisment” extension. Honestly, I don’t understand why users love this plugin. It's better to remove it immediately. Spam on WordPress not uncommon, but the plugin doesn’t work properly. The plugin has a lot of shortcomings; very often normal comments are filtered out as “Spam”. Let's look at the most popular anti-spam plugins.

As noted earlier, this option is not the best. This is the default solution for all WordPress blogs. It is included in the standard installation package of the content management system. The developers of the plugin were the same people who initially worked on the WordPress CMS itself.

The Akismet extension interacts with all added messages and filters out junk containing active links. In fact, it turned out that the solution is not the most attractive; the plugin works crookedly.

Among the worthy anti WordPress spam extensions include the Antispam Bee plugin. It easily evaluates and recognizes all comments that contain spam and stops any attempts to publish it. There is an option to approve new comments. There is Gravatar check, IP and other goodies. All attempts to spam will be in vain.

Subscription to the plugin is available in 2 options: paid and free. For the first subscription option you will have to pay 15 US dollars. For some, the amount is significant. The difference between the free and paid versions is the presence of settings; in the free version, everything happens automatically. The paid version gives you freedom of imagination: filters, safe words.

In fact, the plugin turned out to be one of the best in its segment on WordPress.

We invite you to pay attention to this universal solution for website spam protection. Here, the fight against spam comes down not only to comments, the program monitors the registration of all suspicious users, monitors spam messages in feedback and other things. There is no CAPTCHA here, the user does not feel discomfort when using the extension. Tracked spam via wordpress feedback form.

WP-SpamShield integrates perfectly with BuddyPress, Contact Form 7, bbPress, Gravity Forms, WooCommerce and other extensions.

Perhaps one of the best WordPress protection systems against annoying spam. Spammers will not pass by, even if there is no captcha. The plugin includes filters with simple settings, and the plugin itself is outrageously simple.

WP Anti Spam Plugin

This filter works with email, IP addresses and usernames. You can adjust the number of characters in a comment. You can easily filter out comments with active links. The extension has the ability to configure stop words.

The cost of this pleasure is 12 US dollars. This plugin has additional functionality. In addition to protection against spam, here you will find protection from attacks and malicious bots. You can set a limit on the number of requests for a specific IP address. If you try to bypass the protection, the bot will immediately be automatically redirected to the page with the captcha. You can block a suspicious IP address.

The principle of operation of the stop filter comes down to using Captcha. A real person must confirm that they are not a bot. And I would like to say that in the modern age, it has become fashionable to protect the most with the help of captcha. Not all webmasters are ready to give up such an effective and reliable solution.

There is no captcha protection here. Such solutions are now the most promising and innovative. Developers are trying to implement hidden protection that is invisible to the eyes of the site user.

The extension is able to control the number of blocked correspondence and monitors spam using feedback. The plugin monitors the registration of WordPress user accounts. Compatible with the WooCommerce online store extension.

To protect against annoying spam, 2 methods are used. It is possible to deactivate the “URL” field in the user registration form. Spam addresses are often entered here. In the second case, stop words are used, acting as markers for the system.

This plugin also lacks the usual Captcha. But this does not in any way prevent it from successfully dealing with spam in the registration form, comments, feedback and other places. There is a built-in function to automatically block IP addresses detected in spam.

But there are many people who like to ruin other people's work or demonstrate their superiority. Today we will talk about spammers, they can cause you real trouble when you start your blogging journey.

To protect yourself from spam, you can use anti-spam plugins that will protect your blog. Here is a list of the best free WordPress anti-spam plugins that will help you save time and effort that you can spend on something more important.

1 – Anti Spam Bee

Anti Spam Bee- is the best solution for protecting against spam on your WordPress blog. It has about 20 hand-picked features that you can customize just the way you like. This plugin does not store your personal data, so you don't have to worry about any information leaks.

No registration is required to use this plugin and it will also show static data for the last 30 days.

• No registration required.
• Does not store personal data.
• Free for commercial use.
• Has statistics for 30 days.

The Spam Free WordPress plugin will protect you from comment spam. This plugin will certainly reduce spam to zero and completely protect you from spam bots that will automatically leave spam comments on your blog. This is a very small plugin that uses very little memory, providing reliable protection.

Key points and features:

• Uses little memory.
• Protects against spam bots.
• Has a pro version.
• Supports multiple languages.

Grow Map Anti Spambot Plugin- will protect you from automated spam bots leaving spam comments, the new improved spam bots are also limited in their actions, since a verification field is generated in your comments. This field will ask users to ensure they are not spammers.

You will be able to set the maximum number of comments from a user in the queue if you previously did not have approved comments from him.

Key points and features:

• Protection from automated spam bots.
• Generating a verification field.
• Limit the maximum number of comments.
• Protection against new and improved spam bots.

WP Spam Shield Anti-Spam– in one plugin the solution to all your problems with spam, this plugin will save you from comment spam, registration spam, trackback and pingback spam. The special thing about this anti-spam plugin is that it uses a spam-blocking contact form, so you don't have to worry about spam in your email.

To place a spam-blocking contact form anywhere on your blog, you can use a shortcode.

Key points and features:

• Doesn't have a captcha.
• Protects against various types of spam.
• Has a spam blocking contact form.
• Shortcode functions.

You can protect your blog from spam very easily using the Zero Spam WordPress plugin. This plugin does not use captcha or user moderation to save valuable time for them and the administrator. You will be free from registration spam, as well as comment spam.

There is full support for cache plugins, so there will be no problem if you use a caching plugin. There is IP spam blocking, when an IP blocks something that a user of a given IP cannot see on your site.

Key points and features:

• Doesn't have a captcha.
• There is no moderation.
• IP blocking function.
• Cache compatible.

I personally use a long-proven method To view the link you must:

" The second plugin is definitely better, but it does not work correctly in some templates. Before writing this article, I had this particular plugin installed.

This is a good plugin, but I found another way to protect my blog from spam. This method allows you to install WordPress protection without any plugins at all, but you need to do a little digging in the codes. I tested this method for two days, and not a single spam was leaked.

If you have the plugin installed on your site Akismment”, which bloggers are still writing about, then I would advise you to get rid of it. I can’t understand what good they found in him?

This plugin is not finalized, and normal comments sometimes end up in “ SPAM", so you should always keep an eye on this. If you don’t like fiddling with codes, then why don’t you install the plugin “ Invisible Captcha"? This plugin is really good, although I have never seen anyone write about it. I had it installed for 4 years, if not more.

The method that I suggest you use today protects the site 100% from SPAM. That is, you set up protection once and forget that SPAM even exists. Plus, you will remove one plugin from your site.

To install and configure anti-SPAM protection, you will need to edit some template files, namely: comments.php, style.css And functions.php. First you need to find out which function displays the text input field in the comments.

Open any article and scroll down to the comment form. Right-click on this field, and then select “ View element code", Or something like that. This menu line is called differently in different browsers.

A window for web developers will appear. You will see a line like this, or similar to it.

XHTML

See also screenshot

In many templates, the textarea tag is responsible for displaying the text field. You can see this tag in the code and in the screenshot. This line should be found in the comments.php file.

Attention!

Before editing files in the template, make a backup copy of them so that if something happens, you can restore their original

To quickly edit a file, you can use the WordPress editor: “ Appearance» -> « Editor" Locate the comments.php file, and then find the line in it with the textarea tag.

To quickly search, press " Ctrl» + « F" A search field for entering text will appear, write the word “ textarea" without quotes. A line with this code should automatically be found.

Copy this entire line and paste it below, just below this line. You should get something like this:

That is, there must be identical two lines. Now we need to make some changes to the top line. For the name and id attribute, substitute the word “ main" without quotes. It should look like this:

If you want the comment box to show a tooltip like I do on my blog, then add the following to the top line:

placeholder="Enter comment text"!}

The top line should now look like this.

XHTML

We've dealt with this file. Save it.

Editing the style.css file

Now a second comment field has appeared on your site, but you may not see it if a caching plugin is installed on the site, for example, WP Super Cache, or similar.

Delete the cache, and you will see that a second text entry field has appeared on the site in the comments. People will enter text in the first field, and spam bots will enter text in the second field.

We don’t necessarily need to see the second field on our website, so we’ll hide it. In the style.css file, at the very bottom you need to add two lines

/*hide the comment form*/
#comment (display:none;)

Editing the function.php file

All that remains is to connect a filter that will check the completion of the fields. If the first field is filled in, then the comment is considered normal and it remains on the blog, and if the second field is filled in, then the comment is considered SPAM and it is deleted.

Open the function.php file and add the code to it

/*spam filter*/ add_filter("pre_comment_on_post", "verify_spam"); function verify_spam($commentdata) ( $spam_test_field = trim($_POST["comment"]); if(!empty($spam_test_field)) wp_die("spam"); ​​$comment_content = trim($_POST["main-comment" ]); $_POST["comment"] = $comment_content; return $commentdata; ) /*spam filter*/