In her comment, Jen asked about the anti-spam check box feature I use.
The hack was originally written by Otsukare (who is in charge of WordPress Japan site) and fully explained in Japanese here:
WordPress Japan Wiki: Anti Spam
Well, I translated it so here you go!
In wp-comments.php on line 78, add the following check box (right before the “submit” button).
<input type="checkbox" name="spam_guard_check" value="1" /> Please Check
In wp-comments-post.php on line 41, find this :
if ( '' == $comment )
die(_LANG_WPCP_ERR_TYPE);
And add this right after it:
$spam_guard_check = $_POST["spam_guard_check"];
if(!$spam_guard_check){
die("Please check here before posting your comment.");
}
(You can modify the messages if you want)
It’s been working wonderfully and I haven’t got any spam comment for a couple of weeks (as of 2/11/05, I’ve got only one spam comment so far. 1 in 10 days- not bad, right?).
It’ll only take 3 minutes to set it up. Well worth a try!
update: 
I am starting to get some spams even with this hack. I still believe it’s better to have than not to, though..
Another Update: I upgraded this blog to WP1.5, and got rid of this check box hack. Instead, I am trying out Bad Behavior plugin… Thanks for your comment, Niklas!!
Anti-Spam Comment Check Box
In her comment, Jen asked about the anti-spam check box feature I use.
The hack was originally written by Otsukare (who is in charge of WordPress Japan site) and fully explained in Japanese here:
WordPress Japan Wiki: Anti Spam
Well, I translated it so here you go!
In wp-comments.php on line 78, add the following check box (right before the “submit” button).
<input type="checkbox" name="spam_guard_check" value="1" /> Please CheckIn wp-comments-post.php on line 41, find this :
if ( '' == $comment )die(_LANG_WPCP_ERR_TYPE);
And add this right after it:
$spam_guard_check = $_POST["spam_guard_check"];if(!$spam_guard_check){
die("Please check here before posting your comment.");
}
(You can modify the messages if you want)
It’s been working wonderfully and
I haven’t got any spam comment for a couple of weeks(as of 2/11/05, I’ve got only one spam comment so far. 1 in 10 days- not bad, right?).It’ll only take 3 minutes to set it up. Well worth a try!
update:
I am starting to get some spams even with this hack. I still believe it’s better to have than not to, though..
Another Update: I upgraded this blog to WP1.5, and got rid of this check box hack. Instead, I am trying out Bad Behavior plugin… Thanks for your comment, Niklas!!