The Geek's Spam Filter - WordPress Plugin

The Genesis of the Geek's Spam Filter

With the increasing traffic to this website, the administrative overhead required for its maintenance has also risen. Despite the effectiveness of Akismet in identifying and blocking spam comments, a significant number still require manual review each day.

This necessitates a careful check to ensure legitimate submissions aren't inadvertently filtered out.

Introducing a Proactive Solution

Consequently, the Geek's Spam Filter was developed. This filter is engineered to proactively block and remove the majority of spam submissions.

It operates prior to Akismet, thereby reducing server load and freeing up valuable administrative time.

Key Features

• This plugin is designed to significantly curtail spam volume.

Limitations

It's important to note what this plugin *doesn't* do.

• It does not identify or take punitive action against the individuals responsible for generating spam.

Download Information

The current version of the HowToGeek Spam Filter is 0.3.

Installation Instructions

To install, extract the contents of the zip file into the wp-content/plugins directory of your WordPress installation.

Following extraction, activate the plugin through the WordPress administration panel.

Version History

0.3	Logic was modified to concatenate fields, optimizing processing speed.

Additional keywords were also incorporated into the filter's database.