Zero Spam for WordPress

1. Upload the entire zero-spam folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen (Plugins > Installed Plugins).
3. Visit the plugin setting to configure as needed (Settings > Zero Spam).

For more information & developer documentation, see the wiki.

v5.4.4

• refactor(project honeypot): resolves #344, added additional check & debug info for ip type support
• fix(wpforms): resolves #343, fix for jquery dependency
• fix(registration): resolves #342, fix for failed registration output
• fix(php8): resolves #341, fix for php8+ compatibility issue

v5.4.3

• fix(emojis): fix for fatal error when emojis are disabled

v5.4.2

• feat(ipbase): added support for ipbase.com
• feat(security): added additional advanced security protections

v5.4.1

• feat(dashboard): dashboard ui enhancements
• perf(sharing): performance improvements when sharing data
• fix(memberpress): removed memberpress support, they made fundamental changes to their plugin that’s ganna require a rework
• fix(uninstall): fix issue where the plugin couldn’t be deleted
• fix(cli): resolves #33
• chore(charts): updated chart.js to 3.9.1

v5.4.0

• chore(admin): updated the after-activation message
• chore(spam): updated splorp’s wordpress comment blacklist
• feat(givewp): enhanced security using the david walsh method on legacy forms
• feat(admin): major ui enhancements
• feat(gravityforms): adds support for gravity forms
• feat(reports): improved error logs
• feat(wpdiscuz): resolves #327, added support for wpdiscuz
• feat(wpforms): now supports checking blocked email addresses
• feat(email): enhanced email security checks
• fix(double requests): issue with double checks being performed per page visit
• fix(blocks): fix for blocked ips not getting properly blocked
• fix(locations): fix for blocked locations not getting added/updated
• fix(comments): fix for valid comment submissions being flagged
• fix(admin): missing country flag in ip details modal
• fix(woocommerce): fix for login woocommerce registrations fixed
• fix(david walsh): fix for flagged submissions when using the david walsh technique
• perf(misc): misc performance improvements related to 3rd-party api queries

v5.3.9

• fix(admin): fix issue with admin notice not dismissing properly, resolves #319

v5.3.8

• chore(zero spam api): updated the zero spam api to v2

v5.3.7

• chore(readme): documentation updates

v5.3.6

• fix(admin): fix for admin notice not getting dismissed when clicked, resolves #318

v5.3.5

• chore(readme): added 3rd-party service integration documentation to the readme
• chore(admin): revised the admin message that’s displayed with zero spam enhanced protection is enabled, but a valid api key is not provided

v5.3.4

• fix(notice): removed dismiss button on intial install to ensure plugin settings are configured before use

v5.3.3

• feat(zero spam settings): displays dismissible notices for enhanced protection and invalid license keys
• feat(dates): updated the admin tables to display dates based on the site settings, resolves #305
• fix(ukraine): removed the ukraine banner

v5.3.2

• feat(zero spam api): now reports spam and malicious email addresses

v5.3.1

• fix(zero spam api): update to limit number of requests when sharing data

v5.3.0

• fix(woocommerce): fix for spam getting triggered during woo checkout with create account checked, resolves #313
• refactor(zero spam api): performance improvements when sharing detections

v5.2.15

• feat(ukraine): we’ll no longer provide protection for .ru, .su, and .by domains & will display a banner of support for the ukrainian people on those sites – united with ukraine

v5.2.14

• fix(woocommerce): fixes issues with woocommerce login not working, resolves #310

v5.2.13

• feat(woocommerce): added support for woocommerce registrations, resolves #306
• fix(admin): fix for displaying & adding blocked ip addresses, resolves #308

v5.2.12

• refactor(wordpress coding standards): misc updates to conform to wordpress coding standards

= v5.2.11

• fix(security): fixes the missing orderby parameter sanitization in the admin dashboard
• fix(admin settings): fixed whitespace issue in textarea setting fields, resolves #303
• fix(admin log): updated date column to use the local setting date & time format, resolves #305

v5.2.10

• fix(security): fixes the missing parameter sanitization in the admin dashboard, resolves #301

v5.2.9

• feat(zero spam): you can now define your zero spam license key in wp-config.php using the constant ZEROSPAM_LICENSE_KEY, resolves #298
• fix(admin): fix for setting action buttons not doing anything, resolves #295
• fix(admin): fixes php notice for in_array in class-utilities, resolves #299

v5.2.8

• feat(memberpress): resolves #286, added support for the memberpress login page
• fix(memberpress): updated memberpress sign-up hook priority to ensure it runs
• refactor(admin): now using nonces to process zero spam admin actions

v5.2.7

• perf(settings): performance improvement to settings being loaded
• style(admin): added check for zero spam license key when enabled
• style(admin): misc. admin interface improvements

v5.2.6

• fix(undefined method): fix for undefined types method

v5.2.5

• feat(givewp): now checks submitted emails against the blocked email domains list
• perf(everything): refactoring of code for a boost in performance
• docs(readme): misc. readme file updates
• fix(admin): fix for error log not clearing

v5.2.4

• feat(memberpress): resolves #283, now supports memberpress registration forms
• feat(mailchimp4wp): resolves #121, now supports mailchimp4wp forms
• refactor(misc): misc. updates to comply with wordpress coding standards.
• style(admin): misc. admin interface improvements

v5.2.3

• feat(givewp): now support givewp donation forms
• style(notices): minor update to default detection notice

v5.2.2

• fix(db): resolves #281, fixes db update error for multisite installations
• fix(db): fix for unsanitized db log entries
• style(admin): new cf7 icon added for blocked log

v5.2.1

• fix(woocommerce): resolves #280, fixes login integration breaking woocommerce login form

v5.2.0

• feat(login): now protects user login attempts
• feat(project honeypot): resolves #201, project honeypot ip checks now integrated
• perf(sharing): blocked ips are no longer shared with zerospam.org
• perf(database): doesn’t log .ico requests anymore that normally resulted in 2 entries per detection
• style(admin): misc admin interface improvements
• refactor(misc): cleaning up code & wordpress coding standards updates
• refactor(zero spam api): updated version on the zero spam api endpoint

v5.1.7

• fix(php notice): fix for some hosts firing a php notice when unable to retrieve the list of recommended blocked email domains

v5.1.6

• feat(fluent forms): resolves #276, fluent forms is now supported
• fix(php notice): resolves #277, fix for array_intersect(): Argument #2 must be of type array, bool

v5.1.5

• feat(dashboard widget): resolves #275, added the ability to control the dashboard widget visibility
• feat(settings): button to quickly override and update settings to zero spam’s recommended
• feat(email domains): resolves #246, ability to block disposable and malicious email domains
• perf(sharing): sharing detections optimized
• perf(disallowed list): removed the unused cron to sync disallowed words
• chore(disallowed list): updated to the lastest splorp’s disallowed list
• docs(htaccess): added a notice & recommended max number of blocked ips when using .htaccess
• fix(ipinfo): fix for uncaught ipinfo exception

v5.1.4

• fix(htaccess): resolves #274, fix for newer apache versions and option to select the method ips are blocked

v5.1.3

• perf(blocked ips): moved blocked ips to .htacess for improved performance
• refactor(woocommerce): woocommerce registration forms support dropped in place of 3rd-party IP checks
• docs(admin): misc updates to admin interface

v5.1.2

• perf(geolocation): improved performance for geolocation and data sharing
• docs(readme): updated readme file
• refactor(misc): added some functionality to make debugging easier
• fix(ipinfo): resolves #273, loads the ipinfo library only if enabled

v5.1.1

• feat(geolocation): resolves #270, added support for ipinfo geolocation
• feat(cli): resolves #271, added WP CLI support
• feat(admin): resolves #237, new admin dashboard widget
• refactor(admin): wordpress coding standards fixes
• refactor(settings): minor update to settings section title
• docs(readme): updated readme file

v5.1.0

• feat(ipstack): ipstack errors are logged to the zerospam.log file in the uploads directory
• feat(cloudflare): resolves #267, checks http_cf_ipcountry against blocked countries
• feat(admin): resolves #264, adds ability to export & import settings
• perf(davidwalsh): resolves #266, only loads the david walsh script on pages that are needed
• fix(caching): resolves #258, added no-cache header to the blocked page output
• refactor(stopforumspam): increased the default confidence score for stop forum spam to help prevent false positives
• docs(faq): added common question about how to boost performance of the plugin

v5.0.13

• fix(updates): resolves #262, sanitized & escaped variables
• fix(standards): resolved #261, sanitized & escaped variables
• fix(cron jobs): resolves #260, removed the remote call to splorp’s blacklist on Github

v5.0.12

• Fixed issue with WPForms AJAX forms not getting validated by Zero Spam for WordPress #238
• David Walsh detection technique applied to WPForms & CF7
• Miscellaneous admin UI improvements
• Added ability to disable syncing WP’s Disallowed Comment Keys

v5.0.11

• Improved protection for comments, CF7, Formidbale, registrations, WooCommerce and WPForms submissions.
• David Walsh detection technique applied to core WP registration forms.

v5.0.10

• PHP notice fix

v5.0.9

• Performance enhancements
• Various admin UI improvements
• Strengthened comment & registration spam detections

v5.0.8

• Fix for admin first-time config notice

v5.0.7

• Added first-time configuration notice & auto-configure recommended settings functionality
• Added the ability to regenerate the honeypot ID
• Various admin UI improvements
• WP Disallowed Comment Keys are automatically updated weekly using https://github.com/splorp/wordpress-comment-blacklist
• Strengthened comment spam detections using WP core disallowed list
• David Walsh’s spam technique is back! https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/issues/247

v5.0.6

• Various admin UI improvements
• Strengthened comment spam detections

v5.0.5

• Fix autoloader compatibility with Windows paths (https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/pull/236)
• Various admin UI improvements

v5.0.4

• Fix for when checks should be preformed

v5.0.3

• Added support for Formidable Form Builder
• Fixed PHP error related to a blacklist call

v5.0.2

• Admin UI enhancements
• Added support for WooCommerce
• Added Cloudflare IP address support (https://github.com/bmarshall511/wordpress-zero-spam/issues/220)
• Update to data sharing option
• Added ability to block individual locations (country, region, zip & city)
• Added support for WPForms

v5.0.1

• Updated readme file & documentation
• Can now be installed via composer
• Updated the required PHP version

v5.0.0

• Initial v5.0.0 release
• Huge performance enhancements
• More control over settings to fine-tune functionality
• Lots of bug fixes & improvements

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   Dashboard

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   Log

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   Settings

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   Add blocked IP address

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   Add blocked location