Title: NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Defender
Author: NerdKey
Published: <strong>22 July 2014</strong>
Last modified: 28 July 2014

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# NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Defender

 By [NerdKey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ko159/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender.zip)

 * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/#installation)
 * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/)

## Description

Powered by NerdTools.co.uk, this plugin will automatically and anonymously check
the authors IP address against the NerdTools Bad Bots Intrusion & Spam Detection
database.

If a match is detected no commenting will be allowed and a custom error message 
will be displayed instead, if no match is detected commenting will be allowed as
normal.

More information can be found at http://www.nerdtools.co.uk/badbots/

## Installation

 1. Upload `nerdtools_badbot_spam_defender.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Head to ‘Settings’ then ‘NT BB Spam Defender’ and check the box to enable the plugin
    and add a custom error message if required and hit ‘Save Changes’
 4. That’s it you will now be protected from future known spammers

## FAQ

  How do I report spam authors to the database?

We have a seperate plugin to do this called NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Reporter which
will automatically report the author of any comment classed as spam.

## Reviews

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## Contributors and Developers

“NerdTools Bad Bots Spam Defender” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ NerdKey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ko159/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/),
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## Change Log

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

#### 1.1

 * Message added to prompt activation if plugin is installed but not enabled
 * Minor grammar updates to readme.txt changelog and upgrade notice section

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.0.38**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/)
 * Tags
 * [bad](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bad/)[bot](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bot/)
   [defender](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/defender/)[spam](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/nerdtools-bad-bots-spam-defender/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ NerdKey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ko159/)

## Support

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