Using Basic Mode AND Akismet

  • bkwineper

    (@bkwineper)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    Is it possible to configure Conditional Captcha to use Basic Mode AND Akismet?

    Akismet is catching a lot of spam (some 10,000 in September so far) but there is still quite a few spam that get through. Some 5-10 per day.

    Therefore it would be good to be able to serve a Captcha for any user that has not already at least one approved comment.

    Obvioiusly I do not want to disable Akismet since it is catching a lot of spam, but I would still like Conditional Captcha to serve a captcha for anyone who has not at least one approved comment.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-conditional-captcha/

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  • Plugin Author Samir Shah

    (@solarissmoke)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Hi bkwinekeeper,

    This isn’t possible – because it wouldn’t be useful.

    Basic mode is far more aggressive at blocking comments than Akismet mode, and the vast majority of those 10,000 comments would be blocked upfront. Only a handful would get through to Akismet – and these comments would have got through in Akismet mode as well (because the user completed the captcha). So there is no benefit from using both at the same time.

    I suggest you try disabling Akismet for a few days and see what happens – the number of comments coming through will drop.

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