=== Spam Master ===
Contributors: TechGasp
Tags: firewall, spam, antispam, anti-spam, registration, hotmail, bot, captcha, comment, block registration, block user, login
Requires at least: 3.5
Tested up to: 4.7.2
Stable tag: 5.2
License: GPLv2 or later

Spam Master is the Ultimate Spam Protection plugin that blocks new user registrations and post comments with Real Time anti-spam lists.


== Description ==

Spam Master was born out of need to protect our website against constant malicious spam registrations and comments that affect the majority of wordpress websites. We did it the TechGasp way... coded a brand new, clean and fast plugin that will make your professional wordpress website safe and clean.

Spam Master protects Wordpress based websites from thousands of know spam emails, domains, ip's and words by blocking user registrations or post comments. Uses RBL technology (real time block lists) constantly being updated.

The problem facing spam targeted wordpress blogs is that most of the spam registrations or comments are done by a mixture of "bots" robots and human spamming. Most of the spam registration systems fail including captcha precisely because the human factor kicks in during registration, also these captcha systems "push away" real user registrations and can injure your professional, commercial, sales based website income.

The plugin comes packed with automated Spam Learning function that will make your wordpress blog a fighting spam enforcer by providing registration ip's and emails for analysis and spam lists inclusion.

Very few plugins will actually show the statistics we packed into spam master. Protection Level, Total Website Users, Total Spam Users Blocked, Total Number of Comments, Total Number of Spam Blocked Comments, Total Number of Approved Comments, Total Number of Pending Comments, Total Number of Trashed Comments, Total Number of Threats you are Protected from, Spam Learning, Status of RBL Spam Servers, User Registrations List with (user id, registration date, user status, name, username, and email) and Comments List with (comment date, comment author, author email, author website, comment content, comment status).

**Makes no use of Javascript or Ajax to keep your website fast and conflicts free**

**Spam Master... keeps your professional wordpress clean**

**MAIN FEATURES:**

* Protects Wordpress from User Registrations (spamming bots, users or both)
* Protects Wordpress Comments from (spamming bots, users or both)
* Spam Master marks as spam comments wrongly cleared as safe by akismet, check screenshots
* Spam Master checks for emails, domains, ip's and words
* Uses real time scan from thousands of known spamming sources (effectively blocks those nasty hotmail, live, msn and outlook registrations)
* Includes Statistical information to keep your life easy
* Spam Master Learning makes your Wordpress an Anti-Spam enforcer by collecting data for analysis
* Spam Master allows you to customise the frontend blocked registration message
* Spam Master allows you to view a week of blocked registrations (date and email) and export the data as csv file. Data gets auto-deleted after 7 days to keep your database light
* Spam Master includes the famous Google reCAPTCHA on registration, login or comments pages and posts
* Spam Master includes Honeypot fields for registration, login or comments forms
* Spam Master includes Firewall technology, blocking misfits before they even enter your website
* Spam Master includes Signatures
* Spam Master includes a bunch of useful widgets

> Free Trial then $8 per year

> Spam Master is a free plugin which works with the premium non-free Real Time Block List Servers (RBLs). This plugin provides a service [software as a service wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service).

> Take a free Tour [Trial License](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/wp-login.php?action=register)
> or,
> get a full [RBL License](https://wordpress.techgasp.com/spam-master/) for peanuts a year.

**ONLINE DEMO**

* [Demo Link](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/)
* [Top 20 Spam Countries](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-20-spam-countries/)
* [Search Threat DB](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/search-threat/)
* [Last 10 Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/last-10-threats/)
* [Top 10 Registration Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-10-registration-threats/)
* [Top 10 Comment Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-10-comment-threats/)
* [Top 10 IP Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-10-ip-threats/)
* [Top 10 Email Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-10-email-threats/)
* [RBL Cluster Status](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/rbl-servers-status/)

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== Installation ==

1. Use the Wordpress Installer, Updater.
2. Activate in the "Plugins" admin panel.
3. Visit the "Plugin Page Menu | Spam Master" to configure settings.
4. [Spam Master Documentation](https://wordpress.techgasp.com/spam-master-documentation/)


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Issues RBL License =
* Please update to latest version of Spam Master
* Patiently wait for your license to be activate and replicated by RBL Servers

= I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE =
* Get a license here for peanuts, $8 year [License](https://wordpress.techgasp.com/spam-master/)
* or
* take a free tour [Trial License](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/wp-login.php?action=register)

= Need More Help =
* [Spam Master Documentation](https://wordpress.techgasp.com/spam-master-documentation/)
* [Support](https://wordpress.techgasp.com/support/)


== Screenshots ==

1. Main Plugin Menu
2. Top Spam Countries - Statistics
3. Settings Page
4. Statistics Page
5. Firewall Statistics
6. Firewall Block Page
7. Wordpress Registration. Spam Master with re-CAPTCHA plus Honeypot traps
8. Spam Master Marking Comment as SPAM from Registered User, Spam Master marking Comment as SPAM after akismet cleared it
9. Top 10 Threats - Statistics


== Changelog ==

= 5.2 =
* Adding bold styling to firewall and registration blocks
* Order firewall entry table by id
* Inverting spam checking for comments. IMPORTANT spam buffer is checked first
* Adding Learning Function to comment trackbacks
* Adding documentation & help to Protection Statuses
* Making sure TRIAL accepts Malfunction statuses

= 5.1.10.1 =
* Fixing a couple of typos in require_name_email for commenting

= 5.1.10 =
* Enforcing require_name_email for commenting
* Fixing learning function if email contained tags
* Changing expiration text

= 5.1.9 =
* Corrected email text
* Corrected expiration warnings

= 5.1.8 =
* Adding comment options in Protection Tools page for require_name_email, comment_registration, comment_moderation, comment_whitelist
* Enforcing require_name_email for commenting
* Adding Malfunction Statuses to Protection Tools page to fix php notices
* readme shortning

= 5.1.7 =
* Adding more statuses. Malfunction warnings
* Moving valid functions to pre registrations and comments
* Adding warnings to all plugin pages, call for action

= 5.1.6 =
* Important comments api upgrade. Check comments before inserting into comments db. Clear Admin roles comments, pending unknown, trash spam.
* Important comments api upgrade. Do not send comment emails to admins if they have admin roles origins or comments are spam, trash. Send emails only if pending.
* Wordpress 4.7.x
* readme clean up

= 5.1.5 =
* Exempting admin roles "administrator", "editor", "author" and "contributor" from comment checks
* Exempting admin roles "administrator", "editor", "author" and "contributor" from firewall checks
* Adding clean spam buffer to Protection Tools page

= 5.1.4 =
* Fixing button links to add or remove threats in Protection Tools page
* Fixing trial email function

= 5.1.3 =
* Adding trial email function
* Check buffer and automatically change comment status to spam using more search options
* Removing User Registrations table since they can be seen in wp users
* In Statistics page adding blocked to trashed since version 5.1.2 moves spam comments straight to trash
* In Statistics page fixed typo where total comments displayed blocked comments
* In Protection Tools page, adding option to turn off auto comments cleaning
* In Protection Tools page, adding status color and text to rbl, firewall, learning and comments

= 5.1.2 =
* Adding comments to Firewall triggers
* Fixing comment author email
* Fixing comment contents
* Change comment status to spam during post
* Run daily clean comments. Check buffer and automatically change comment status to trash
* Adding comments marked as spam to firewall stats

= 5.1.1 =
* WP_Mail function
* Adding backwards php compatibility '&&’ (T_BOOLEAN_AND)
* Adding !function_exists('wp_get_current_user') in case plugins_loaded is not ready for that function

= 5.1 =
* Multisite settings and license moved to each individual blog
* Multisite / Single registrations, better Spam Bot detection
* If empty Blog Admin replace with Blog Name in remote post
* Auto Trial License

= 5.0 =
* Version 5.0 contained 4 releases (5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3). For more info please check the changelog online.
* TechGasp Framework 5.0. Visit our website to check the new features packed into TechGasp Framework 5.
* API improvements
* Updater and License upgrade
* Wordpress 4.6.x Ready!
* PHP 7 Ready!
* Fixed unexpected ‘&&’ (T_BOOLEAN_AND) for some wordpress setups
* Fixed output generated before Headers sent
* New plugin paths and folder
* New protection Lists
* Extra Protection Tools
* Adding automatic buffer cleaning

= 4.0 =
* Version 4 contained 27 releases (4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.6.1, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.5, 4.4.0, 4.4.1.0, 4.4.1.1, 4.4.1.2, 4.4.1.3, 4.4.1.4, 4.4.1.5, 4.4.1.6, 4.4.1.7, 4.4.4, 4.4.5). For more info please check the changelog online.
* Redesigned Plugin Administrator With Main Root Plugin Link
* Redesigned Plugin Administrator With Plugin Sub Links
* Implementing Wordpress Tables

= 3.0 =
* Version 3 contained 1 releases (3.0). For more info please check the changelog online.
* TechGasp Framework V2 Implementation

= 2.0 =
* Version 2 contained 5 releases (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.5). For more info please check the changelog online.
* Stable release
* Adding User Management for future enhancements
* Fixing warnings and other stuff

= 1.0 =
* Alpha release
* Adding Buttons
* Start coding


== Upgrade Notice ==

= 5.0 =
* IMPORTANT Stable Release, if you helped us test the Plugin, upgrade to Stable release
* Version 5 is currently being developed, please check logs here.

= 4.0 =
* IMPORTANT Stable Release, if you helped us test the Plugin, upgrade to Stable release
* Version 4 contained 27 releases (4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3, 4.3.1, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.6.1, 4.3.6.2, 4.3.6.3, 4.3.6.4, 4.3.6.5, 4.4.0, 4.4.1.0, 4.4.1.1, 4.4.1.2, 4.4.1.3, 4.4.1.4, 4.4.1.5, 4.4.1.6, 4.4.1.7, 4.4.4, 4.4.5). For more info please check the changelog online.

= 3.0 =
* IMPORTANT Stable Release, if you helped us test the Plugin, upgrade to Stable release
* Version 3 contained 1 releases (3.0). For more info please check the changelog online

= 2.0 =
* IMPORTANT Stable Release, if you helped us test the Plugin, upgrade to Stable release
* Version 2 contained 5 releases (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4.5). For more info please check the changelog online.

= 1.0 =
* IMPORTANT Alpha Release, if you helped us test the Plugin, upgrade to Beta