=== 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: 5.0
Stable tag: 5.6.2
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 millions of known 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).

Fast loading, Spam Master is modular... it only loads what is needed to keep your website secure and clean.

**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)
* Protects Wordpress Pages and Posts from malicious trackbacks (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 millions 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 customize 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 allows you to hide the website field from your theme comments form
* Spam Master includes Character Blocking. Option to individually activate russian, chinese, asian, arabic characters, immediately blocks comments that use those characters
* Spam Master includes the famous Google reCAPTCHA and Invisible 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 brand new automatic Threat Alert Level, it's an easy and interactive way for you to know if your website is being targeted by spammers and the level of intensity or danger of this targeting
* Spam Master includes Spam Activity Probability, in conjunction with the Alert Level, Spam Master advanced detection heuristic analytics will provide you with an approximated percentage of all activity in your website
* Spam Master includes a bunch of useful widgets and safe website seal for commerce and sales
* Spam Master includes several optional email reports and warnings to keep you informed
* Spam Master is Contact Form 7 Ready. Uses pro-active scan of your email contact form before triggering any mail function
* Spam Master is Woocommerce Ready. Eliminates all credit card fraud by preventing known sources of spam from registering via woocommerce registration. It also includes wooommerce spam signatures.
* Spam Master is PHP 7 ready
* Spam Master is IPv6 ready

> Free Trial then $11 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/)
* [Search Threat DB](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/search-threat/)
* [New Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/new-threats/)
* [Top Threats](https://spammaster.techgasp.com/top-10-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://www.techgasp.com/downloads/spam-master-license/)
* 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://www.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 ==

= 5.6.2 =
* Re-doing link structure
* Removing legacy links
* Tweaking Signatures

= 5.6.1 =
* Improved Flooding Protection under Alert 3 level. Wordpress Comments are now checked for flooding based on arbitrary ip, email and date.
* Upgrade is highly recommended to apply new features

= 5.6.0 =
* Adding option to switch AMP function in Protection Tools page
* AMP function moved to separate file, easier to maintain
* Adding AMP function check without ampforwp_is_amp_endpoint
* Protetcion Tools page reCaptcha preview with optional AMP check
* Alert 3 Warning email is now always On if website reaches danger level

= 5.5 =
* Stable release
* Version 5.5 contained 10 releases (5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.5.9). For more info please check the changelog online.
* Important learning process speed up by removing learning_admin and learning_blog from DB
* Speed up across pages
* Adding new shortcode to display Protection Total Threats Count. Available via activation in Protections Tools Widgets & Shortcodes. Call the number via shortcode [spam_master_stats_total_count]. Available via activation in Protections Tools Widgets & Shortcodes.
* Adding new shortcodes generic page
* Adding new Uninstall Options
* Adding Total Threats Count to Heads Up Widget

= 5.4 =
* Releasing stable version 5.4.0
* Version 5.4 contained 10 releases (5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.4.3, 5.4.4, 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.4.7, 5.4.8, 5.4.9). For more info please check the changelog online.
* Contact Form 7 wp_strip_all_tags true. Type varchar 14
* Tweaking inactivity text
* Implementing Alert Level 3 email to warn blog admins if blog reaches that dangerous level
* Adding option to de-activate alert level 3 email in Protection Tools, Firewall Section
* Adding uninstall option of alert level 3 email
* Fixing multisite typo when setting general options
* Tweaking email functions

= 5.3 =
* Version 5.3 contained 9 releases (5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.5, 5.3.6, 5.3.7, 5.3.8, 5.3.9, 5.3.10). For more info please check the changelog online.
* Adding Alert Level spam activity probability percentage to Settings page
* Adding Alert Level spam activity probability percentage Icons
* Adding Alert Level spam activity probability uninstall options
* Tweaking colors of Alert Level table
* Sanitizing input fields
* Adding api from other registration, comment and email forms plugins in Protection Tools page, Integrations
* Adding Contact Form 7 to Integrations in Protection Tools page (contact form 7 pro-active email scan before email function trigger)
* Addind Contact Form 7 to uninstall options
* Moving Recaptcha to Integrations in Protection Tools page
* Moving Honey to Integrations in Protection Tools page
* Adding dns_get_record

= 5.2 =
* Version 5.2 contained 10 releases (5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.2.9). For more info please check the changelog online.
* 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 =
* Version 5.1 contained 11 releases (5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.8, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.11). For more info please check the changelog online.
* 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