=== Astounding Spam Prevention ===
Tags: spam,  antispam, anti-spam, spam blocker, block spam, signup spam, comment spam, spam filter, registration spam, spammer, spammers, spamming, comment, comments, protection, register, registration, security, signup, user registration spam, wonderful spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam
Tested up to: 4.8-alpha
Contributors: willjenkins
Requires at least: 4.0
Stable tag: 1.00
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Donate link: https://www.astoundingtales.com


Light weight anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, and registration spam. Combines many effective methods for identifying spammers and keeping them off your site.

== Description == 
Using the most effective features of other spam programs. Astounding Spam Prevention effectively guards against comment spam and registration spam without the use of a Captcha.
This is a fork of the original Stop Spammers Spam Prevention and uses some of the code, but it is greatly simplified so it is not as aggressive and will not prevent a user from logging in. It does not interfere with jetpack and does not know about WooCommerce so there are no conflicts. Unlike Stop Spammers it does not check logins, but only checks registrations and comments.
It also repairs many bugs that I found in the Stop Spammers plugin and has many new methods for detecting spam.


 
== Installation ==
1. Install the plugin using "add new" from the plugin's menu item on the WordPress control panel. Search for Stop Spammers and install.
OR
1. Download the plugin.
2. Upload the plugin to your wp-content/plugins directory.
3. Activate the plugin.
4. Under the settings, review options that are enabled. The plugin will operate very well without changing any settings. You may wish to update Web Services APIs for reporting spam and change the captcha settings from the default.  

== Changelog ==

= 1.00 =
* Initial version. Forked many anti spam methods from original plugin "Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin". 
* added 9 new spam prevention methods and fixed bugs in 4 others.
* Redesigned settings pages using easier updating and editing.
* Uses expandable log file that can grow to fit. 
* Caching identifies the original source of the spam for easier troubleshooting.
* Rewrote the load process to limit resource usage. Uses "lazy loading" to avoid memory usage when the plugin is not active.
* Fixed bugs in plugin uninstall procedure..