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NOTE: Worst Offenders for WordPress 2.5 is currently a pre-alpha release for developer feedback only.
If you use any anti-spam tool you will no doubt be delighted that spam can be automatically identified, but less happy that you now have to either trawl through the spam to check for false positives, or just give up and hope for the best – this is where Worst Offenders can help: it analyses messages already marked as spam and uses several techniques to identify messages with common sources, subjects and content – those which are definitely spam. These Worst Offenders can be deleted en-masse, hopefully leaving just a handful of messages that can be checked by hand.
<h3>To do</h3>
Switch to using wp_cache wherever options were used 
Improve count function to remove duplicates

Worst Offenders

NOTE: Worst Offenders for Wordpress 2.5 is currently a pre-alpha release for developer feedback only.

Samir Shah

This plugin has two modes – basic and Akismet-enhanced.
Basic mode: the plugin will serve a CAPTCHA to all commenters that aren’t logged in and don’t have a previously approved comment. Repeat commenters will never see a CAPTCHA.
Akismet-enhanced mode (recommended): the plugin will serve a CAPTCHA only if Akismet identifies a comment as spam (much less frequently than the basic mode). Just install an activate <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/" rel="ugc">Akismet</a> to enable this mode.
Note that a CAPTCHA will only appear after a comment is submitted. When a commenter is served a CAPTCHA:
<ul>
<li>If they fail, then the comment will be automatically discarded or trashed (and won’t clutter up your spam queue).</li>
<li>If they pass, it will be allowed into the spam queue (or approved, if you so choose). This means that any false positives from Akismet will be easily identified without you having to trawl through all the spam comments manually.</li>
</ul>
Most genuine commenters will be able to comment on your site hassle-free, without ever seeing a CAPTCHA.
The default CAPTCHA is a simple text-based test. There is also the option to use <a href="http://www.google.com/recaptcha" rel="nofollow ugc">reCAPTCHA</a> if you want something more robust (free API key required). You can also style the CAPTCHA page to fit with your own WordPress theme.
If you come across any bugs or have suggestions, please use the plugin support forum or <a href="http://rayofsolaris.net/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">email me</a>. I can’t fix it if I don’t know it’s broken! Please check the <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-conditional-captcha/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQs</a> for common issues.
Thanks to the following people for contributing translations of this plugin: Belorussian – <a href="http://pc.de" rel="nofollow ugc">Marcis G</a>, Brazilian Portuguese – Stefano, Czech – <a href="http://trumplin.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ted</a>, Danish – Jesper, Dutch – <a href="http://wpwebshop.com/books/" rel="nofollow ugc">Rene</a>, Estonian – <a href="http://www.itransition.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Itransition</a>, Finnish – Jani, French – <a href="http://android-software.fr" rel="nofollow ugc">Laurent</a>, German – <a href="http://jochenpreusche.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Jochen</a>, Hindi – <a href="http://outshinesolutions.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Outshine Solutions</a>, Hungarian – <a href="http://www.televizio.sk" rel="nofollow ugc">Gyula</a>, Italian – <a href="http://gidibao.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Gianni</a>, Lithuanian – Mantas, Polish – <a href="http://www.spin.siedlce.pl" rel="nofollow ugc">Pawel</a>, Romanian – <a href="http://simplu.mixnet.ro" rel="nofollow ugc">Lotus</a>, Russian – <a href="http://www.everycloudtech.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ivanka</a>, Spanish – <a href="http://www.reinventia.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Reinventia</a>, Swedish – <a href="http://www.umu.se" rel="nofollow ugc">Hugo</a>, Turkish – Tony, Ukranian – <a href="http://www.everycloudtech.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ivanka</a>. Some of these translations are a bit out of date – updates welcome!

Conditional CAPTCHA

Asks commenters to complete a simple CAPTCHA if they don't have a previously approved comment, or if Akismet thinks their comment is spam.

Worst Offenders vs Conditional CAPTCHA