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Trackback Validator plugin v0.6

A new version of the Trackback Validator plugin is available! Download it here.

New features include:

  • Added a simple check against spammers’ dynamic link pages.
  • Simplified the data submission process.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pm by Andy Thomas. It has been filed under Prevention, Releases. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

9 Responses to “Trackback Validator plugin v0.6”

  1. Population Statistic Says:
    December 3rd, 2005 at 2:05 pm

    TRACKBACK OVER-VALIDATING

    Just over a month ago, I discovered the Trackback Validator plugin for WordPress. Just in the nick of time, as the majority of spammers had just then turned to trackbacking as the preferred method of shooting out their oceans of digital junk (and, co…

  2. pitsche Says:
    December 8th, 2005 at 3:21 am

    Hello,

    this TrackBack Validator plugin is working fine, even in the new version 0.6 so don’t believe the evil-sayers, everthing is okay.

    You can use it without fear. Stay free of S*P*A*M-Trackbacks and have fun everybody!

  3. Weblog.Micha-Schmidt.net » Blog Archive » Schwerstarbeit für Spam-Karma Says:
    December 8th, 2005 at 4:19 am

    […] Der Spreeblick meldet heute die Nutzung zweier anderer Plug-Ins gegen Kommentar- und Trackback-Spam. […]

  4. Lost Highway Says:
    December 9th, 2005 at 6:55 pm

    Trackback spam : y en a marre

    La protection anti-spam mise en place depuis des mois fonctionne à merveille, du moins pour les messages; mais le spammer étant par définition quelqu’un de plein de ressources, il sait aussi s’adapter et spamer via des trackbacks.
    Je viens de me…

  5. Another Model Resource Says:
    December 27th, 2005 at 10:07 pm

    Do you know if this plugin works with the recently released WordPress 2.0?

  6. dsandler Says:
    December 27th, 2005 at 10:44 pm

    We haven’t tried it. We ought to!

    Update: The Sparkline graph seems to have some issues on my WP2 install, but other than that the Validator seems to work just fine. I recommend you try it, and if you have problems, please send us a bug report.

  7. Scott Says:
    February 19th, 2006 at 12:23 pm

    Not sure if this plugin even works. The png graph its suppose to make doesn’t even work for me.

  8. dsandler Says:
    February 19th, 2006 at 7:23 pm

    We’re pretty sure it works, although there is currently a bug with WP 2.0 that prevents the graph from loading.

  9. Scott Says:
    March 21st, 2006 at 4:02 am

    I’m using WP 1.5.2 and it doesn’t show any trackbacks, I have some and ran tests, nor does it show the graph.

    Something is broken so I disabled it since its not working until you can come up with something I have over-looked.

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