Title: AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin
Author: Denis V (Artprima)
Published: <strong>July 19, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 4, 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin

 By [Denis V (Artprima)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/v-media/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ap-honeypot.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ap-honeypot/)

## Description

AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin, based on Jan Stępień’s http:BL, allows you
 to verify
IP addresses of clients connecting to your blog against the Project Honey Pot database.
Thanks to http:BL API you can quickly check whether your visitor is an email harvester,
a comment spammer or any other malicious creature. Communication with verification
server is done via DNS request mechanism, which makes the query and response even
quicker. Now, thanks to AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin any potentially harmful clients
are denied from accessing your blog and therefore abusing it.

#### Your Feedback Matters

Bugs to report? Feature requests? Criticism? New ideas? We want to hear from
 you!
Do not hesitate. Get in touch with us and share your views.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Settings page with a warning nag.
 * [[
 * Dashboard widget.

## Installation

 1. Get an archive with the most recent version of AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin.
 2. Uncompress the `ap-honeypot` directory from the archive to your `wp-content/plugins`
    directory.
 3. Activate the plugin in the administration panel.
 4. Open the plugin’s configuration subpage and enter your Access Key and configure
    available options accordingly to your preferences.
 5. Save settings and enjoy.

## FAQ

### Does AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin work with WordPress MU?

Actually, it does… But there’s no proper way to deny your bloggers to
 access the
configuration page. Though you can change `APHP_PLUGIN_MENU_PARENT` constant to `
wpmu-admin.php`, it is not recommended to do this. WPMU security enhancements are
yet to be done. You can also provide us your own patch. 🙂

### Is there an easy way to contact the developer of this plugin?

Of course there is. Visit [our website](http://artprima.eu/) in order
 to find our
e-mail address and other contacts.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Updated 3 years ago and still works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updated-3-years-ago-and-still-works-great/)󠁿

 [jimisaacs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jimisaacs/) April 15, 2017

Hard to believe I’ve been using this fro over 3 years, and the previous one before
for even longer. No I wonder this is still being maintained, but still using in 
the meantime.

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ap-honeypot/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Denis V (Artprima) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/v-media/)

[Translate “AP HoneyPot WordPress Plugin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ap-honeypot)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ap-honeypot/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ap-honeypot/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ap-honeypot/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ap-honeypot/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.4

 * Nothing but supported WP version update

#### 1.2

 * New dashboard widget. Now you will be able to check manually any IP whether it
   is listed in the httpBL

#### 1.1

 * Added white-list option
 * Changed options to look more like other WordPress settings pages
 * Fixed minor bugs in settings

#### 1.0 (AP HoneyPot)

 * Rewriten to uses PHP classes
 * Added Dashboard widget with log entries
 * Added nag to warn users about an empty/dummy http:BL Access Key
 * Added a quick link to settings from the plugins list
 * Changed a parent menu for the settings link to `options-general.php`

#### 1.8 (http:BL)

 * If a honey pot link is specified an invisible link will be inserted on every 
   page automatically to help the project
 * Fixed combinations of specific and generic threat types
 * Added upgrade notice to documentation
 * Added changelog to documentation

#### 1.7 (http:BL)

 * Added options to specify threat level per threat type

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/)
 * Tags
 * [comments](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[honeypot](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/honeypot/)
   [http:BL](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/httpbl/)[spam](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ap-honeypot/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.7 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Denis V (Artprima) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/v-media/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ap-honeypot/)