Title: authimage.php and moderation
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# authimage.php and moderation

 *  [boneless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boneless/)
 * (@boneless)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/)
 * Hi all,
 * I succesfully installed the authimage.php hack, to prevent comment spam, but 
   it seems to me I now need to approve all comments that are made, before they 
   show up. Is there a workaround for this, cause I just want comments to show up
   as soon as they are made.
 * Boneless
    [http://www.boneless.nl](http://www.boneless.nl)

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/#post-124613)
 * Check that you have no blank lines or other strange single characters in your
   spamwords list.
 * It’s easier to check if you copy and paste it into something like Notepad.
 *  Thread Starter [boneless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boneless/)
 * (@boneless)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/#post-124614)
 * Thanks. I did have a single blank line. All solved now, thanks and a happy new
   year!
 *  [Daz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daz/)
 * (@daz)
 * [21 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/#post-124686)
 * I’m using the authimage hack myself (captcha) and I have to say it has reduced
   my comment spam from about 175 to 0 (no joke!) posts a week. I’m really lurving
   it.
 * I’d be interested to know if you have a similar experience.
 * Someone also mentioned merely changing the comments posting code to include an
   extra checkbox for something like, “this is what I want to post”… etc. Messes
   up the robots/zombies that are being used to post the comment spam.
 *  Thread Starter [boneless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boneless/)
 * (@boneless)
 * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/#post-125413)
 * it works for me, no spam anymore.
    Only sometimes the code doenst show up, and
   sometimes it does. I really have no idea what causes this.
 * Any suggestion?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [boneless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boneless/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authimagephp-and-moderation/#post-125413)
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