Title: Behaving Badly
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Behaving Badly

 *  [azuko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azuko/)
 * (@azuko)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/)
 * Bad Behaviour behaves badly, I cannot suggest this plug-in to anyone. The idea
   has merit but the execution requires major work. Avoid this item or use it at
   your own risk.

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 *  [lexhair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexhair/)
 * (@lexhair)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/#post-666406)
 * Try updating to the most recent version. Works fine for me.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/#post-666410)
 * It doesn’t require any “major work”. The author of the plugin DID a lot of work
   making this plugin available.
 * Yes, there was a glitch with a previous version and it was fixed very fast. Download
   the latest – it works well for everybody.
 * Regardless of your opinion, we still suggest it for everybody for combatting 
   spam!
 *  [dirtdevl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dirtdevl/)
 * (@dirtdevl)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/#post-666708)
 * I agree with azuko, the plugin does require major work. I was bit disturbed by
   the fact that one plugin could lockout/shut down every site using it. After the
   incident a lot of people have been looking into the code, and how it validates
   good bots like Google and Yahoo is appalling, and could potentially block out
   good bots and kill your SE rankings. Read IncrediBILL’s post: [http://incredibill.blogspot.com/2007/12/bad-behavior-advisory.html](http://incredibill.blogspot.com/2007/12/bad-behavior-advisory.html)
 * I highly recommend no one use it until it has some major improvements
 *  [Trent Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trent/)
 * (@trent)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/#post-666709)
 * It really was dirtdevl with a small “loophole” that the author overlooked in 
   the past version. He acknowledged the problem quickly and released a new version.
   For anyone that was using the plugin and subscribed to his updates, they were
   down only a matter of hours. People make mistakes and a wide statement recommending
   no one use it seems harsh to me. I have used this plugin since the beginning 
   and other than 6 hours it took me to update my plugin, no issues what-so-ever.
 * I think that it was a small mistake. Everyone makes those and it is not something
   that we should jump conclusions to. That is my 2 cents anyways, but everyone 
   has their opinions. 🙂
 * Trent
 *  [error](https://wordpress.org/support/users/error/)
 * (@error)
 * [18 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/behaving-badly/#post-666759)
 * Not to mention that “incredibill” basically doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

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