Title: missing proxy blocker!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# missing proxy blocker!

 *  [alexkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkaufman/)
 * (@alexkaufman)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to block comments from open proxies. In the documentation it say I can
   do it from the Options > Discussion panel, but when I go to that panel the option
   just isn’t there. Where is it?
 * Thanks,
    Alex

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 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519723)
 * Options > Discussion > [ ] Blacklist comments from open and insecure proxies.
   At the bottom. Did you forget to scroll?
 *  Thread Starter [alexkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkaufman/)
 * (@alexkaufman)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519731)
 * I scrolled but didn’t find it. At the bottom it says:
 * >Comment Blacklist
    > >When a comment contains any of these words in its >content,
   name, URL, e-mail, or IP, it will be marked as >spam. One word or IP per line.
   It will match inside >words, so “press” will match “WordPress”.
 * then it has a box where I can put words and IPs that I don’t want. But I can’t
   find any option like the one you list. It seems like everyone sees this option
   but me. I really don’t understand why this would be missing. Any ideas? Is it
   possible I’m not looking in the right place?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519733)
 * What version of WP are you using pizdin_dim?
 * I think the codex is a bit out of date on this…
 * [@alexkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkaufman/) – you may wish
   to look into some anti-spam plugins.
 * _Standard text follows:_
 * Install and activate Akismet or Spam Karma 2.
    Then install and activate Bad 
   Behavior.
 * [http://akismet.com/](http://akismet.com/)
    [http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/](http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/)
   [http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/](http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/)
 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519737)
 * I see you’ve [posted this before](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/104879) 
   but no-one answered. What version of WP are you using? Because that checkbox 
   is just above the “update options” button at the bottom, certainly in WP 2.04
   anyway.
 *  Thread Starter [alexkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkaufman/)
 * (@alexkaufman)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519741)
 * Thanks for the advice.
 * One last question — I am particularly interested in banning abusive posters who
   make themselves difficult to ban by using constantly shifting open proxies. I’m
   not so interested in banning automated spam as I am in making it easier to filter
   out these two or three abusive people.
 * Do the plugins you list have the ability to recognize the IPs that they would
   use?
 * Thanks again.
 *  Thread Starter [alexkaufman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexkaufman/)
 * (@alexkaufman)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519743)
 * pizdin_dim,
 * I’ve got version 2.1 and it isn’t there. I guess the documentation hasn’t been
   updated. But thanks for the advice.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-proxy-blocker/#post-519743)
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