spam issue

  • Resolved stevieg9002

    (@stevieg9002)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    i had over 800 posts which I had to manually delete from admin which were all live on my website and no IP or anything is showing for each post and I contacted my host which said it was this plug// they are things like How to make money, What are good vitamins and things like this. I deactivated the plugin while I cleaned up the posts but more kept coming……….. Can someone help me as why do these posts keep going on site even when plugin is inactive………..
    only now after my host deleted the plugin entirely for me the posts have stopped coming…

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/user-submitted-posts/

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi stevieg9002,

    I’m glad to help, but it’s difficult to try and diagnose the issue if the plugin is not installed. FYI, the plugin form begins with the following line:

    if (!function_exists('add_action')) die();

    So that line prevents any further code from being executed if WordPress is not available, as is the case when WordPress is not installed. Then on the USP script itself, WP nonces are used, such that the form’s nonce is checked before any post processing can take place.

    So on a properly secured server, it is impossible to submit the form if the plugin is inactive. If you would like to troubleshoot the issue, I am more than glad to do so, but the plugin will need to be installed at least, and then at some point activated, in order for any further diagnoses.

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