Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker

Version: 2.5

Version : 2.5

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This plugin will block mass mailing for the buddypress messaging system

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If there is a user (or a bot) that signed up at your site this user can start to send messages to every other user. I had some negative experiences with this and so I wrote a module that should help to block such a spam. Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker introduces some restrictions to your users: New users can send messages only 24h after their registration, so you’ll have time if bot registrations have to be removed manually (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_newMembersWaitingPeriod’) Their are also some more restrictions for mass mailings (mails that are sent to “friends” of the contact list are not included in this calculation): Users can send 6 messages maximum in 5 minutes (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_5m’) Users can send 10 messages maximum in 10 minutes (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_10m’) Users can send 20 messages maximum in 30 minutes (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_30m’) Users can send 30 messages maximum in 60 minutes (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_60m’) Users can send 35 messages maximum in 12 hours (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_12h’) Users can send 45 messages maximum in 24 hours (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_24h’) Users can send 50 messages maximum in 48 hours (modify this value using filter ‘buddypress_messages_spamblocker_48h’) Users with the capability “edit_users” (admins...

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About Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker

Description

If there is a user (or a bot) that signed up at your site this user can start to send messages to every other user. I had some negative experiences with this and so I wrote a module that should help to block such a spam. Buddypress Messages Spam Blocker introduces some restrictions to your users: New users can send....

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Performance

Memory Usage

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+ 0.09s
/(front page)
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
- 0.03s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.72s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
- 0.04s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
- 0.09s
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.27s

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- 12.58KB
/ (front page)
- 8.43KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 0.12KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.25KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.26KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 0.26KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.14KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.18KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 11.56KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 1.1KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 0.25KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.12KB

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