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Increase security and protect against bots, spammers and hackers. VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention helps prevent spam registrations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Download and save the VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention<\/strong> plugin to your hard disk.<\/li>\n
  2. Login to your WordPress site and go to the Add Plugins page.<\/li>\n
  3. Click Upload Plugin button to upload the zip.<\/li>\n
  4. Click Install Now to install and activate the plugin.<\/li>\n
  5. Go to the settings page under Settings > VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention<\/li>\n
  6. Update the Max Transactions Per Minute and the Score Threshold to your preferred numbers.<\/li>\n
  7. Click on Save Changes to save your keys to the database<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    How do I use this plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    After installing the plugin, set the maximum transactions per minute and the email score threshold to mitigate against velocity attacks and spam emails.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.3<\/h4>\n\n
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    • Bug fix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      1.2<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Improvements to allow easier translation. Bug fixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.1<\/h4>\n\n
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        • Improvements to code. Security hardening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.0<\/h4>\n\n
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          • Initial Release<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Increase security and protect against bots, spammers and hackers with VisualWP Anti-Spam and Fraud Prevention","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/189019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189019"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/sightfactory"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=189019"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=189019"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=189019"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=189019"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lin.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=189019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}