YD Prevent Comment Impersonation
This simple WordPress plugin prevents a “non registered” commentator to use the identity (login or e-mail address) of a registered user. It gives the anonymous user a choice of logging in, registering, or choosing another identity for submitting the comment.
le 4 August 2011 à 14:00 h
Does this work with WordPress.com??
What prevents a registered commentator from still using the name of the blog owner?? I have an issue where another wordpress blogger is using the log-in identity of another wordpress blogger to keave comments as the second blogger, directing traffic to the first blog. How do I stop this?
Thanks.
le 4 August 2011 à 14:29 h
@Bob: I don’t know if that plugin can be installed on WordPress.com, that question should probably be directed to them. It is a standard WordPress plugin and works on standalone or multi-site blogs.
The blog owner should register with their own name (even if they don’t use that account). Registered commentators cannot have the same identities. My plugin additionally prevents anonymous / unregistered commentators to use the same apparent identity as any registered member (including the blog owner of course).
le 19 September 2011 à 16:55 h
Thanks very much for this plugin. I’ve just tested it and it seems to work as described.
It’s obviously in an early stage of development so I’d like to suggest some improvements for the future for your consideration:
1.Allow people to customise the warning message when a login attempt fails
2. Make the message appear within the site instead of a separate page
3. Better yet, warn people when they type in a name or email address if it is unsuitable before they click ‘submit’
4. Perhaps make it clear to people in the readme they have to upload all the files for the plugin to make it work. Consider putting them all in one directory instead of lots of separate ones.
Thanks again for the plugin, I hope my feedback was useful.