Title: Machine Learning Antispam
Author: datumbox
Published: <strong>September 15, 2013</strong>
Last modified: April 17, 2014

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# Machine Learning Antispam

 By [datumbox](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datumbox/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/machine-learning-antispam.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/machine-learning-antispam/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/machine-learning-antispam/#developers)

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## Description

The Machine Learning Antispam Plugin uses Machine Learning to detect spam and adult
content comments and mark them as spam. Additionally it allows you to filter negative
comments and keep them pending for approval.

It uses the Datumbox API 1.0v and is compatible with WordPress 3.6v or higher.

To read more about how it works, how it should be configured etc check out the original
blog post:
 http://blog.datumbox.com/how-to-build-an-intelligent-antispam-wordpress-
plugin/

### Useful Links

Datumbox Website: http://www.datumbox.com/

Download API Documentation and Code Samples: http://www.datumbox.com/machine-learning-
api/

Sign-up for free API Key: http://www.datumbox.com/users/register/

View your API Key: http://www.datumbox.com/apikeys/view/

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Just download the plugin, extract the zip file and move the contained `machine-
    learning-antispam` folder in your WordPress Plugins folder `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Go to your Admin Area and activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Finally go to the left menu and select Settings=>Machine Learning Antispam. All
    you need to do is add your Datumbox API key and select the type of comments that
    you wish to filter (spam, adult or negative).

Using the plugin requires you to have a Datumbox API key. You can get one for free
by signing-up for a Datumbox account. Once you register go to your API Credentials
area copy your API Key and paste it in the aforementioned configuration page.

To sign-up for free API Key visit http://www.datumbox.com/users/register/
 To view
your API Key login to your account and visit http://www.datumbox.com/apikeys/view/

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Machine Learning Antispam” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ datumbox ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datumbox/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * First Stable version of the plugin

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/machine-learning-antispam/)
 * Tags
 * [comments](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[machine learning](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/machine-learning/)
   [spam](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)[Text-Analysis](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/text-analysis/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/machine-learning-antispam/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ datumbox ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datumbox/)

## Support

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