Extension:HoneyPot
This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.
WikiTeq provides official support for MediaWiki LTS releases only. It may work with other MediaWiki releases.
 Release status: stable |
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| Description | The HoneyPot extension adds a basic honeypot to the account creation interface to help prevent automated account creation attempts. |
| Author(s) | WikiTeq team |
| Maintainer(s) | WikiTeq team |
| Compatibility policy | For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension. |
| MediaWiki | >= 1.39.0 |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
| Download | README |
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$wgHoneyPotMisleadingError |
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| Quarterly downloads | 3 (Ranked 141st) |
| Translate the HoneyPot extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
The HoneyPot extension integrates a "honeypot" mechanism into the MediaWiki account creation interface. This approach inserts a text field hidden from users by CSS (but not of the hidden input type) and blocks account creation if a value is input into this field, aiming to deter spambots and automated account creation efforts.
Installation[edit]
- Download and move the extracted
HoneyPotfolder to yourextensions/directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/HoneyPot - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'HoneyPot' );
Done â Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration parameters[edit]
The extension introduces a configuration option $wgHoneyPotMisleadingError to control the error message displayed when the honey pot is triggered. By default, $wgHoneyPotMisleadingError is set to false, providing an explicit explanation. If set to true, a generic password mismatch error is shown instead