Weird installation things with WP HashCash in v1.5

  • davincim

    (@davincim)


    20 years ago

    When reading the instructions to install this plugin, it says:

    Drop the two files md5.js and wp-hashcash.php into your wp-content/plugins/ directory…

    So I have two questions:

    Question 1
    When you go to the repository to download there’s a wp-hashcash-manual.php and a regular wp-hashcash.php. I tried installing “-manual.php” first, saw it in the plug-ins panel. No problem. But when I saw that part in the instructions about the non manual version I uninstalled and reinstalled the one specified. BUT the non-manual version doesn’t show up in my plug-ins panel. Strange. Which one do I pick?

    Question 2
    Maybe I screwed something up during installation regarding the plug-in directory structure. It reads wp-content > plugins > plugins. Is that supposed to be that way? I can see the plugins in the second plugins directory in the panel, but I just want to be sure the structure is correct.

    Thanks everyone!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    First make sure that you’re getting WP-HashCash for WordPress v1.5:
    https://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/wp-hashcash/branches/

    Then, place both wp-hashcash.php and md5.js into /wp-content/plugins/ . That’s all you need to do. Oh, and don’t forget to activate it.

    Thread Starter davincim

    (@davincim)

    Okay, but should I move all the plugins in the second directory up to the first?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Yes, all of the plugins should be in /wp-content/plugins/.

    Thread Starter davincim

    (@davincim)

    Cool. And btw, I got hashcash to work this time around, or at least to show up in the panel. How do you test it to see that it’s working? Just put spam related words into a comment?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    The principle of HashCash is that it creates and invisible value in the comment page. The user’s browser must then use javascript to decrypt the value and enter it into a hidden field. Since most bots don’t use javascript, this is how they’re stopped. If you want to see it in action, disable your browser’s javascript and try to post a comment. You’ll be greeted with a black wp-comments-post.php page.

    Thread Starter davincim

    (@davincim)

    Thanks again, macmanx!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Glad to be of service.

    Anonymous User 6434

    (@anonymized-6434)

    Thanks macmanx, too. You beat me to it.

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