/* ------------------------------------------ Honeypot + Timer + Bot Header Detection -------------------------------------------*/ // 1. Add hidden honeypot field function brad_add_honeypot_field() { echo '

'; } add_action('comment_form', 'brad_add_honeypot_field'); // 2. Add timer field (bots are too fast) function brad_add_timer_field() { echo ''; } add_action('comment_form', 'brad_add_timer_field'); // 3. Validate honeypot + timer + headers function brad_advanced_spam_blocker($commentdata) { // Honeypot check: bots fill this field if (!empty($_POST['my_hp_field'])) { wp_die('Spam detected (honeypot triggered).'); } // Timer check: human takes > 2 seconds to comment $start = isset($_POST['comment_start_time']) ? intval($_POST['comment_start_time']) : 0; if ($start > 0 && (time() - $start) < 2) { wp_die('Spam detected (too fast).'); } // Bot header check: many bots have no user-agent if (empty($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) { wp_die('Spam detected (no user agent).'); } // Optional: block comments with too many URLs $comment = $commentdata['comment_content']; if (substr_count($comment, 'http') > 1) { wp_die('Spam detected (too many links).'); } return $commentdata; } add_filter('preprocess_comment', 'brad_advanced_spam_blocker');
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How to Make Digital Detox Part of Your Vacation

Feeling tugged by social media, emails, and the vibrations of digital devices? These days, it can be challenging to live “in the moment.” It’s ironic that we’re talking about digital detox on the internet, but that’s just how it is nowadays: even digital detoxing has to begin digitally. When left unchecked, tech fatigue can insidiously affect our health. It’s even more important to go off the grid when we’re on vacation. Check out this article by TripConcierge.co about combining digital detox with your holidays. “In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow,” travel writer Pico Iyer writes in his book The Art of Stillness.

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