BlacklistStats is an adaptation of the Searches plugin by David Raynes. 99.9% of the credit goes to David, as I modified only a very small portion of the code to create this plugin.
Instructions
1. Download the plugin:
2. Upload the "blackliststats.pl" file to the plugins directory in your MT installation.
3. Begin using the template tags described below
Template Tags
MTBlacklistStats - A container tag used for displaying statistics about your blacklist activity. The tags below must be used within an MTBlacklistStats container.
arguments:
days: to include blocks from only the last n days (e.g. <MTBlacklistStats days="7">)
lastn: to include n searches in the list (e.g. <MTBlacklistStats lastn="5">)
unique: to include only the latest instance of a particular blacklist entry (e.g. <MTBlacklistStats unique="1">)
rank: orders the blacklist entries by rank, the most common being the first (e.g. <MTBlacklistStats rank="1">), implies unique
MTBlacklistValue - The blacklist entry that caused the comment/trackback to be blocked (ie. viagra.com).
MTBlacklistDate - The date that the comment was blocked. This tag takes a "format" argument, which works the same as MT Date formats.
MTBlacklistIP - The IP address of the person (or server) of the blocked comment/trackback.
MTBlacklistBlog - The name of the blog on which the blog occured. This is useful if you have more than one blog.
MTBlacklistType - The type of block: 'comment' or 'trackback'
MTBlacklistRank - The rank of the blacklist entry. For example, the blacklist entry that resulted in the highest number of blocks would be ranked #1.
MTBlacklistTotal - The total number of blocks for a blacklist entry. For example if 5 comments were blocked containing "viagra.com", this tag would have a value of 5.
Also included in the zip file is a sample template. The template creates two tables:
Blacklist Stats - lists each block by date, most recent listed first.
Rankings - lists each blacklist entry, ranked from the most blocks to the least.
You may need to adjust the stylesheet and image paths. I used the stylesheet used by the MT admin interface.
Notes:
1. If you want keep your stats private, be sure to build the stats file in a protected area.
2. It may be a good idea to uncheck "Rebuild this template automatically..." and just manually rebuild the stats from time to time (especially if you have a large activity log).
3. The plugin pulls data from the activity log. If you reset the activity log, your BlacklistStats will also be reset.