How Do I Stop WP Blog Spamming?

16 years ago

Sam try this plugin it will help with a lot of the spam
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thomasukm

16 years ago

For wordpress blog, you can use akismet to control spam, you can catch most of the spam and delete them with just one click.

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Eric Reed

16 years ago

Originally Posted by thomasukm

For wordpress blog, you can use akismet to control spam, you can catch most of the spam and delete them with just one click.

Akismet is the way to go! I neglected to activate it on one of my WP sites and like you, began to get bombarded with spam. Once I activated it, everything questionable went to one location and I was able to delete it with one click.

The best part of all, it's already part of the wordpress software, all you need is your key number to activate it which you get by signing up for a wordpress hosted site which is free!

Hope that helps.

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Alan Petersen

16 years ago

I agree Akismet is the best and it's the first plugin I activate! It will knock out the bulk of those spam comments. It will be a night and day difference. Once your blog is out there as spam friendly you won't stop getting tons of spam comments every day so you need Akismet.

You can get it here:

Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam Akismet

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moneycometh

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Alan Petersen

I agree Akismet is the best and it's the first plugin I activate! It will knock out the bulk of those spam comments. It will be a night and day difference. Once your blog is out there as spam friendly you won't stop getting tons of spam comments every day so you need Akismet.

You can get it here:

Stop Comment Spam and Trackback Spam Akismet

Wow, thanks I thought I had put this on my site. I was bombarded, too. But thanks to everyone here at the forum, now all is well. Thanks again!

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Alan Ashwood 14 years ago

Keep It Simple

Like most others here, install Akismet ONLY, I think you'll find it does a brilliant job, without adding other plugins or software.

It's so good that you'll automatically want to double check what it's stopped. But after a while you'll get to trust it totally.

If you still get some Spam, you can lightly coat it in a batter, and deep fry for 2/3 minutes each side. Very unhealthy, but the only way to make Spam passable.

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- Yogini 14 years ago
  
  I have a very old version of wp on one of my sites and I get a lot of spam daily. One of the problems is that although it's moderated, it seems like it posts actually after you leave a comment. However, it doesn't till I approve it. Of course, it isn't a good idea to use an old version of wp since it isn't secure but certain themes can look poor when upgrading so I am being a bit cautious. Good advice above and will also implement it.
  
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bankboss 14 years ago

Originally Posted by moneycometh

Wow, thanks I thought I had put this on my site. I was bombarded, too. But thanks to everyone here at the forum, now all is well. Thanks again!

the newer version of wp already has it by default
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David_Thompson 16 years ago

Originally Posted by thomasukm

For wordpress blog, you can use akismet to control spam, you can catch most of the spam and delete them with just one click.

this is true but alone it will not do the job for you
that's why I added this link for an awesome plugin
to help with akismet...

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KathyK

16 years ago

I'd use Akismet plus something like WP-SpamFree. They work nicely with each other and should block 99% of spam. (I've gotten wp-spamfree to work with 2.7, even though it says 2.62.) OR Akismet plus one of the captcha plugins.

Do NOT use wp-spamfree with a captcha plugin, they will conflict.

If you are getting 200 or so a day, double protection would be a help.

That auto-close plugin is a help too, especially if you get a lot of spam on old posts. (That one should not conflict with Akismet and the others, it's just like you going through and closing them by hand.)

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lgibbon Banned 16 years ago

Originally Posted by paekiss

i hate spam comment.

That's hilarious.
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bgmacaw

16 years ago

Akismet will stop most of it although you will get false positives every so often so you'll want to scan the list every few days just to make sure. There are also other plugins like 'Bad Behavior' and 'Hash Cash' that automate the moderation process for you without hurting user experience.

Plugins for CAPTCHA and turning off comments after a time are also available but I recommend against them from the user experience and SEO perspectives. CAPTCHA's are just downright unfriendly and will discourage comments. Comment timeouts are unfriendly to search visitors and StumbleUpon visitors who may come across your post several months after it was originally published. Good comments also enhance the SEO of your blog by providing new content and keywords so don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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VegasGreg

16 years ago

I use Perter's Anti-Spam Plugin and it works great for me.

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Andrea Wilson

14 years ago

I am just using Akismet and Im fine. However for my new blogs Im fine with not moderating. I simply appreciate the comments and I love reading them one by one.

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kindsvater

14 years ago

Here is a blog post I have describing the 3 plugins I use to virtually eliminate Wordpress spam:

http://internetprofituniversity.com/...press-plugins/

In my use Akismet still lets through a lot of spam. NoSpamNX, even though it recently stopped being worked on, is unbelievably excellent.

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Timmy Deleu

14 years ago

I use askimet and I make sure I have to confirm the first comment of every commenter.

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Justin Newcastle

14 years ago

I use Akismet too...does the job

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Jaymark

14 years ago

I have a plugin which ignores most of what it considers to be spam posts. It alerts me only to those which appear to be legit. Don't remember the name but I'd do a search to find some of the better ones. It can save a great deal of time and hassle.

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Brian Alaway 14 years ago

Many users don't realize that Akismet is not free for commercial use.

"If your site is for a business, if it makes money from ads, or if it promotes a product or service, you should pick from one of our paid account options."

Here is one that will more than do the job without false positives:
WP-SpamFree WordPress Spam Plugin - Powerful Anti-Spam Protection!

"It's completely free for both commercial and personal use."
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The Wizard

14 years ago

Akismet, by far, is your best option.

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razzi65

14 years ago

akinmet.. a v simple & powerful solution.

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Gary J Martin 14 years ago

I also advocate using askimet. It won't get all the spam, but pretty close.
Even at 200 a day, not many will get through that are spam.
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zedert

14 years ago

In my experience, Akismet is enough.
It's a provent, strong, stable plugin.
Despite heavy modifications of wordpress corefiles, under heavy traffic, it's still works when others fail.
I strongly recommend it.

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cryst

14 years ago

u should first install aksmit... it is first step u have to do when u set up an blog account....

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Sire

14 years ago

Originally Posted by techlunatic

I am surprised so many Akismet fans here!

Try GASP, it is the best thing that happened to the wordpress anti spam community!
It ads a hidden form below your comment form and these spam bots tend to fill up all the fields so if the hidden field is filled then it wont let the BOT go ahead! also it is not possible for any BOT to click a checkbox but the same is not true for CAPTCHA

GASP is great for capturing the bot spammers but you need Akismet to catch the human ones.

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bdyer61

14 years ago

Well, I thank you all for the great information here. I had been playing with the idea of a blog, but after seeing so many that had been spammed, I almost dropped the idea. After reading here, I'll give it some more thought and planning.

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jim25 14 years ago

I see everyone is loving Akismet, however I have been flagged for spam on akismet blog for using keywords in the name field. Before you reply with what did you expect, the blogs had the keyword luv enabled where they allow you to use keywords.

I had to contact akismet many times before they removed my email from the blacklist, so be carefull. If you have keyword/comment luv on your blogs think twice before activating akismet
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