Simple tip to stop WordPress comment spam... do this Now

by mbarty2010

Posted: 13 years ago 25 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Everyone knows how hard it is when you get hit by comment spam in your WP blog. Here is a very simple solution to prevent this, using the question & answer type captcha:

1) Download and install this Plug-in: WordPress › Text Captcha « WordPress Plugins

2) Remove the default questions and add ten question & answers of your own. Use simples stuff like:
Type the word: WOMAN
United States of .....? (Fill in the blanks)

Nowadays almost all image based captcha are being broken, so use this for a change and prevent those stupid bot-made comments.

#comment #simple #spam #stop #tip #wordpress

Kurlyo 13 years ago

Oh my gosh, I was getting about one spam comment then suddenly 47 in one hour and they kept comming. Ahhhh what to do? So I ran to the forum to hunt down a solutions. I installed this plugin without any modifications and it stopped the battering I was getting. I got one more spam comment and now they’ve ceased. THANKS!!
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Ashley Gable 13 years ago

I do remember seeing an anti-captcha (or was it software?) that had some sort of "answer cloud", where the answers to these random questions were saved for later use by other users. So dont know how long this method will work. But it does seem better than regular captchas, I am using this method on my blogs too.

Ash
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CopyDNL 13 years ago

Akismet does a really awesome job at keeping spammers at bay as well!
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- cashp0wer 13 years ago
  
  Thanks for this! For some reason one of my blogs gets spam comments but none of my other sites do. This has done the trick and stopped them completely (crosses fingers).
  
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Stack Tom 13 years ago

Ill check it out, thx. Currently I am manually approving all the comments
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chad3623wiley 13 years ago

Nice! Thanks!
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chad3623wiley 13 years ago

My blogs were getting raped lol
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kaizerinfo 13 years ago

Test this very new plugin instead. No need to delete nothing and no problem.
It's the only captcha plugin wich have 5 stars,released week or two ago.

WordPress › Blue Captcha « WordPress Plugins
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- tylerherman 13 years ago
  
  Captchas are pretty annoying, even the simple ones.
  
  I don't use Wordpress but I'm sure they have a honeypot captcha.
  
  WordPress › WP-HoneyPot « WordPress Plugins
  The google machine popped up with this, I'm sure there are others.
  
  Honeypots do just as well at spam prevention and don't require your users to fill in a form.
  
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Fallen_Angel 13 years ago

I just deleted the comments table in sql database. No one can comment even if they wanted too.

Problem is people automate comment posting, if it gets accepted even if its pending most software will show this as a positive accept. People then share these lists and before you know it your comment folder is full and the constant comment submissions are causing loads of requests and using your valued cpu resources on your hosting server.
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enterpriseunlimited 13 years ago

Great share... Thanks for the info
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Premier Plugins 13 years ago

Thanks for all the shares in this thread. Will be checking them out as well.
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Des Lau 13 years ago

Awesome mate!
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spunkz 13 years ago

Disqus or Facebook Comments cuts down on bot spam dramatically.
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lisakleinweber 13 years ago

I prefer akismet. it works wonders.
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Will Roarke 13 years ago

Good tip. Thanks.
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BlueLayerHost 13 years ago

How about: http://www.bluelayermedia.com/wordpr...w-to-stop-spam
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Ashera 13 years ago

I personally use SpamFree Wordpress, works similar but with uniquely generated passwords. I combine this with Askimet and get virtually no more spam.
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- AZMD 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Ashera
  
  I personally use SpamFree Wordpress, works similar but with uniquely generated passwords. I combine this with Askimet and get virtually no more spam.
  
  I was getting hundreds of spam comments a day, installed this Spam Free Wordpress and it ended the problem 100% so far. I really like that my real visitors do not have to translate an annoying Captcha image and type it in. A simple copy and pastting of a unique set of letters/numbers makes it easy for real people to leave a comment. It's been a huge time saver and happy to have found it.
  
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  Jay Campbell 13 years ago
  
  I like the Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin. It adds a checkbox at the bottom of the comment form that has to be checked and says "confirm you are not a spammer". I have used it on most of my sites and it has worked great.
  
  WordPress › Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin « WordPress Plugins
  
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cvcena 13 years ago

Really nice plugin...
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gasman 13 years ago

Thank you for this, I was actually looking for a solution to this problem the other day, but got side tracked! What a funny coincidence. I will try this and see if it works. I have several wordpress site that get bombarded with sometimes hundreds of spam comments a day and I need to clean them up.
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CyborgX 13 years ago

Thanks for the tips Mbarty. Spammers are getting on our nerves now a days.
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sanwacik 13 years ago

Try the GASP plugin for WP...works a lot like Akismet
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Viramara 13 years ago

thank you for all your suggestion guys! Looks like my Akismet is broken or something. Several spam comments are flooding my site, it never happened before with Akismet.
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