How to reduce spam in wordpress blog?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by anandy385, Aug 20, 2011.

  1. #1
    hello, i have a blog in wordpress, i have installed both akismet and captcha plugin. but i still recieve over 50 spam comments everyday. Since the day am getting this spam comments my site's traffic has been reduced to 90%...
     
    anandy385, Aug 20, 2011 IP
  2. aap

    aap Well-Known Member

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    WordPress Admin Dashboard >> Settings >> Discussion >> Check An administrator must always approve the comment >> Save changes

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    You can delete all spam comments by one click in Wordpress. 50 spam comments in one day is not a big thing.
     
    aap, Aug 20, 2011 IP
  3. nqhuy90

    nqhuy90 Member

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    You can block spam with .htaccess :
    I read an article here : _http://www.wpwebhost.com/2011/06/block-wordpress-spam-comment-with-htaccess/
     
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  4. Big0ne

    Big0ne Well-Known Member

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  5. ajobjon

    ajobjon Peon

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    Yes you can try is . i think it is great way to stop spamming...
     
    ajobjon, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  6. mccomf

    mccomf Active Member

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    You wont stop spammers unless you have comments opened for members only.Akismet with some Anti-Spam WordPress Plugins is a great option too.
     
    mccomf, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  7. nashed

    nashed Guest

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    #7
    you can block with wp. you don't need to use any plugin
     
    nashed, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  8. musicmanchuria

    musicmanchuria Peon

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    install Akismet Plugin in your wordpress dashboard
     
    musicmanchuria, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  9. alidabdul

    alidabdul Member

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    Akismet is not powerful, I got lot of spams, then I install Si-Captcha then no spam at all,,,
     
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  10. rakesh kumar

    rakesh kumar Active Member

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    You can install captcha or any other such plugins. But you should understand it can only catch the spams coming form commenting software. If a human being is sitting behind the machine and sending you spams, then you have to fight these spams manually.
     
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  11. anandy385

    anandy385 Peon

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    yea i thats true
     
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    Techxpot Peon

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    akismet is free and the best.Go ahead and try
     
    Techxpot, Aug 22, 2011 IP
  13. anandy385

    anandy385 Peon

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    yeah i have installed it and recaptcha from google also
     
    anandy385, Aug 22, 2011 IP
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    waziuz Active Member

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    Akismet is the best solution. I have hardly ever had any spam comment not detected by Akismet. For a second level of protection you can also use WP Recaptcha and SI Captcha. But if you only install captcha then it would not work as it is easily broken by captcha services such as decaptcher.
     
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  15. anandy385

    anandy385 Peon

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    google's recaptcha is also good
     
    anandy385, Aug 22, 2011 IP
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    Yes, Akismet is a good option to harness spam. For me it did work.
     
    krishindia, Aug 22, 2011 IP
  17. anandy385

    anandy385 Peon

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    got it installed
     
    anandy385, Aug 23, 2011 IP
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    we cant stop spammer but we can reduce ...
     
    ajobjon, Aug 23, 2011 IP
  19. hearthackerpk

    hearthackerpk Well-Known Member

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    I was in trouble from spams comments when i started the blog but now there is no spam... just use a powerful plugin to get rid of all spams.
     
    hearthackerpk, Aug 24, 2011 IP
  20. mightiest

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    Activate your Akismet plugin.
     
    mightiest, Aug 25, 2011 IP