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Help on blocking spam comments

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by VIJAY22007, Oct 25, 2011.

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    I wanted to allow comments on my blog and had turned it on. But I was getting lot of spam comments via bots or something (not humans). I am using Wordpress Twenty ten theme.
    I have turned off the the comments in the discussion settings and also turned it off on individual posts. However I am still getting comments to moderate. Should I turn off the trackbacks and pingbacks? Is there any other setting or plugin to stop the spam comments? I know there is Akismet but I would like some free alternative.
     
    VIJAY22007, Oct 25, 2011 IP
  2. LeeV18

    LeeV18 Greenhorn

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  3. vpslist

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    Akismet works well and changing over to Cloudflare's FREE DNS service will help tremendously.
     
    vpslist, Oct 26, 2011 IP
  4. Orangine

    Orangine Greenhorn

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    +1 to CloudFlare. as for Wordpress plugins, there are literally hundreds of them, try here: wordpress.org/search/spam
     
    Orangine, Oct 26, 2011 IP
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    Spamming is biggest problem these days not in wordpress but others scripts too. Spamming is problem of most free scripts and plugins becoz they are free and spammer bypass them to post spam. If someone wants spam free blog then he/she have to hire coder to get own scripts, this is suggestion
     
    sunl, Oct 27, 2011 IP
  6. damoncloudflare

    damoncloudflare Greenhorn

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    You will never be able to defeat spam 100% because of human spammers. If you do use CloudFlare, however, it will greatly help the amount of spam you get from bots and known spammers.

    If you were getting spam from a specific country that you really don't want traffic from, you could also look at blocking these at the server or CloudFlare level.
     
    damoncloudflare, Nov 14, 2011 IP
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    I haven't found a need to use anything other than Akismet. It blocks hundreds of spam comments and has only let a handful through since I started using it.
     
    ajwalsh, Nov 14, 2011 IP
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    Yes Akismet is the best option. But along with CloudFlare, it is super powerful.
    Also try to stop auto publish comments. Moderate them before publishing.
     
    тнє Sufi, Nov 16, 2011 IP
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    Akismet is Great Plugin for Spam Comments. Add Captcha verify to Comments Form, it will stop most of spam.
     
    NewWpDesigns, Nov 17, 2011 IP
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    Akismet is Great Plugin for Spam Comments. If you need more help search in wordpress or google about "combating comment spam denying access"
     
    md7waseem, Nov 17, 2011 IP
  11. RockyMtnHi

    RockyMtnHi Active Member

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    In Settings > Discussion you can set these options to minimize your spam management:
    Users must be registered and logged in to comment
    An administrator must always approve the comment
    and maybe:
    Comment author must have a previously approved comment

    A note also that if you use both Akismet (it is free) and Cloudflare along with these options that your life will be better.
     
    RockyMtnHi, Nov 18, 2011 IP
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    I have tried many options to no avail. Let me try this combination to see if FINALLY get some relief.
     
    jkfranz, Nov 23, 2011 IP
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    Thanks for sharing this. I just post comment to subscribe here and see more answer.
     
    akbarul, Nov 23, 2011 IP
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    I Think use everyone member for reader
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    Last edited: Dec 7, 2011
    annicetravel, Dec 7, 2011 IP
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    If you have exhausted all possible options then that means your WordPress database has been hacked.
     
    teamversion, Dec 7, 2011 IP