Blocking IP address for blog comment, how?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by cktan, Mar 25, 2010.

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    One of my WP blogs is getting lots of comment spam recently and seems like my Akismet simply cant stop them.. After doing some investigation I found that 90% of these comments came from 1 country, so I just wonder is there any way to block all the comments which come from certain countries?

    Thanks!
     
    cktan, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  2. lelkoun

    lelkoun Active Member

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    Akismet is a crap. Use Invisible Defender instead this and install WP-Ban.
     
    lelkoun, Mar 26, 2010 IP
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    Can't you use the ReCaptcha plugin? I use that and have never had a problem with spam. It is the tool that makes users type in the words they see before they can comment.
     
    techslip, Mar 26, 2010 IP
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    sakto Active Member

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    You can also try using Bad Behaviour plugin.
     
    sakto, Mar 27, 2010 IP
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    shivam0000 Member

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    you should use the ReCaptcha plugin
     
    shivam0000, Mar 31, 2010 IP
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    I know that ReCaptcha plugin good for human verification but i need bad commends ip blocking.
     
    Mikesloug, Apr 1, 2010 IP
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    I would outright keep them out of your site.

    go to your .htaccess

    deny from 1.2.3.4

    Replace the 1.2.3.4 with their IP and they can no longer access your site.
     
    donnyanm, Apr 3, 2010 IP
  8. vishal_gupta

    vishal_gupta Well-Known Member

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    In my opinion, you should use recaptcha plugin for wordpress for this purpose and after that you have not to block several IP's.
     
    vishal_gupta, Apr 3, 2010 IP
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    I have just installed this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ban/

    It works amazing, simply enter the IP Address of the Spammer and they will not be able to visit your blog again.

    After they are banned you can view how many times they have tried to visit the site.
     
    That-Guy, Apr 4, 2010 IP