Comments on: Down and Dirty Un-spam WordPress Comments

By: Introspective

Introspective — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:31:51 +0000

I will try your advice. I am really flooded by spam comments on my wordpress blogs within my sites.

By: eternicode

eternicode — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:39:52 +0000

Andrew, I know how you feel about the “flood” of spam. Hitting the comment moderation section really does feel more like taking out the garbage than reading others’ opinions.

I found a “simple captcha” plugin for wordpress that stopped my comment spam dead in its tracks — I can’t remember seeing a single piece of true, bot-generated spam since installing it.

You can find the plugin at http://blog.zorex.info/?page_id=2

I know WP comes with akismet pre-installed, but from what I’ve read about it, it has a LOT of extra features I don’t feel I need, and that in itself makes the plugin feel bloated. I like the simple feel of the simple captcha — it does one thing, and does it well.

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:50:48 +0000

I run a wordpress blog too. I have just started to spam and erase comments. I get so much more garbage than a real post. But thats what you get when you run a blog. But wordpress is probably the best blog out there.