- This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 13 years, 6 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Anybody else having plenty of comment spam problems?
I've rummaged through a dozen or two WordPress plugins-- from captchas to math to drag and drop images-- and absolutely nothing seems to stop comment spammers from riddling a site with their disease.
Between the automated bots and the cheap labor manual entries, comment spam is probably hear to stay. As a last resort I installed the WordPress Akismet plugin. I was pleasantly surprised. It doesn't stop comment spam, but it does a very good job of catching comment spam and has oh so very few false positives. The new one-click button to delete spam is a nice addition, too. It's still a pain to deal with but the effort is reduced to a quick visual scan and one click to delete it all.
What are you using to combat comment spam?
ronnymac
—
Ron McElfresh
Honolulu, HI
—
http://mac360.com/
http://mcelfresh.org/
http://mcsolo.com/
http://pixobebo.com/
http://noodlemac.com/LiveFyre is a pretty good alternative to the default WP commenting system. It's pretty painless to set up, too.
Follow me on the Twitters at @JonBellah. I blog about web design, development and a lot about Genesis at CSSForge.com
Looks a bit like Disqus with social aspects. I've considered Disqus which seems to show up more frequently on sites these days.
ronnymac
—
Ron McElfresh
Honolulu, HI
—
http://mac360.com/
http://mcelfresh.org/
http://mcsolo.com/
http://pixobebo.com/
http://noodlemac.com/You should sign up for Akismet (https://akismet.com/) and use the plugin that comes standard with the installation. It was developed by WordPress. This has been a God-send to catch spam for me.
Need help with customization or troubleshooting? Reach out to me.
- The forum ‘General Discussion’ is closed to new topics and replies.