Eliminating comment spam
Lately, comment spam has been a big problem and I was sick of clearing around 15 – 20 or so spam comments that wordpress catches. Some of them escapes and was getting published. I knew about Akismet but the problem with that is you have to get an account on wordpress.com and give the API key. Annoying.
I’ve used re-captcha in the past but it creates more problems than it solves. Often times I find it frustrating if I have to go through a captcha which is unreadable. Sometimes you get it wrong several times and lose the interest to comment and you just go away.
During my quest for a world with zero spam without any captchas, I stumbled on the awesome WP-SpamFree plugin. Zero comment spam so far! w00t. Rock on Scott!
Some very interesting and insightful thoughts. I like this.
iPod touch
12 Feb 09 at 3:50 pm
I’m not sure if the WP-SpamFree plug-in isn’t an overkill and giving a false positive.
I get that error message — “Your location has been identified as part of a reported spam network. Comments have been disabled to prevent spam.” — when I try to post on particular sites.
I’m NOT a spammer. Where is the problem? How can I post a comment? is it the site where I’m trying to post a comment, or is it something on MY system.
Again, I’m not a spammer. I’ve never had this message before.
Rainer
24 Jul 09 at 12:00 am
wery nice pluging thanks
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30 Aug 09 at 11:25 am