Nicknnick Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I have a wordpress website but I am getting too much spam from the website in the form of comments. Initially form from website was also sending too much messages but than I installed a eye verification there so that part is good. But now when I login to admin panel I can see 1000s of comments which I have to delete manually. What are the best ways to stop this on any wordpress websites? I know I can buy akismet but do not want to spend any more. Any free ways? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac_gyver Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 you need to target the method being used to post the spam. i.e. make it easy for your actual members to make legitimate posts. make it harder for the spam to be posted/displayed. if you allow unregistered/unlogged in guests to post (i.e. a shout-box, comments without first having an account), of course you will get 1000's of spam posts. only registered/logged in members should be allowed to post anything. if this is occurring from your registered/logged in users, you need to disable their account as soon as possible after they begin posting spam. if it is too easy to register new accounts, you need to make it harder to use automation to create new accounts. the registration must be verified via a link sent to the supplied email address and you must have a ban system that can ban specific accounts, email addresses, and ip addresses or address ranges. next you need to target the specific form that the spam takes. if the spam are links and/or keywords, you need to add a module that prevents posting links by members that don't have some minimum number of posts and a module to detect/filter common spam keywords. if the problem is so bad that a large percentage of new accounts are spammers, you need to (at least temporarily) fully moderate (don't display the comment until approved by a moderator) all posts for all members that don't have some minimum number of posts. i'm sure there's some module that does this. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 When did they start charging for akismet? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 When did they start charging for akismet? Since always. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 ... I don't recall ever paying for it... How much does it cost? I'm sure it's worth it, it's amazing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 It might be free for non commercial use or something, you would need to check there site. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 I did, it's free for personal blogs. It's also not that expensive for commercial use, especially when you consider how good it is. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1430811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Try this out, works pretty good. http://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/278117-wordpress-too-many-spams/#findComment-1431756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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