Comments on: New System to Fight WordPress Comment Spam

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:11:42 +0000

Akismet is still in my custom system. Captcha is bad, because it makes things difficult for those with visual difficulties, plus can affect page loading times.

By: Robert Goulet

Robert Goulet — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:12:04 +0000

What are you using again? I use Akismet and it’s been doing great! I as you probably do, prefer quality comments to my site and simply deplore the spam comments!

I have a couple of other blogs that I’ve yet to implement such and find my self removing hundreds of spam comments.

Have you looked into some of the Captcha type of plugins as well?

By: Michael Clark

Michael Clark — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:53:54 +0000

I’m using a system I wrote. It’s not really a plugin yet. Basically, it’s a renamed form submission URL that is customized for each visitor. If someone later tries to use that URL, they are blocked from visiting the site. I also have a professional Akismet key running, and first time commenters must be approved by me. It works very well.

By: John Paul

John Paul — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:55:41 +0000

I need to find something that works also. Once the spambots find a page, its a battle of David and Goliath. Which plugin are you using?

By: Schnäppchenblogger

Schnäppchenblogger — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:55:19 +0000

-> Test. Everything works 😉