Blogging, Wordpress, Wordpress Top Tips

So you’ve got your Wordpress Blog but you are having a problem with Spam comments. One obvious route you may take is to stop people from commenting altogether. Now on the face of it this may seem to be a reasonable step to take but you would be defeating the point of having a Blog.

There are 2 plugins that I would recommend:

Akismet

The Akismet plugin should already be installed, to activate it follow the link in the plugin description.

This plugin checks comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. Anything marked as spam gets placed in the Spam folder accessible from the Dashboard.

WP-Ban

This plugin is for the more advanced user.

I would recommend using WP-Ban in conjunction with Akismet, when an IP number has sent you several pieces of spam then banning that IP number (and sometimes IP range) will reduce the amount of spam coming in. Some caution should be used with this plugin as banning your own IP number will prevent you from accessing your own site. A useful resource for those using this plugin can be found at www.ipaddresslocation.org where you can find information out about IP addresses and ranges.

6 months ago, Dave

Tags: akismet, comments, spam, wp-ban

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