Comments on: WordPress and Comment Spam

By: puppy supplies

puppy supplies — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:11:09 +0000

A good plugin is tantan for wordpress. It blocks the spam before it even goes to askimet based on keywords. You can add the keywords to a list manually or by clicking on ones they found in your askimet.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:26:06 +0000

Jeff: Thanks for the tip. I’m downloading it now and will give it a try!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:26:06 +0000

Jeff: Thanks for the tip. I’m downloading it now and will give it a try!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:32:45 +0000

@JB - I use a combo of WP-SpamFree and Akismet. It's a perfect combo. WP-SpamFree absolutely kills anything from spambots, and Akismet takes care of the junk pingbacks and trackbacks. WP-SpamFree has only been around for a couple months, but it's awesome.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:32:45 +0000

By: JB

JB — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:19:51 +0000

Ardamis: That’s a very interesting hack you have there and it is indeed what I was talking about. MIght I ask how it has worked for you?

I know that reCAPTCHA, which is what I use right now, uses a form of a handshake but one based upon the CAPTCHA. I’ve seen others that worked on hidden fields but I could see how the timestamp method would be much more reliable and difficult for a bot to duplicate.

I have to say I like what I’ve read.

The only thing I don’t like is that every time I update WP I’d have to reapply the hack. Is there any way to make this a plugin?

I’d like to hear more about this…

By: JB

JB — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:19:51 +0000

Ardamis: That's a very interesting hack you have there and it is indeed what I was talking about. MIght I ask how it has worked for you?I know that reCAPTCHA, which is what I use right now, uses a form of a handshake but one based upon the CAPTCHA. I've seen others that worked on hidden fields but I could see how the timestamp method would be much more reliable and difficult for a bot to duplicate.I have to say I like what I've read.The only thing I don't like is that every time I update WP I'd have to reapply the hack. Is there any way to make this a plugin?I'd like to hear more about this…

By: ardamis

ardamis — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:41:38 +0000

I’ve written a quick example of how to use a handshake between comments.php and wp-comments-post.php to deter spammers.

http://www.ardamis.com/2007/12/15/using-timestamps-to-reduce-wordpress-comment-spam/

I should also mention that renaming wp-comments-post.php is only effective in the long-term if the spammers are prevented from discovering the new file. You can do this by hiding the path in an external javascript or with various other methods.

By: Using timestamps to reduce WordPress comment spam | Ardamis.com

Using timestamps to reduce WordPress comment spam | Ardamis.com — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:33:18 +0000

[...] Thanks to Jonathan Bailey for suggesting the handshake in his post at http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/07/24/wordpress-and-comment-spam/. [...]

By: ardamis

ardamis — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:41:38 +0000

I've written a quick example of how to use a handshake between comments.php and wp-comments-post.php to deter spammers.

http://www.ardamis.com/2007/12/15/using-timesta...

I should also mention that renaming wp-comments-post.php is only effective in the long-term if the spammers are prevented from discovering the new file. You can do this by hiding the path in an external javascript or with various other methods.