Comments on: Turning Registration Back On http://www.3dogmedia.com/turning-registration-back-on/ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DianeV http://www.3dogmedia.com/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1238 DianeV Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:37:44 +0000 http://www.gregboser.com/2006/04/27/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1238 I too was getting dozens of spam comments a day. While I have comment moderation turned on, there's something offensive about finding spam in the moderation queue --- and I don't want to see it flagged as spam; I don't want to see it at all. So we reworked some code I found at the WordPress forums that blocks comments containing spam words in the author, URL, and comment fields from being posted at all. It's gone from dozens a day to a few a week ... and all those do is give me more to add to the list. The reworked code is simple, and is posted at my developedtraffic.com blog (see the "WordPress Spam Blocker" link in the menu). I too was getting dozens of spam comments a day. While I have comment moderation turned on, there’s something offensive about finding spam in the moderation queue — and I don’t want to see it flagged as spam; I don’t want to see it at all.

So we reworked some code I found at the WordPress forums that blocks comments containing spam words in the author, URL, and comment fields from being posted at all. It’s gone from dozens a day to a few a week … and all those do is give me more to add to the list.

The reworked code is simple, and is posted at my developedtraffic.com blog (see the “WordPress Spam Blocker” link in the menu).

]]> By: stuntdubl http://www.3dogmedia.com/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1237 stuntdubl Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:22:42 +0000 http://www.gregboser.com/2006/04/27/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1237 Yep...I'd second akismet...has saved a ton of premod which was piling up to several dozen blog spams per day, and turning into a real PITA. It's a nice easy setup, and real glad I did. Yep…I’d second akismet…has saved a ton of premod which was piling up to several dozen blog spams per day, and turning into a real PITA. It’s a nice easy setup, and real glad I did.

]]> By: jasongolod http://www.3dogmedia.com/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1236 jasongolod Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:50:02 +0000 http://www.gregboser.com/2006/04/27/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1236 You might want to check out Spam Karma 2. I am running it on a bunch of WP blogs and it nips all but about 0.1% of the spam in the bud. You might want to check out Spam Karma 2. I am running it on a bunch of WP blogs and it nips all but about 0.1% of the spam in the bud.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.3dogmedia.com/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1235 graywolf Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:12:43 +0000 http://www.gregboser.com/2006/04/27/turning-registration-back-on/#comment-1235 I was having the same problem too, I eventually gave in and went with Akismet and bad behavior. I've been getting hit with hundreds of spam messages over the past few days and Akismet does an excellent job catching them. I hate that it "phones home" but it really does work. It occasionally and very rarely catches a legit comment but all in all I'm happy I made the switch. The only thing that sucks is technorati can't get in and if someone changed their useragent to googlebot bad behavior knocks them out. I did it to myself a few times. I was having the same problem too, I eventually gave in and went with Akismet and bad behavior. I’ve been getting hit with hundreds of spam messages over the past few days and Akismet does an excellent job catching them. I hate that it “phones home” but it really does work. It occasionally and very rarely catches a legit comment but all in all I’m happy I made the switch. The only thing that sucks is technorati can’t get in and if someone changed their useragent to googlebot bad behavior knocks them out. I did it to myself a few times.

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