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1. Louno
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ive been using spam karma 2 for a while now, its pretty good, however, its not being updated anymore because the creator stopped supporting it, so im wondering which plugin should i get once SK2 stops working ( because of the constant wordpress upgrades )

2. Len
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I use two --> Akismet and Bad Behaviour. Since I've been using them my spam counts have dropped from more than 100 a day to less than half dozen a month.

   Akismet comes packaged with WordPress but I gave you the link anyway if for some strange reason you don't have it.

3. Dgold
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I think Akismet alone is good enough in many cases. That said, I use Akismet and Spam Karma 2 anyway (still works in WP 2.6) on my most commented site.

4. RytoX
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Akismet somehow missed something as obvious as "FREENUDETEENGIRL.COM" as a spam comment. Twice. Perhaps it's because it was presented as "_FREENUDETEENGIRL_._COM_.", but that still seems like unreliable detection to me. I'm hoping that given a short period of time this will improve.

   That being said, I am also looking for a supplementary plugin to Akismet as a precaution.

5. modifiedcontent
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   How can I use Akismet on self-hosted WordPress? It requires a WordPress.com API key. Makes no sense.

   Is there no good comment spam solution for self-hosted WordPress?

6. Otto
   Tech Ninja
   Posted 3 years ago #

   modifiedcontent: This is really quite easy, actually.

   1. Go to WordPress.com and sign up for an account. No need to get a blog, just an account.
   2. When you do this, you get an API key on your Profile page there.
   3. Paste it in on your own self-hosted blog.

   That's it.

   I also highly recommend the Cookies for Comments plugin. I replaced Bad Behavior with it and have not noticed any increase in spam.

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