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1. Advocate
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hello,
   What can I do to stop the 20 spam blog comments I get per day?

2. Jay Hart
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Send comments to moderation. The codex suggest several solutions. http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam

3. deepbevel
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   do you have captcha? Simply requiring a valid email for comments or requiring site registration will help but you'll still get a lot of spam without captcha.

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Captchas are useless and cause more problems than they solve.
   http://blackwidows.co.uk/blog/?s=captcha

5. deepbevel
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Maybe so, but it cut my spam by about 90%. I was getting flooded otherwise.

6. JerrySarcastic
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Generally, activating Akismet and keeping it updated is the way to go. This works well for most of my clients, but it never cuts 100% of comment spam. Still, it does a pretty good job.

   Captcha may lead to less spam, but not every person wants to fill it out either, so less people may comment as a result... if having lots of comments is your goal, I'd never run a Captcha.

7. Claverhouse
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I agree on the utter pointlessness of Captchas...

   Having said that I don't get much spam. Which may be due to:

   Akismet
   Antispam Bee
   Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
   http:BL WordPress Plugin
   Project Honey Pot Spam Trap
   [ And installing my own Honey Pot ]
   Spammer Blocker
   Select TimesToCome Stop Bot Registration
   WP-BlackCheck

   Exploit Scanner
   Health Check
   WP Security Scan

   And not a plug-in: installing zbblock.

   Or it may be due to pure luck.

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