Unauthorized Comment Spam | WordPress.org

Resolved adamthedog
(@adamthedog)

17 years, 4 months ago

In my installations of WordPress 2.0.5, I have been receiving comment spam on posts. This is unusual, as I have disallowed comments without user registration/login. How are spammers bypassing this security mechanism?

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Chris_K
(@handysolo)

17 years, 4 months ago

That would most likely be trackback spam. You can read a bit more about trackbacks here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments

The spam aspect is best treated with plugins:

<standard spam message>

Install and activate Akismet -or- Spam Karma 2.
Then install and activate Bad Behavior.

http://akismet.com/
http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/

For those who struggle with the Akismet
directions: http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

</standard spam message>

Thread Starter adamthedog
(@adamthedog)

17 years, 4 months ago

I thought that’s what it was, too, so I deactivated trackbacks. But it still happens!

EDIT: Ah, I forgot to change the individual post options–I didn’t set each post to disallow pings. We’ll see if that works. Thanks for the help!

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