Ban a certain commenter

  • shmo

    (@shmo)


    20 years, 9 months ago

    Okay, so this moron left a bunch of idiotic comments on my blog (but this is a real person, not a spambot). I want to ban him from commenting, but I’ve looked, and looked, and looked, and still can’t figure out how.

    I don’t want to bother with editing a .htaccess file, I want to ban him through WP. I don’t want to bother with plugins either. I just want to ban the idiot easily. How the heck do I do this? Is there a way to?

    And please be excruciatingly detailed if you know, because I’m so clueless it’s not even funny. 😛

    Thanks!

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  • skippy

    (@skippy)

    20 years, 9 months ago

    Add his name, email address, or IP address to your list of moderation words, in Options -> Discussion.

    warrenleon

    (@warrenleon)

    20 years, 9 months ago

    I had the same problem with my site. I added the guy’s IP address only in my Options/Discussion/Comment Moderation list, and he kept getting through because he didn’t have a set address. I then added his last name, and it blocked him. Luckily, it was something silly and made up, so no one else will use that word in a post.

    Isn’t there also a way to block someone if they have a set IP address so that they get an error whenever they go to your site?

    By the way, I hate these guys!

    Thread Starter shmo

    (@shmo)

    20 years, 9 months ago

    The person in question on my site went by “anonymous.” But I don’t think he/she/it has a dynamic IP so I think I can just get away with doing the IP.

    But thanks! Hopefully this person won’t come back. 😛

    skippy

    (@skippy)

    20 years, 9 months ago

    The other options are:
    * require moderation for all comments
    * require users to be registered and logged in to comment

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