The search term you’d be after is “captcha plugin”. My experience with them has shown that they’re a great way to annoy commenters and get nasty-grams from visually impaired folks. Be sure to get one that handles audio or other non-visual means if you go this route.
You might 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://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/
For those who struggle with the Akismet directions: http://wordpress.com/api-keys/
See also the Combating_Comment_Spam page in the Codex.
Thanks. I got Spam Karma and Akismet. Akisment asks me for an API key. It tells me where to find it, but I keep trying to login and it says wrong username. I’m using the same username/pw as I do for WordPress on my blog… any ideas?
I gave you a link in my previous post. Did you try it?
For those who struggle with the Akismet directions: http://wordpress.com/api-keys/
Tip: Read carefully — there’s a big difference between wordpress.COM, wordpress.ORG and your own blog user accounts.
Yeah, like I said, I followed the directions and it’s not there in my profile page. And when it asks me to log in, nothing I type in the form works, not even the account name/pw that I use for my blog.
OK, read it again, until you get it.
You are dealing with 3 different things:
– your account here, in the forum at wordpress.ORG
– your own blog
– your wordpress.COM account
Don’t mix them!
Ok, not sure if I should have but I just created a new account and got a new API key.
Whatever, WordPress makes things way too confusing.
You make it confusing by not reading carefully. At the link HandySolo gave you TWICE it says clearly”:
How do I get one?
When you sign up for a WordPress.com account we will email you an API key
