Title: spam attack
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# spam attack

 *  [timothyc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothyc/)
 * (@timothyc)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-6/)
 * I read a forum post that was closed that said to make sure I have only SI Captcha
   and WPSpamFree. I have that and I’m still getting a spam comment every five minutes.
   Please help. [http://timothycward.com](http://timothycward.com)

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 *  [MickeyRoush](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickeyroush/)
 * (@mickeyroush)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-6/#post-2801304)
 * I’m not sure about WPSpamFree. I can’t even find it in the WordPress repository.
 * But, I’ve used the following with SI Captcha before:
 * Akismet (Should be in your plugin list be default)
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/)
 * Bad Behavior
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bad-behavior/)
 * Some also recommend this:
    Cookies for Comments [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookies-for-comments/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cookies-for-comments/)
 * All three of those should work with SI Captcha. Some say all of those work really
   well without any captcha.
 * Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin seems to be highly recommended.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/)
 * AVH First Defense Against Spam (another good one.
    [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/)
 * There’s also some tricks in .htaccess and some code you could put in your theme’s
   functions.php file. Since I don’t know your skills and experience, you should
   probably just start with the plugins I mentioned first.
 *  Thread Starter [timothyc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timothyc/)
 * (@timothyc)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-6/#post-2801313)
 * thank you for that, Mickey. I finally got my askimet code and so far no spam 
   since. I’ll keep these in mind if it happens again. thank you!
 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-6/#post-2801317)
 * I simply force the setting to make any comment with 1 or more links held for 
   moderation (If you desire to inform your visitors of such, a quick edit of the
   comment form template will achieve that).
 * > Hold a comment in the queue if it contains [X] or more links (A common characteristic
   > of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.) – Not too long ago, comment
   > spammers would have five, ten, or more hyperlinks in their comment spam. This
   > made it very easy for bloggers to quickly screen comments but spammers recognized
   > that and commonly use only one or two hyperlinks. You can enter a number in
   > this box to tell WordPress how many links you allow in a comment before holding
   > it for moderation.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Discussion_Screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Discussion_Screen)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-attack-6/#post-2801317)
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