Title: Spam Blocking
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Spam Blocking

 *  [drearlrsmithii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drearlrsmithii/)
 * (@drearlrsmithii)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-blocking-3/)
 * I have been getting spam through one of my sites. At first I thought that it 
   was coming through the comment form at the end of each post. I did close down
   the un-gated comment form – thought that it would stop the flow of spam – but
   it did not. Apparently that is a hole in WordPress that allows spammers to send
   comments without the form – a real problem with this kind of open source stuff.
   Neither SlimStat nor Akismet gives me any indication of how they are doing it–
   where the access is. Any ideas as to how I can find the tracks in the snow?

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-blocking-3/#post-519790)
 * It’s trackback spam. You can turn trackbacks off in admin but it does have many
   benefits.
    Install Bad Behavior. In conjunction with Akismet it will stop the
   spam.
 * You said – “Apparently that is a hole in WordPress that allows spammers to send
   comments without the form – a real problem with this kind of open source stuff.”
 * Blanket condemnations nor hysteria helps. A little searching goes a long way.

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 * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-blocking-3/#post-519790)
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