did we figure out how to get rid of word press comment spam? - GoFuckYourself.com

chaze · 04-30-2007, 06:07 PM

1000's a day, bastards

baddog · 04-30-2007, 06:11 PM

I have come to the conclusion that the only way to truly rid yourself of it is to disable pinging

jact · 04-30-2007, 06:14 PM

Askimet catches 99.9% of what comes through here, but it does mark trackbacks as spam improperly.

Andiz · 04-30-2007, 06:24 PM

It depends on the kind of website that you are running. I have comments disabled on some blogs. But when the comments are enabled: I use the following....

- Akismet
- Check all boxes @ Before a comment appears (options>discussion)
- Comment Moderation: set at 1
- If a comment contains the following words then it will be held in the moderation queue:

Code:

-online
4u
adipex
advicer
baccarrat
blackjack
bllogspot
booker
byob
car-rental-e-site
car-rentals-e-site
carisoprodol
casino
casinos
chatroom
cialis
coolcoolhu
coolhu
credit-card-debt
credit-report-4u
cwas
cyclen
cyclobenzaprine
dating-e-site
day-trading
debt-consolidation
debt-consolidation-consultant
discreetordering
duty-free
dutyfree
equityloans
fioricet
flowers-leading-site
freenet-shopping
freenet
gambling-
hair-loss
health-insurancedeals-4u
homeequityloans
homefinance
holdem
holdempoker
holdemsoftware
holdemtexasturbowilson
hotel-dealse-site
hotele-site
hotelse-site
incest
insurance-quotesdeals-4u
insurancedeals-4u
jrcreations
levitra
macinstruct
mortgage-4-u
mortgagequotes
online-gambling
onlinegambling-4u
ottawavalleyag
ownsthis
palm-texas-holdem-game
paxil
penis
pharmacy
phentermine
poker-chip
poze
rental-car-e-site
ringtones
roulette 
shemale
shoes
slot-machine
texas-holdem
thorcarlson
top-site
top-e-site
tramadol
trim-spa
ultram
valeofglamorganconservatives
viagra
vioxx
xanax
zolus

(feel free to copy the list)

And last but not least these 5 steps:
http://www.amsterdamn.org/2006/11/17...its-your-blog/

Please keep in mind that it's almost impossible to stop comment spam.

Good luck

chaze · 04-30-2007, 06:40 PM

It's just the queue has fricken 9000 comments a day on some of my blogs. I list them as spam and delete them but they still keep coming. I wish i could only allow comments from members I have approved.

kektex · 04-30-2007, 07:58 PM

Akismet and captchas.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools

BigBen · 04-30-2007, 08:37 PM

Not sure about newer versions of WP, but I've used captchas in the past and they worked incredibly well.

flashfreak · 04-30-2007, 09:15 PM

"This plugin for Wordpress 1.5.2, 2.0.x and 2.1 asks the visitor making the comment to answer a simple math question. This is intended to prove that the visitor is a human being and not a spam robot."

http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins...am-protection/

I'm using it and it works nice
Thank me later ;)

nikooo · 04-30-2007, 11:05 PM

wtf 1K comments.........

uno · 05-01-2007, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andiz

It depends on the kind of website that you are running. I have comments disabled on some blogs. But when the comments are enabled: I use the following....

- Akismet
- Check all boxes @ Before a comment appears (options>discussion)
- Comment Moderation: set at 1
- If a comment contains the following words then it will be held in the moderation queue:

Code:

-online
4u
adipex
advicer
baccarrat
blackjack
bllogspot
booker
byob
car-rental-e-site
car-rentals-e-site
carisoprodol
casino
casinos
chatroom
cialis
coolcoolhu
coolhu
credit-card-debt
credit-report-4u
cwas
cyclen
cyclobenzaprine
dating-e-site
day-trading
debt-consolidation
debt-consolidation-consultant
discreetordering
duty-free
dutyfree
equityloans
fioricet
flowers-leading-site
freenet-shopping
freenet
gambling-
hair-loss
health-insurancedeals-4u
homeequityloans
homefinance
holdem
holdempoker
holdemsoftware
holdemtexasturbowilson
hotel-dealse-site
hotele-site
hotelse-site
incest
insurance-quotesdeals-4u
insurancedeals-4u
jrcreations
levitra
macinstruct
mortgage-4-u
mortgagequotes
online-gambling
onlinegambling-4u
ottawavalleyag
ownsthis
palm-texas-holdem-game
paxil
penis
pharmacy
phentermine
poker-chip
poze
rental-car-e-site
ringtones
roulette 
shemale
shoes
slot-machine
texas-holdem
thorcarlson
top-site
top-e-site
tramadol
trim-spa
ultram
valeofglamorganconservatives
viagra
vioxx
xanax
zolus

(feel free to copy the list)

And last but not least these 5 steps:
http://www.amsterdamn.org/2006/11/17...its-your-blog/

Please keep in mind that it's almost impossible to stop comment spam.

Good luck

Good list!

tical · 05-01-2007, 12:12 AM

captcha?

georgeyw · 05-01-2007, 12:24 AM

remove code in comments.php

Meorazhar · 05-01-2007, 12:30 AM

captcha helped me get rid of spam comments completely

uno · 05-01-2007, 12:37 AM

askimet and captcha.

bdld · 05-01-2007, 12:59 AM

my plugin really helps, some still manage to get through though.

jigg · 05-01-2007, 02:46 AM

Akismet
Used to get 1 spam a minute, now ... nada ...it catches everything

jayeff · 05-01-2007, 02:49 AM

If you have comments disabled, Bad Behavior (set on strict) will prevent anyone reaching your comment script directly. This saves you remembering to delete or empty the comment script after each WP upgrade.

If you have comments open, use a combination of Bad Behavior (set on normal) and Spam Karma. That is usually enough to prevent all spam, without moderation, but there are lots of settings in SK which can be tightened up if not. In particular "Stopwatch" is worth setting to strong and so is "Post Age and Activity" (use 10-15 days for that, since the majority of automated spam hits older posts).

Akismet (I believe) is good. But it is a commercial service and free users get the slowest responses from their servers, which is not good if you have any serious traffic.

Jace · 05-01-2007, 03:14 AM

Spam Karma does a pretty damn good job, in fact when I set it to "mean bitch" nothing ever gets through

Marshal · 05-01-2007, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jace

Spam Karma does a pretty damn good job, in fact when I set it to "mean bitch" nothing ever gets through

This is an awesome plugin! You are totally right!

http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/

V_RocKs · 05-01-2007, 05:04 AM

Akismet completely handles all of my spam problems...

I must be lucky...

Jace · 05-01-2007, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nettrust

This is an awesome plugin! You are totally right!

http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/

the great thing about Spam Karma also is that it "learns" as you work with it

so, the more comments you approve and reject the more it learns what you like as a comment

amazing shit, i love software that learns

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chaze Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 9,752	It's just the queue has fricken 9000 comments a day on some of my blogs. I list them as spam and delete them but they still keep coming. I wish i could only allow comments from members I have approved.

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kektex Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: elkektex at gmail Posts: 1,813	Akismet and captchas. http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools

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05-01-2007, 02:49 AM	#17
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	If you have comments disabled, Bad Behavior (set on strict) will prevent anyone reaching your comment script directly. This saves you remembering to delete or empty the comment script after each WP upgrade. If you have comments open, use a combination of Bad Behavior (set on normal) and Spam Karma. That is usually enough to prevent all spam, without moderation, but there are lots of settings in SK which can be tightened up if not. In particular "Stopwatch" is worth setting to strong and so is "Post Age and Activity" (use 10-15 days for that, since the majority of automated spam hits older posts). Akismet (I believe) is good. But it is a commercial service and free users get the slowest responses from their servers, which is not good if you have any serious traffic.

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Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	Spam Karma does a pretty damn good job, in fact when I set it to "mean bitch" nothing ever gets through

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