WordPress 1.3 has much better anti-spam features than previous releases. It’s still relatively simple however but despite the existence of third-party hacks and plugins to catch spam here’s how I configured my site:
- Disable email notifaction when comments are held for moderation
- Before a comment appears, the comment author must have a previously approved comment
- Hold comments if they have more than 1 link
- Fill the spam words textarea with words, urls, emails, IP address, etc that you want blocked.
You’ll catch just about all the spam that gets posted to your blog this way!
Later… Feck ya spammer! None of yer crap got through! 🙂
4 replies on “WordPress Discussion Options – limiting spam annoyances and problems”
You’ve Got Spam
We now will return your to our regular punditry, which already was in progress.
So far I’ve gotten no spam using my hack “AuthImage”, and there’s been no need for moderation. If for some reason a spam ever got through, I’d be notified of the comment made and I can just go delete it later. (AuthImage: http://www.gudlyf.com/archives/2004/06/07/wordpress-hack-authimage/)
You’ve Got Spam
After an upsurge of spam, I have had to shutdown commenting to this weblog, like others, e.g., Val MacEwan: (Not So Open) Open Source for Working Writers Five Acres with View N=1 The WordPress weblog engine allows the user…
You’ve got spam? No I haven’t! 😛