[thelist] WordPress comment spam

Sarah Adams mrsanders at designshift.com
Fri Apr 14 06:47:50 CDT 2006


> I've switched that on now and I seem to be getting the same amount of
> spam, but at least it's going into the moderation queue instead of
> showing up on the site. It's a shame that there doesn't seem to be any
> built-in moderation options (e.g. "if the URL or name contains viagra,
> delete it"), but I'll have a search for a plugin that might be able to
> do that.

The WordPress Codex is your friend!

Fighting comment spam:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Working_with_WordPress#Fighting_Comment_Spam

Comment spam plugins:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools
(I recommend Akismet)

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sarah adams
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