How do you deal with spam?

[Ronan]

So, if you're blog is getting a lot of traffic, how do you block the spam? For example, on my blog, I keep having to delete obvious spam comments and messages.

 

[Christopher1]

Finding a good anti-spam program/plug-in helps. However, I recommend having solid moderators.

 

[Chrylent]

I had disabled comments in my blog I am safe

 

[Christopher1]

I had disabled comments in my blog :smile: I am safe :smile:

That is one way to deal with it.

 

[Vroom]

I had disabled comments in my blog :smile: I am safe :smile:

Disabling a blog is one more option No offense

 

[Britanica]

I use an anti-spam plug in with Wordpress myself. It blocks on average 9 spam posts a day so it is well worth it.

 

[Christopher1]

I use an anti-spam plug in with Wordpress myself. It blocks on average 9 spam posts a day so it is well worth it.

I remember when I worked for a nonprofit. This was a while ago. Anyway, we had trouble finding a good wordpress plug-in to block spam so we had to manually delete all the spam messages/comments. What a pain that was!

 

[JewishPoptart89]

Spam plugins for Wordpress whoop whoop

 

[Christopher1]

Spam plugins for Wordpress whoop whoop

Which ones would you recommend?

 

[JewishPoptart89]

Which ones would you recommend?

Akismet or WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam
Akismet is the typical go to one and a lot of auto installers pack it in with it by default.

The other just works very well I've used it on some client sites and hey haven't complained and it works well!

 

[Christopher1]

Akismet or WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam
Akismet is the typical go to one and a lot of auto installers pack it in with it by default.

The other just works very well I've used it on some client sites and hey haven't complained and it works well!

Oohhh yessss.. I'm totally nerding out.

 

[JewishPoptart89]

Oohhh yessss.. I'm totally nerding out.

:tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:

 

[Christopher1]

:tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:

<raise the roof emoji>

 

[Rhod]

Wordpress has a ton of anti-spam plugins.

 

[Christopher1]

Question: do the anti-spam plugins catch all spam? What if a regular user starts spamming? Does the plug-in auto-ban?

 

[Britanica]

I remember when I worked for a nonprofit. This was a while ago. Anyway, we had trouble finding a good wordpress plug-in to block spam so we had to manually delete all the spam messages/comments. What a pain that was!

I use WP SpamShield, it gets the job done quite well. It doesn't delete real ones either.

 

[Danielle Davidson]

I agree that a plug-in is the best bet. Because while you can disable the comments on your blog, do you really want to do that? It seems like it would stink because you can't interact with the people who come to your blog.

 

[BriGuy]

It really depends on what site I'm dealing with. Some I have disabled comments, while others I use Akismet. So far that has been able to hold off a majority of the spam. I still have to monitor some sites but not as much.