GW : to handle comment spam, there are other really neat WP plugins that are transparent to users :
- stuff using javascript such as WP Hash Cash or WP-SpamQuiz
- stuff using centralized database such as Akismet
- script to ban most spambots from your website such as Bad Behavior
- …
I’m using Bad Behavior + Akismet. BB blocks about 9000 requests a week, and every single spam comment that goes through it has been catched by Akismet so far.
December 19th, 2005 at 4:59 am
‘add to slahdot’? You sure your web server can handle a link to slashdot?
PS. I hate that security code thingy. I always make a mistake. Like Z instead of 7
December 19th, 2005 at 8:18 am
yea your the second complaint, I’m going to look into making it all caps and less characters
December 20th, 2005 at 8:26 am
GW : to handle comment spam, there are other really neat WP plugins that are transparent to users :
- stuff using javascript such as WP Hash Cash or WP-SpamQuiz
- stuff using centralized database such as Akismet
- script to ban most spambots from your website such as Bad Behavior
- …
I’m using Bad Behavior + Akismet. BB blocks about 9000 requests a week, and every single spam comment that goes through it has been catched by Akismet so far.
December 20th, 2005 at 11:03 pm
ok give Bad behavior is in place we’ll see how it goes