Targeting Spam > 6 Useful Wordpress Plugins to Prevent Spam
[WordPress Sites] The idea behind this plugin is simple: SPAMBOTs either fill every form field they find (generic spambots) or fill WordPress-specific fields only (spambots which will recognise WP or are targeting WP only). Therefore it is sufficient to add two extra text fields to form (one empty and one with predefined value), and check their values after the form is submitted.
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[TechiePark] Wordpress Antispam Comments Plugins | TechiePark: Instead of randomly generating useless characters which users grow tired of continuosly typing in, risking the possibility that spammers will eventually write sophisticated spam bots which use OCR libraries to read the characters, ... WP- SpamFree Anti-Spam - An extremely powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates blog comment spam, including trackback and pingback spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as ...
[Digging into WordPress] You Don't Need Any Plugins to Stop Comment Spam | Digging into ...: This one’s not as obvious, but it is also a great way to reduce the incentive to spam your site. Spammers target strong pages for their junk, so by breaking your comments into pages of, say, 20 comments each, you get the best comments on the first page (the same page as the article), and then the typically declining-quality comments on subsequent non-ranking pages.
[SEOlogs.com] Comment Spam Trap Wordpress Plugin - SEOlogs.com: I have been using this plugin for a couple of days now and it’s working like a charm. I like that it is very simple to install and it starts working right away (Plug and Play?).
[Speckyboy Design Magazine] 20+ Powerful Wordpress Security Plugins and Some Tips and Tricks ...: The idea behind Invisible Defender is simple: SPAMBOTs either fill every form field they find (generic spambots) or fill WordPress-specific fields only (spambots which will recognise WP or are targeting WP only). Therefore it is sufficient to add two extra text fields to form (one empty and one with predefined value), and check their value after the form is submitted.
[www.eBookâ.com | Download eBook] WordPress: The best of and most useful WP plugins | www.eBookâ.com ...: Ive decided to use this entry to list all of the best and most useful Wordpress plugins, broken down into categories, and include a brief description of each.
[Weblog Tools Collection] Plugin Review: Yawasp « Weblog Tools Collection: A really good, effective, precise and not cpu-intensive measure it’s to limit the access to wp-comments-post.php (which “Handles Comment Post to WordPress and prevents duplicate comment posting”) file with .htaccess so it only accepts requests that have been refered by your server, which will block most of the spambots, since they usually try to send spam without even “viewing”
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