Wordpress comments

retired_member36 · Jul 8, 2012

Hi

I run a site using wordpress, i am sick of getting spammed with trashy comments (To be fair im not sure how they are doing it because i removed the comments form, from page.php which i thought would do it but seemingly not) Does anyone know of a way to stop the comments once and for all?

Lee

djbw · Jul 8, 2012

Turn off comments in Settings>Discussion which stops them for future posts or pages. If you select all your current posts/pages using the checkboxes then use 'quick edit' you can de-select 'allow comments'. Hope this is clear enough as I'm on my phone!

Blossom · Jul 8, 2012

They'll be doing it via automated JavaScript.

Admin · Jul 8, 2012

Install Wordfence plug-in plus there is also a Geo IP one so you can block traffic from the countries that you do not want to be able to access your site. I do this to block the Baidu spider (Chinese search engine) but I expect your spammers are probably outside the UK too.

Turn on "users must be registered to post comments" and then install the "StopForumSpam" plugin, this will check a remote DB for known spammers when they try to register by email address, IP and username.

Admin

tifosi · Jul 8, 2012

Make sure you're using askismet as well.
Turm off comments globally or set to registered userd only and set to posts to be moderated.

If they don't see their posts their straight away then they stop.

retired_member36 · Jul 8, 2012

Thanks guys. Ill crack on with the suggestions

Lee

Admin · Jul 8, 2012

A time saving tip for you, if you are doing multiple sites make a copy of all the plugins you use into a folder on your PC. After you set up a new site, copy the plugins into the site in one go via FTP, then all you have to do is activate and update any that need it. Saves you searching and downloading them one by one each time.

Admin

Jamie101 · Jul 8, 2012

admin said:
A time saving tip for you, if you are doing multiple sites make a copy of all the plugins you use into a folder on your PC. After you set up a new site, copy the plugins into the site in one go via FTP, then all you have to do is activate and update any that need it. Saves you searching and downloading them one by one each time.

Admin

Great tip. I keep telling myself that I'll do this on the next site that I make but I never do!

dvdrip · Jul 13, 2012

I did this but the problem is you have to update all the plugins if a lot of time passes between sites. This takes almost the same time.

If you create a batch of sites then it sure saves a lot of time.

admin said:
A time saving tip for you, if you are doing multiple sites make a copy of all the plugins you use into a folder on your PC. After you set up a new site, copy the plugins into the site in one go via FTP, then all you have to do is activate and update any that need it. Saves you searching and downloading them one by one each time.

Admin

Sussexite · Jul 13, 2012

admin said:
After you set up a new site, copy the plugins into the site in one go via FTP, then all you have to do is activate and update any that need it. Saves you searching and downloading them one by one each time.

Admin

And when you've finished updating the plug ins in Wordpress copy the newer versions back to the "master directory" using FTP so you've got them all fresh for next time.

Easy Peasy, a complete doddle, candy from a baby etc (trying v. hard not to say "simples")

scrizzle · Jul 26, 2012

Try askismet, also set comments to be approved before they show. That should help a bit.

dashu1 · Jul 28, 2012

try the "spam free wordpress" plugin

pinman · Jul 30, 2012

+1 for Akismet.

Just remember to grab your API key for it by registering at Wordpress.com too

jj1 · Sep 12, 2012

Go through all your .php files and look for anything mentioning comments then delete (or safest) comment out the appropriate lines of code.

When I did this, I found comments were sneaking in by means I hadn't thought of.

As said, also change your settings from within Wordpress.