WordPress User Registration Spam
I’ve had quite a few search enquiries and hits for komatoz.net on my sites recently so there are obviously a lot of people suffering out there with spamming and registration problems that I’ve...
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#who has access who doesnt order allow,deny deny from 58.78.6.60 deny from 80.234.5.164 deny from 80.234.5.225 deny from 80.234.10.70 deny from 87.118.112.50 deny from 88.200.147.73 deny from...
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Combatting WordPress Trackback Comment Spam
Intro During my little website(‘)s(‘) jiggle over the last two days, I’ve had to turn off various plugins from my WordPress powered setup. Usually, for spam combat, Simple Trackback Validation or...
View ArticleCaptcha Broken says Matt, I agree!
….That’s what I’ve determined empirically recently. Matt’s (WordPress prime mover) post here and this article in the Guardian mention the various failings of CAPTCHA. It’s the kind of thing that’s...
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How Many Blog Spam Bastards Have I Actually Blocked?
Well it’s hard to say, actually. I run this site on WordPress which dynamically uses a backend database and various plugins. The thing is that I chop and change the various blocking systems for...
View ArticleWordPress Comments Settings Turned Down
Just for a while I’ve closed down the open comments access a bit (but not completely) until the splurge of spam has passed that started last night. For some reason, Akismet etc missed a lot....
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Intense Debate WordPress Plugin
The Intense Debate Install Story Along with some theme and plugins changes I’ve recently done, I’ve also had a play with Intense Debate (ID), a system complete with WordPress plugin for managing...
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Akismet problem since WordPress 2.81 Upgrade
Akismet Akismet Red Akismet is one key plugin that most people use to block spammers from a WordPress installation. Akismet Green However, it’s the second time since the 2.81 update that I’ve received...
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Comment Spam Revisited
For no reason Comment spam in WordPress …other than a try-out and also the current anti-spam plugins miss the odd bit of comment spam, I’ve now switched off TanTanNoodles’ Spam filter and am giving...
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Akismet and Jetpack Issues, Stop Spammers and CloudFlare Save the Day
My Web Host Penalised Me Yet Helped Speed Up My Site Introduction shared web hosting This site used to be hosted on Site5, in Texas. I had a shared web host account, about the cheapest there is on...
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