How can I permanently disable pingbacks on my wordpress multi user installation? I have disabled access to the wp-trackback.php file through permissions (chmod 000 trackback.php) thinking this would stop any pingbacks from being received. I do not want to run any SQL queries on the posts table, as there is a separate posts table for … Read more
I keep getting spammed by the same user, well different name and site listed but always the same email, IP, and comment. the email is [email protected], the IP is 31.184.238.9, and the message is long and always the same. I want to do 2 things: How can I block this person from commenting? I have … Read more
Each day I manually delete the spam posted on my blog. The comments view allows a maximum of 20 comments in the view. When I have 200 spam entries – I need to click through 10 times to get rid of it all. Is there a way I can view 50 or 100 comments in … Read more
I have a plugin that has input form, I have decided to check submitted data with akismet. I do have API key, WP comments are filtered correctly… here is, what I found: http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2010/03/akismet-plugin-theme-stop-spam-dead/ problem is, that $response is always empty – I have tried to var_dump() it, right after calling akismet_http_post(), output was string(0) “”… … Read more
Once in a while, I get comments like these: 苍天有眼啊,让我在有生之年得以观得如此精彩绝伦的帖子。 They are absolutely useless to me. I don’t even know if it’s Chinese / Japanese / Korean / … How can I tell WordPress to automatically delete (not just spam) those messages? 2 Answers 2 Those characters you quoted here are Han (used by Chinese … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Questions that are too localized (such as syntax errors, code with restricted access, hacked sites, hosting or support issues) are not in scope. See how do I ask a good question? Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question This is my first post, I … Read more
Curiously, Akismet is deleting old spam comments after a period of time (I’m guessing within a week). This box is NOT checked: Auto-delete spam submitted on posts more than a month old. I’ve sent a message to Akismet support more than a week ago but I’ve not yet received a reply. I do not want … Read more
I would like to be able to easily control who registers to my blog because recently I had tons of spam users registering. I came accross the plugin Stop Spammer Registrations, but i’m not sure it is reliable enough and I would also like to have a full log of every user who was rejected … Read more
I want to allow readers of my WordPress-driven sites who comment frequently the ability to sign up and have their own account on the site. However the ratio of actual readers versus spam scripts using the sign-up form is something like 1:100. Is there a reasonable solution for preventing these bogus accounts from being created … Read more
After following the advice in a previous question (here) I’ve managed to nuke my spam comments. I now, however, find that every day I have a few new members sign up to the site with rubbish e-mail addresses like [email protected]. I could close sign-ups but I’d rather not as I’m hoping the site will beceome … Read more
