In yesterday’s post I suggested turning off captcha and not requiring registration if you want to get more comments on your blog.
Quite a few readers asked me, without those protections, how they could prevent spam.
So here are two simple steps you can take:
Resources mentioned in the video: standalone GASP plugin or GASP included in CommentLuv Premium.
You can find more WordPress and blogging tutorials on my YouTube channel here: http://youtube.com/MichelleShaeffer
Your Turn!
Is spam a problem on your blog? Have you used GASP or your blacklist to help combat it? What else has worked for you?
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Helpful… Will forward to the IT half of CHS!
Awesome, thanks for watching and commenting. :)
Use both of these methods, Michelle, thanks to your advice. Also love SpamFree, a low cost premium plugin.
Cool! Appreciate you sharing that resource, Kathy.
Great tutorial thank you for doing the video, I just subscribed to your YouTube channel also.
Hey Eleanor, you’re welcome and thanks for subscribing. :)
Thanks Michelle, just downloaded and Installed the GASP plugin as recommended.
Awesome! Enjoy less spam, Mark. :)
Askimet was the first program I used for spam and it still works beautifully. Askimet is magical, I’ve never had a problem with spam.
Keep these tutorials coming.
Hey Adalia, glad it’s working well for you.
And thanks – got one more to go for tomorrow to complete this series of 5 and I’ll have to figure out what to do next… :)
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Akismet is also working brilliantly for me.
Michael
Michelle, as always your blog posts and tutorials are timely. I just finished clearing out about 20 spam comments from my blog, then I saw your comment on Facebook with the link to this tutorial. I will implement GASP right now and see if that helps stop these spammers.
Thanks for your all your great tips, your blog is a great resource when I’m looking for a specific type of plug-in.
Akismet works really well, tho I do have to check occasionally for bonafide comments in the spam folder. Is that why you don’t use Akismet, Michelle?
(BTW has your CommentLuv stopped working? I got no luv ;))
Your site went down momentarily, so no worries on the plugin!
Thanks for letting me know, Louise. I’ve been having issues keeping it up with traffic surges and am working on adjusting settings with CloudFlare to help. :)
That’s the biggest reason, yes. I found far too many legitimate comments were trapped in the filter. More than that, I’m frustrated by trying to comment on blogs with Akismet as 75%+ of the time it will send my comments to spam and since many users don’t check their spam filter as you do, that means much of the time they never see the comment (and I sure don’t think I’m leaving spammy comments–I don’t add in links, use inappropriate words, and try to contribute to the conversation). It’s also a monthly fee for any business or commercial related blogs, so I’d be paying monthly for something that annoys me. ;)
Thank you!! The spam has been driving me nuts – I had a plugin but was looking for something simple and this is it. I don’t want to ask my readers to jump through hoops to leave a comment – it has to be easy and these two suggestions are perfect. I am making those updates to my site right now.
Thx Michelle! Yr a lifesaver! Haha love the “keywords” u have chosen! I have so copied that! :)