WordPress Wednesday: Comment Plugins!

Published on Wednesday, June 04, 2008

One thing WordPress is famous for is their comment system! And who doesn’t love to receive comments, I know I sure do! The only downside anyone can think of when it comes to comments: SPAM! I know, hated everywhere, whether it be your email box, forum posts, and yes sadly blog comments. So how do you get rid of these little buggers? Simple, you install a very handy dandy comment plugin for your WordPress blog.

While there are tons out there, only a few are well known for actually working and keeping your comment queue free of spam. One of the three already comes default with your WordPress install, Akismet! All you need to do is activate it and make sure to enable your API code with it, which you can easily retrieve for free by creating a wordpress.com account.

The second best comment plugin is Bad Behavior. Sounds like a tough name, no? Well it is one tough plugin! Helps protect your comment box from spam bots by analizing their HTTP request.

Last, but not least in any way, we have Spam Karma! Don’t mess with karma or Spam Karma! This neat little plugin helps protect your comments from automated spam comments being generated. Handy and always being updated each day! What can be better then that?

So, now that I’ve guided, pointed, and practically pushed you into the right direction for fantastic anti-spam comment plugins, what are you waiting for? Go download them and upload them to your WordPress blog today! You’ll thank us in the end!

Comments

1. Rob CubbonPosted on Thursday, July 03, 2008

Personally, I've found Akismet does the job OK. However, I've just been getting contact form spam for which I've installed Dagon Design Form Mailer which has a verification field, so far so good!

2. dcPosted on Thursday, July 31, 2008

i use the math comment spam protection you need to do a simple math sum http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/