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Benefits of Using WP-SpamFree WordPress Plugin

By dragonblogger 7 Comments


There are several different WordPress Plug-ins that help reduce comment spam on your blog, but one of the best ones you can find is WP-SpamFree. This plugin works differently in that you have more control over the filtering than you do with the Akismet plug-in and this plugin allows you to log all comments so you can be sure you are only catching SPAM and make sure that false positives aren’t being blocked.

WP-Spam free has an option called M2 which allows the plug-in to set cookies two ways, Javascript and Non-Javascript methods. I recommend setting it both ways as some browers (especially mobile ones) can block Javascript from running which would prevent them from leaving comments unless you have M2 check marked.

The other thing you can do is set and modify your Your current WordPress Comment Blacklist in the WP-SpamFree Options. This allows you to create a custom list of “keywords”, “emails” or IP Addresses that will automatically be blocked in the future. So if some specific IP’s or emails keep getting through your existing spam settings, you can blacklist the IP that the spam is coming from. (Use with caution as you can unintentionally block others if you put entire IP subnets or keywords that could be found on normal comments.

WP-SpamFree also comes with a built in Contact form that allows you to embed a contact for on your blog, you can customize fields and as well. It isn’t powerful or overly customizable, but can be useful if you want one plug-in that does both functions.

In my own testing I found that WP-SpamFree combined with Akismet both were an ideal way to block nearly all spam comments to your blog. Akismet alone will leave lots of comments in your Pending or Spam Bucket. WP-SpamFree will block the spam and you will never have to go weed through your pending or spam comment areas so it saves you time.

Do you use WP-SpamFree or another spam blocker? Are there any other things a site owner can do in order to reduce spam?


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  1. Allen Santiago says

    March 19, 2012 at 11:42 pm

    Hi, Justin. Good article.

    Really, the use of this plugin offers great benefits. In addition to reduce comment spam, this offers many other inbuilt features that can help to make blog secure. Thanks a lot for sharing this useful plugin.

    Reply
  2. Suresh Khanal says

    April 28, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    I’m switched to Spam Free WordPress plugin for my blog bivori.com. The plugin works with nice concept. It will generate an anonymous password for each post and displays on comment form. Anybody commenting on post requires to copy that password and paste in a box in comment form. This way, I don’t need to worry if reader has enabled Javascript and also whether or not the cookies are allowed. I find this plugin much better.

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  3. Mahendra says

    May 11, 2013 at 3:10 am

    Spams are the worst thing in the n=blogging world. This plugin is very effective to block site spams. Thanks for the nice post Nile

    Reply

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