For years, the vast majority of Akismet releases have been centered around bug fixes and improving compatibility with various plugins. Version 5.0 was released today, following 4.2.5 earlier this month, with a new feature that should improve Askismet’s ability to detect spam comments. Akismet engineer Christopher Finke explained how the plugin will now analyze how a comment is posted, in …
New WordPress Plugin Blocks Spam User Registrations Using Stop Forum Spam Database
When it comes to spam, comments are one of the first things that comes to mind. However, spam user registrations can be just as prolific on sites with open registration. Leland Fiegel, founder of Themetry, has developed a new plugin called Stop Signup Spam that prevents users from registering an account if their email or IP address is on the …
The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Spam
Akismet, the most popular spam killing plugin for WordPress, encounters 7.5 million pieces of spam per hour on average. That’s twice as much spam as there are people in Los Angeles. Every hour. Back in 2007, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg knew spam would be a growing problem for the CMS, saying at the time it was getting so bad that …
25 Top-Rated Plugins for Winning the Fight Against WordPress Spam
There’s been a huge explosion in hacking attempts involving spam in recent months, including everything from exploiting XSS, brute force, XML-RPC, CSRF, and DDoS. Unfortunately, spam is a fact of life when you have a WordPress website. Since the CMS is so popular, it naturally attracts an increased number of hacking attempts since there are more sites to infect than …