Combat WordPress Comment Spam – The Basics
I’m often quite amazed when I see so many posts on the WordPress.org forums asking how to combat spam. When I ask what steps have been taken so far, the reply is often “OMGWTFBBQLOLLERCOPTER I am being...
View ArticleAnother Milestone: 1000 Comments!
This morning, VoodooPress reached 1000 approved non-spam comments! For a little WordPress site, just hanging out in our corner of the web doing our own thing, I think that’s a pretty great milestone!...
View ArticleMissing Contact Form Entries
Whoa, I just looked at my contact form records… It looks like I’ve missed a fair amount of entries. If you have not gotten a reply from VoodooPress, rest assured, I haven’t ignored you on purpose. I’m...
View ArticleUser Registration With Gravity Forms Rocks!
Not that long ago, I posted a little shout out for some help dealing with spam registrations. Between my personal blog, and VoodooPress, I was getting hammered. Well Ryan Imel stopped by with a little...
View ArticleChanged Registration Process, Sorry if You Were Deleted
VoodooPress had been getting a huge amount of registration spam lately and it was driving me nuts. Thanks to a tip on this post, I’ve implemented a new registration form using Gravity Forms and turned...
View ArticleAny Tips for Stopping Spam Registrations?
So I’m up to the point of getting about 40 spam registrations a day now. There are a lot of sites out there far bigger than my humble corner of the ‘net. What do you folks do about it? I’d love some...
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