Title: Spam Plugin Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Spam Plugin * [xerocool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xerocool/) * (@xerocool) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/) * Ok. I dont use NO spam plugins but Im going to. Ive been getting everyday 3 comment spams with a fake name, url, and email. Their all just made up like fdihdfudhf# @uerhdufihdfs.com * and same wiht the text. The text is all mixed but Its bold and then it isnt. So in a comment, There always is something like: * **ihdhdsfdhufd** dsudhsuhfdsyu * I want a plugin that will delete those kind of messages. I dont mind the name, and email, but those comments are not wanted. Their just spam bots, I want those comments that are spam to be deleted auto. * Spam Karma might be good, but It might block good comments also. Same with other plugins. ANy recommendations or maybe hacks? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [shep](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shep/) * (@shep) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184319) * the new spam karma has doesn’t automatically delete all comments marked as spam, so if one that isn’t gets marked as spam, you just tell it its not spam. * Thread Starter [xerocool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xerocool/) * (@xerocool) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184323) * Wait, Just noticed, Its trackback spam..so how do I stop it? * [e-head](https://wordpress.org/support/users/e-head/) * (@e-head) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184336) * I just started getting the exact same trackback spam today. * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184338) * I use Spam-Karma …. what’s trackback spam ? * 😉 * [skeltoac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeltoac/) * (@skeltoac) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184341) * Trackback spam is just unwanted comments that got submitted via the Trackback system instead of the usual form post. WordPress doesn’t filter Trackback comments the same way as regular comments. * You might want to hack the trackback-handling code to send all trackbacks to moderation, as a temporary fix. To do this, find the `INSERT` statement and change the approval value from 1 to 0. Not sure what file, though… * [prissed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prissed/) * (@prissed) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184343) * podz, do you have the trackback (experimental) option checked? * I noticed that these started coming in on a friend’s blog, but that option wasn’t checked. I went ahead and checked it for her, but just curious what your setup is. 🙂 * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184346) * prissed – I just updated to the latest pre-alpha and I can’t see that option though I do recall it. I am currently being hit by trackback spams – about 1 a minute – but I only see them if I go to check SK2. * [skeltoac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeltoac/) * (@skeltoac) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184348) * One a minute! Geez! Send them to moderation or turn them off altogether. I’ll look into the code for you… * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184349) * skeltoac – SK is taking care of it all ! * It’s killing them on sight for me 🙂 * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184353) * I use SpamKarma. 530 spam comments/trackbacks stopped so far and only one legitimate comment deleted (and recovered thanks to Spam Nuker). * [skeltoac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeltoac/) * (@skeltoac) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184354) * Oh yeah? When I get out of work (where I don’t have FTP access) I’ll give it a shot. What version are you using, podz? * [skeltoac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeltoac/) * (@skeltoac) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184355) * (laughing at own stupidity) Podz, your first reply on this thread said it all. I didn’t catch the wink. Duh. * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184356) * If you aren’t a brave and courageous soul willing to risk it all to stop spam, then use SpamKarma v1.20 (that’s what I’m using). If you are a brave and courageous soul willing to risk it all to stop spam, use the latest v2.0 alpha (pre-beta) release. * [davidchait](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidchait/) * (@davidchait) * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-184454) * if you are really a brave soul, and don’t get real comments at the moment, try out CG-AntiSpam (part of my CG-PowerPack) — it might not be quite up to snuff with SK2, but it has some nice tricks (and in combination with CG-Referrer, it does pretty well). * -d * [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/) * (@angsuman) * [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-185065) * [@xerocool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xerocool/) A non plugin option would be to start with trackback moderation option turned on. That immediately prevents your users from getting spammed. * Then if you notice a particular site repeatedly spamming, just add any identifier of the site (like portion of the url etc.) to the blacklist. That will nuke them from then on. * BTW: What you are getting is a pattern of spamming I have noticed. First they try sending irrelevant or harmless looking spam. If you, by mistake, approve any of them, then very soon you will have a deluge of spam on your hands. Just delete them promptly by marking them as spam. * PS. I wouldn’t say anything about SpamKarma (especially in light of the aggresive* loving* displayed above), said enough on this forum already (hint search) 😉 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) The topic ‘Spam Plugin’ is closed to new replies. * 15 replies * 9 participants * Last reply from: [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/) * Last activity: [21 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-plugin/#post-185065) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics