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Aha… okay, but still, which ones are the old files – what files shouldn’t I write over to avoid losing settings? I backed up my wp file and copied these files over:

wp-comments-post.php
wp-commentsrss2.php
wp-feed.php
wp-links-opml.php
wp-login.php
wp-mail.php
wp-pass.php
wp-rdf.php
wp-register.php
wp-rss.php
wp-rss2.php
wp-settings.php
wp-trackback.php
xmlrpc.php

When I attempted to reload my blog I got a page full of error messages. I’ve restored from my backup, but am still unable to post comments to my blog unless I log in as admin.

Okay, thanks. I now have the following plugins in my plugin management page:
Deactivated – Akismet, Anti Spam image, Did you pass math? Google search widget
Activated – del.icio.us widget, sidebar widget, WordPress database backup

I also attempted to install the trencaspammers plugin. However the instructions require code to be copied to two files – wp-comments-post.php and wp-comments.php. I copied over the code from wp-comments-post.php, but then couldn’t find a file on my server called wp-comments.php so I replaced wp-comments-post.php with the original file backup and gave up.

I am able to post logged in as admin, but when I log out and try to add a comment, the page reloads, but the comment doesn’t appear and it isn’t logged in the Manage > Comments or Awaiting Moderation screens.

In the Options > Discussion screen, all the options are checked – except – ‘An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below)’ and ‘Comment author must have a previously approved comment’.

Hope that’s more helpful!