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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: WP Under LoadThat’s about 10 or 11 hits a minute average. What are you getting at peak times? It could be an Apache server configuration issue.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: how to reset login and pasword?Contact your web host for help logging in to your web host. 🙂
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: Convert TemplateAnd what are you offering to clean it up and actually make it usable?
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: PHP Blogging Apps Open to XML-RPC ExploitsI don’t have access to FTP to upload/update any files on my site for another month. I can’t change permissions or delete or rename. I can’t contact an admin to take any action on my behalf.
At that point you get a different web host.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: PHP Blogging Apps Open to XML-RPC ExploitsThis was fixed in version 1.5.1.3.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: How Can I Test A Massive WordPress Site?Automated clicking tools, maybe? You’re going to need a big server for that anyway, and probably more than one, but you probably know this already.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Bad Behavior installation help“It just works” was what I was going for. 🙂
If you use Bad Behavior Stats, you will need to update your Bad Behavior Stats plugin to work with the latest version Bad Behavior, 1.1.2. I have been in contact with the author to let him know of the issue, and hopefully he should have a fixed version of his plugin out shortly.
Forum: Themes and Templates
In reply to: How to make single posts follow category templates?At that point you may as well take single.php, copy it, and customize each copy.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: How to ban IPS?.htaccess
<Limit GET POST PUT>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Deny from 10.11.12.13
Deny from 172.16.135.0/24
Deny from 192.168.0.0/16
</Limit>Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Brag About Favorite PluginsWow, I got a mention and didn’t even know it! vkaryl, I’m glad you like wp-spamassassin. But see below, because there’s more…
OK, the plugins I run and wouldn’t do without are as follows:
- Bad Behavior. Kills spambots dead by denying access entirely; this saves your bandwidth from being wasted and your email addresses from being harvested.
- Spam Karma 2. Because not all spam is automated.
- WP-ContactForm. Lets people get hold of you without giving out your email address; you can drop a contact form in any post or page.
- Live Preview from Chris J. Davis. Shows an immediate preview of comments as your reader types it in.
- Moose Candy. This is a special plugin just for NuclearMoose. But it’s oh so amazing. Lets you insert content between posts. This only works with some themes! Classic and default are fine. For others it might not work.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: On Spam And AvoidanceYou could move the wp-comments-post.php file, but the spammers are already ahead of you: they simply scrape your comment form to determine where the script is, and then post there. This is already fully automated.
Your analogy of hiding the doorway doesn’t work, since the “doorway” has to be visible, in order for anyone to comment!
As macmanx noted, Bad Behavior stops most automated spambots from accessing the comment form, regardless of its name.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Most popular WordPress blogs?Michael Badnarik ran a 2004 Presidential campaign and his blog (which is STILL up and running) runs WordPress.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Precondition FailedLuhmann, I think one of the sites listed above uses Bad Behavior, the remainder either haven’t started yet or aren’t blogs, forums, wikis or other CMS software.
The short 412 error you are seeing is an error returned by TextDrive-hosted sites. It has nothing to do with Bad Behavior, which although it also uses the 412 error, is far more verbose. You would know if you saw a Bad Behavior error message. Among other things it goes on for more than a page, and also gives you a contact email address.
TextDrive uses a somewhat different method of blocking spammers, which relies mostly on User-Agent. This is probably why you were able to get through using a proxy server, as many of them change the User-Agent. If there’s anything funny in your User-Agent, try setting it back to the default. If you still can’t get through, contact TextDrive.
I would recommend against using open proxy servers for your regular browsing, though, as many sites will prevent you from posting, or ban you outright, if you access them via an open proxy, because nearly all spam comes from open proxies. I’ve got a project in progress dealing with the open proxy problem where you can find some more info.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Bad Behavior 1.0-rc1Security Update: All Bad Behavior users should update to 1.0-rc3 immediately to prevent malicious attacks on your database.
Fixed in this release:
- A security issue has been identified and fixed which prevents malicious attackers from attempting SQL injection attacks by sending specially crafted data in the HTTP headers. While no exploits are known at this time, all users are urged to update immediately.
- A few more false positives have been fixed.
- A few more spambots are now banned.
- An email address now appears on the error page for people to contact if they are having trouble. You have the option of changing it to your own email address or leaving as the default, in which case email will come to me. Keep in mind that the email address will be visible to spammers!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: Bad Behavior 1.0-rc1I have released 1.0 Release Candidate 2 of Bad Behavior, which fixes a few minor problems which were reported with the first release candidate. If you are currently running RC1, please update now. Thank you!