Spam has always been a nuisance and affects many web applications on the internet. It didn’t take long for my blogs to receive some spam comments when I migrated to WordPress. Fortunately, WordPress and its community make several plugins available to counter these spam attacks.
By default WordPress comes with the Akismet plugin which checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. However, to activate this plugin you need a WordPress API key which can be obtained by registering to WordPress.com.
Not wanting to register with WordPress.com, I went to see what the WordPress community had to offer. I decided to use Wp-SpamFree, which was one of the more popular and higher rated plugin. The plugin blocks spam without using CAPTCHA or challenge questions, and once activated the plugin will display the number of blocked spams on the dashboard.
Other plugins which I use are mention in my previous blog: WordPress Plugins.
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