Akismet Anti-Spam

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This extension will automatically check new posts against the Akismet spam rulesets and identify spam if it is posted on your site. All spam is set to moderated status until an admin/moderator approves/deletes it.

This setting can be set on a usergroup basis so only certain usergroups are scanned.

I have no affiliation with Akismet, I just know that it catches about 99% of all spam I get on my blogs.

You will need an API key to use this product, but they are free and you can get one immediately at wordpress.com when you sign up.

Installs easily, just upload the included files, and install the product file. NO TEMPLATE EDITS!

You should probably use a promotion strategy outlined here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....3&postcount=18

This will reduce your Akismet usage and not filter your regular users who you are pretty confident will not post SPAM.

A good mod that works with this hack is the "Moderation Queue on FORUMHOME" hack here:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=120150

The only other thing you need to do is:

CLICK INSTALL

This modification is FREE of charge, but if you wish to reward me for my work, and encourage future modifications by me, please donate below - :

[digitalhype]

Just wanted to thank you for this mod. works on 3.7.0 Beta 3

[Jafo232]

Figured it would.. I doubt the hook locations required will change much until 4.0..

[Boofo]

Isn't this now included in 3.7.0 beta 4?

[Jafo232]

Have no idea. I wont even try 3.7 until it is out of beta.. No need to, since you shouldn't be running it on a production site.

[Boofo]

Well, I'm running in on my live site and it is working great!

[Jafo232]

Good luck with that then..

[zylstra]

It would be cool to integrate the settings shown here into the mod instead of having to create a special usergroup just for this mod. Thanks!

[zylstra]

Does this mod work for PM spam too?

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by zylstra

Does this mod work for PM spam too?

No it does not. I myself don't allow users to send PM's until X amount of posts are made.

[skippybosco]

Mentioned this in another thread but it seems that only the URL, user_ip and user_agent are required arguments for the akismet API (note: not the actual message)

With that in mind, would it make sense to also use this to optionally check during the registration process as well?

I consistently see that the IP and/or email and name associated with flagged messages are associated with known spamming activities so there should be a fairly accurate hit ratio.

This would also save us the trouble of cleaning up the moderated posts and banning the users after the fact by either preventing them from signing up altogether or putting them in a n even more restrictive group.

Regardless of the combination of Human detection, I still get 5-10 registrations and 20-30 attempted posts. I've even seen some spammers create suggestive user ids as a means of spamming via the member list.