Best Ways to Block Spam Comments in WordPress

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2. Wase to block spam comments in wordpress In this given ppt we are going to discusses about the best tools and tricks that are used to block spam comments in wordpress. Here we are going to discuss about some plugins which are useful to block spam comment in wordpress. 1. Akismet plugin It is a wordpress plugin which used to block spam comment in wordpress. Steps Akismet in wordpress Firstly you have to install and activate the Akismet plugin . this will add a new option in the menu that is akismet configuration. Click on this and will take you to the configuration screen.

3. Generate API Key for Akismet To generate API Key follow the given instruction. ● Go to Akismet website. ● Click on get a wordpress key. ● Select the plan ● Click on signup button to proceed. ● If you have wordpress account then click on given link. ● If you don't have an account then simply fill the given detail. Once the authentication with wordpress.com is don. You will be asked to provide some user detail along with payment information on Akismet website. Here continue to reach the screen showing API Key. now visit on your wordpress website admin area and add the API Key. click on update option . Akismet now will verify your key and verify your success message.

4. 2. Antispam Bee Plugin This plugin is also used to blog spam comments before they show on your blog post. Steps Antispam Bee Plugin Firstly install and activate Antispam bee plugin. You find an organized order of setting with different execution. Here are the benefits of this plugin. Trust approved commenters This will give you an advantage to automatically approve comments from your regular and trustworthy commenters. These commenters may post relevant comment and helps to builds the trust of the viewer on your website. BBCode is spam Some comments are in the form of Bulletin board code links. These are widely used by spammers to highlight words and links. This setting is used to check the BBCode.

5. Validate ip codes for the commenters This setting will allow you to validate IP address used by the commenters. Use Regular Expression This allow you to detect the unwanted comments that have a group of predefined pattern that are observed as spam. Block Comment from the specific Countries As the title state this option uses to block list of specific countries to block list of specific countries to filter spam.

6. Allow comments only in certain language Here you are reached on advanced tools. This set of tool help you to block or delete unwanted comments. This will specify the language of commenters. The setting is as follows

7. Make as spam do not delete This will keep the spam comments and won’t delete them until you unable the setting. Generate statistics as a dashboard widget Opt this setting if you want the spam report in an interactive widget for your admin dashboard. This report will give an overview of spam comment on your site. Spam counter on Dashboard This will display the number of total comment marked as spam and also show the no of spam comments you are deleting. Comment form used outside of posts This option will show comment on your archive page.

8. Conclusion It is always exciting to receive lots of comments on your site but, all comments are not beneficial. Irrelevant and inappropriate comments increase spamming and it leads to loose genuine commentators. Hope this ppt helps you to block spam from your Comments and messages. If you like this ppt please don't forget to leave comment in comment section. For more click on 2 Easy Way to Remove Date and Time from Comments in WordPress How to Secure Emails from Spammers With WordPress Email Encoder? ● ●