Comments on: WordPress Wednesday: Comment Spam http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/11/26/wordpress-wednesday-comment-spam/ Just another Hosting weblog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:14:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tony Chung http://blog.bluefur.com/2008/11/26/wordpress-wednesday-comment-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-127785 Tony Chung Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:56:52 +0000 http://blog.bluefur.com/?p=1898#comment-127785 Gary, the hidden form field is a great idea. When I first saw this trick implemented on a different site, the field was visible with a label that read: "humans: leave this field blank" What a usability nightmare that must have been. Instead, I installed the <a href="http://www.blaenkdenum.com/wp-recaptcha/" title="wp-recaptcha home page" rel="nofollow">recaptcha plugin</a> by Jorge Peña (aka Blaenk Denum). (<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recaptcha/" title="Wordpress plugins page" rel="nofollow">Download it here</a>). In a nutshell, recaptcha provides a means to stop spambots and digitize books at the same time. Spam still shows up in my Akismet trap, however. This usually means the recaptchas were bypassed by a human. A hidden field wouldn't stop that spam either. Recaptcha support is enabled in a number of different frameworks. I'm trying to figure out how to get it working for some of my other app ideas. Cheers, -Tony Gary, the hidden form field is a great idea. When I first saw this trick implemented on a different site, the field was visible with a label that read: “humans: leave this field blank” What a usability nightmare that must have been.

Instead, I installed the recaptcha plugin by Jorge Peña (aka Blaenk Denum). (Download it here). In a nutshell, recaptcha provides a means to stop spambots and digitize books at the same time.

Spam still shows up in my Akismet trap, however. This usually means the recaptchas were bypassed by a human. A hidden field wouldn’t stop that spam either.

Recaptcha support is enabled in a number of different frameworks. I’m trying to figure out how to get it working for some of my other app ideas.

Cheers,
-Tony

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