Spam comments

  • nacinla

    (@nacinla)


    4 years ago

    A spammer discovered an unpublished test page on my church website that would have been a blog. I forgot to turn comments off. It’s been that way for over a year. Out of the blue, I’m getting comments, clearly from a single source. Yesterday, I deleted the test page. Today I got three comments. I’m wondering two things: How can someone post to a page that doesn’t exist and how can I stop the emails to my personal email notifying me of the comments? We can’t afford Akismet. I’ll be checking out free antispam plugins.

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  • bretwp

    (@bretwp)

    @nacinla

    This is unfortunate to hear. I know how frustrating this can be.

    “Today I got three comments.”

    You are sure these comments came from the same page/comments box that the previous ones had?

    A couple things I would try.

    1. Make sure WordPress, Themes, and Plugins are all up to date with the most recent releases of each.

    2. Temporarily disable all comments under Settings / Discussion

    3. Turn on users must be registered and logged in to comment

    If you can find a way to get funding from your church to cover Akismet, it’s hands down the best solution to stop spam comments through default WordPress comments system.

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