Akismet blocked spam visible on page

  • Resolved TH

    (@th)


    17 years ago

    Couldn’t find this particular bug when searching:

    Since upgrading to WordPress 2.3.3 (from 1.5.2) and then installing Akismet 2.1.3 (and now 2.1.4) all the spam blocked by Akismet is still showing up on the page.

    I have a valid Akismet key and the weblog is set to only allow comments for registered users:

    * An administrator must always approve the comment
    * Comment author must fill out name and e-mail
    * Comment author must have a previously approved comment

    I have tried viewing the page when logged out. I did not have any old Akismet installation before that could cause bugs.

    https://www.pohildre.com/gjestebok/

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  • Thread Starter TH

    (@th)

    Additional information:

    Without Akismet, these spam comments do not even show up on the list of comments.

    I have tried an alernative plugin: Spam Karma, which doesn’t stop them either. It fails to see that they exist as well.

    Thread Starter TH

    (@th)

    No, I’m starting to think that someone is accessing the php files on the server directly in the catalog and not through WP at all.

    Odd tho that Akismet identifies it as spam, blocks it and it’s still posted on the page.

    Thread Starter TH

    (@th)

    Continuing my little monologue:

    The spam is held in moderation queue by Akismet and still displayed for all on the page.

    Thread Starter TH

    (@th)

    Anybody think maybe it could be an issue with MySQL 4.x being exploited? My isp seems to think that unsolvable WP spam mysteries may go away if I move the database to a 5.x platform.

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