spam and trackback attack

Turning off comments and trackbacks/pingbacks only disables them for future posts. You will have to edit each past post to disable them in this manner. To quickly and effectively disable comments and trackbacks/pingbacks, delete the wp-comments-post.php and wp-trackback.php files.

For other solutions, see this: https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam/#eight

I just experienced the same problem, even though I have track/pingback turned off. But I like to keep my comments on.

1. So I guess I’ll just delete the wp-trackback.php file?

2. Can the comment-spam word list work for trackbacks/pingbacks as well?

Read this:
https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam/#eight

ok, thank you… is there……. ANY idea how to stop this?

long term, I mean…

Long term solutions:

1. Delete wp-trackback.php

2. Throw all trackbacks into moderation. https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam/#eight

3. Disable trackbacks on older posts. https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam/#eight

4. Use Spam Karma. https://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/

5. Use Mt.DewVirus’ Plugin. https://mtdewvirus.com/archives/2005/01/06/wordpress-plugins-trackback-and-pingback-moderation/

Yes, all of this came from here: https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/spam/#eight

I got whacked for the first time too.

Thanks to Kitten’s Spaminator, all I have to do is read the condolence messages in my mail.

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I just got trackback spammed here too. 85 trackbacks in less than 10 minutes!

Same here. Seems like an epidemic.

sure wish v1.3 would come out (or is it?) ..our lovely spammer is hitting my trackbacks, but so far they are only showing in my email and not on the blog..

thinking of turning off trackbacks but also thinking the trackbacks must be showing up on spammers site, so wouldnt this be like having a oneway link back to us?

or should i just trun off trackbacks and tell ppl to use the permalink?

Same pb on my blog. Don’t these guys have anything to do?

another victim of trackback spam here… 149 messages…

I have the same problem – everyweek I end up cleaning up hundreds of spam hits.

I have a request – could WordPress have a “select all” button on the edit comments page? It would be sooo much easier to select all 357 messages on the moderation queue to delete instead of checking the delete box of every single message.

Why not use Kitten’s Spaminator ?

It kills them. Dead. Hell, it even buries the bodies and doesn’t tell you if that’s what you want !

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Stereojoe, you can click “Mass Edit Mode” and then invert checkboxes for each page… then delete. just make sure you don’t delete real comments or what have you ?? pretty easy to tell what is what though lol.. i got hit with about 30 spam comments last night on my brand new 1.5 beta install.. ?? *sigh*