Akismet
By Automattic (http://automattic.com/)
- Why it's awesome: Virtually eliminates spam on blog comments
- Why it was picked: Popularity and accuracy
- Manual Install URL:http://WordPress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
- Automatic Install search term: Akismet
- Geek level: Webmaster
- Configuration location: Settings | Secure WP
- Used in: Administrator
With WordPress, there is one thing you can always guarantee—lots of fake comments submitted by bots. Spam bots are nasty little programs that scour the web hunting for WordPress blogs to automatically submit comments to. Why do they do this? Because spamming comments is a really easy way to spread a website's URL to ...
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