{"id":12573,"date":"2018-03-23T14:08:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T12:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=12573"},"modified":"2023-05-02T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T12:39:06","slug":"stop-comment-spam-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/stop-comment-spam-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Stop Comment Spam on Your WordPress Website for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, comment spam is a fact of life on the internet. If you enable comments on your website, you will<\/em> have to deal with spammers. To prevent your site from making a poor first impression, you’ll need to find a way to stop comment spam in its tracks.<\/p>\n

While you may never be able to eliminate spam entirely, you can do a lot to slow it down. For WordPress users, there are plenty of simple tweaks you can perform that will block or hide these comments before your visitors see them. You can even use a robust anti-spam plugin to tighten your defenses.<\/p>\n

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In this post, we’ll talk a little about what comment spam is and why it happens. Then we’ll show you six easy ways to stop comment spam on your WordPress site. Let’s take a look!<\/div><\/div>\n
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What comment spam is (and why it’s such a problem)<\/h2>\n
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Spam comments are often easily recognized by their generic content.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you permit comments<\/a> on your site, you’re bound to get some comment spam. As your site grows more popular, that spam is likely to become an even larger issue. There are many types of comment spam these days, but most of it is automated, posted by spam bots that use short, generic messages as a cover for including links.<\/p>\n

Whatever form it takes, comment spam is a real problem because:<\/p>\n