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  • May 18, 2017 at 1:55 am #795195
    microbrewr

    Hi,

    I’m getting WAY too many blog comments. They’re all spam of some sort.
    It started a few months ago and it’s not subsiding.

    I keep marking them as spam in the default comment moderation system, but it’s not helping.
    I keep adding IPs to the comment blacklist when the same IP posts 3 or more comments, but it’s not helping.

    Additionally, ReCAPTCHA doesn’t seem to be working properly.
    It works only on this blog page: http://microbrewr.com/microbrewery-taxes-simplified/
    But not on other pages, such as this one: http://microbrewr.com/let-them-do-the-job-you-hired-them-to-do/
    and not on this one: http://microbrewr.com/my-1-tool-for-growing-an-email-list-optinmonster/

    I was using this plugin: SI Captcha Anti-Spam
    But I switched to this plugin: Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) by BestWebSoft
    And it still shows up only on the one page.

    Please help.
    This is taking SO much time to moderate these comments.
    It’s deriving me mad.

    Thank you

    May 18, 2017 at 3:22 am #795207
    Mike

    Hey Nathan,
    Have you tried Akismet Anti-Spam, it’s normally pre-installed with WordPress. Signing up for the API Key is free.
    I could see reCAPTCHA on all three pages above and it seemed to work when I clicked it.

    If you want a drastic measure check the IPs here: https://geoiptool.com/
    If they are mostly from a country that won’t be good readers for you, you can block by country: https://www.ip2location.com/free/visitor-blocker
    I once did this for a month, and the bad bots dropped the site, then I allowed all.
    But be aware that the more you block the slower your site will load.

    Best regards,
    Mike

    May 20, 2017 at 1:49 am #796866
    microbrewr

    OMG I disabled this plugin:
    SI Captcha Anti-Spam

    And I installed this plugin:
    Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) by BestWebSoft

    I think it worked. I haven’t had any comments since I did that.

    Thank you so much!
    My life is A LOT simpler again…

    Now I just need to figure out how to stop the sudden, great influx of phony email subscribers. MailChimp is not hellion very much with that… :/

    May 20, 2017 at 1:54 am #796868
    Mike

    Hi,
    Thank you for sharing your solution, we will close this now. Thank you for using Enfold.

    Best regards,
    Mike

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