Blogging can be great fun and also a great way to earn extra income. One thing that can let it down is the amount of hacking attempts bloggers get. As far as Wordpress goes its a pretty secure platform, as long as its kept up-to-date along with the plugins you are running on the site. This is fine but its not always possible to keep everything up-to-date 24/7.
This is why there are some great Wordpress Security Plugins available, which will make it harder for hackers to get their way.
Below is a list I have put together. If you have any other suggestions please let us know. It would also be good to hear your experiences with plugins below.
After reviewing Wordpress Security I have found it to be very good as long as you always stay up-to-date with the latest release.
How to Beat Wordpress Comment Spam
April 15th, 2010 by Chris | No Comments | Filed in Internet and SEOI have tried various methods to try and keep them away over the past few months. Finally I think I have found a winning combination.
To combat Comment Spammers I am using 3 Wordpress plugins. They all do a different job which means my blog has 3 lines of defence against the spammers.
Another thing to remember about the comment spammers is that usually it is an automated process. There is usually a bot doing all the work instead of a human sitting there typing it on every single blog. The bot will be running from a pre-selected database of websites with a pre-selected comment to post, this allows them to hit a huge amount of websites in a small amount of time.
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