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How To Tell If Your Blog Comments Are Spam

Posted: Updated: by Claire Brotherton
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If you’ve blogged for any length of time, you’ll have soon discovered that spam comments are a nuisance. If you use self-hosted WordPress, you can deter spam by: Configuring appropriate options in Settings > Discussion. Using an anti-spam comment plugin. Examples are Akismet, Antispam Bee and CleanTalk. But sometimes spam can slip through, or comments can […]

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WordPress security basics: how to keep your site safe

Posted: Updated: by Claire Brotherton
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This is Day 2 in the 30 Day Blogging Challenge.  You can read Day 1’s post here. With WordPress sites accounting for around a fifth of all websites, it comes as no surprise that WordPress has also become the target of hackers, spammers and other nefarious characters due to its popularity. If you run your own self-hosted […]

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