I faced a lot of issue with spam comments in my blog. Spam-bot sites will just hit the wp-comments-post.php file and put the comments. Due to this our lot of time get wasted.
Using apache setting you can protect your blog and restrict the spam bot. You need to made changes in your Virtualhost entry or you can change the .htaccess file also.
When a spam-bot comes in, it hits the file directly and usually does not leave a referrer. This allows for some nifty detection and action direct from the server. If you are not familiar with Apache directives, then write the following in your root directory .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*yourdomain.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]
This will:
- Detect when a POST is being made
- Check to see if the post is on wp-comments-post.php
- Check if the referrer is in your domain or if no referrer
- Send the spam-bot BACK to its originating server’s IP address.
You just need to change the youdomain.com to your domain address.
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good to know about spam-bot concept.
Great! Everybody should use this to help Askimet working less…
Using JS to replace the action target could be good too.
thanks for reply