Thanks to AllGuru.NET. Its WordPress security hardening using .htaccess really helps to reduce lot of spam comments. I added below lines in .htaccess file few weeks back. And my total spam comments were reduced from 10,000++ to 3,000 comments now. If I did not install the scripts, the spam comments will stay at 10K++ level.
# Protect from spam comments
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*DomainName.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]
</IfModule>
Note – replace DomainName to your own domain name without .com or .net. Eg. RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*spblogger.* [OR]
This method will stop some spam comments from autobots. But can’t stop real human’s spam comments. I don’t mind about human’s spam comment because I have extra page view. And I always count on WordPress Akismet plugin to block them.
via: AllGuru.NET
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Glad to hear it reduce 70% of the spam comment. Not too bad huh allguru.net. Hehehe.
Yeah, AllGuru.NET is the best.
Have to try this one out.
Anything to reduce spam comments.
Great tips. I have configure my htaccess. Hope it helps to reduce the spam comments.
Hello:
I am a newbee to the .htaccess file. I do not understand what I am replacing this (xyz.* ) with. Would it be mysite.com or mysite.com/blog
Thanks
Just replace *xyz.* with *myblog.* will do.
Thanks…so it does not matter that my website is a static site with a WP blog located in the blog diectory?
Yup, it should be.
is there any specific location to paste the codes?
at the top? at the bottom? in between?
Any where in .htaccess is okay.
Thanks for a great tip – been getting so many spam comments recently and it seems they are clearly from bots… hope this helps!