Comments on: Wordpress, comment spam, and php processing http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/ the personal weblog of paul burd, multimedia designer Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: shashank http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-208382 shashank Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:39:50 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-208382 ya i am seeing this report under google webmaster tools under http crawl errors where it says 405 error for wp-comments-post.php. got it very much thanks for clearing the doubt .. Best Regards Shashank ya i am seeing this report under google webmaster tools under http crawl errors where it says 405 error for wp-comments-post.php.

got it very much thanks for clearing the doubt ..

Best Regards
Shashank

]]> By: paul http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-208359 paul Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:53:43 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-208359 Hi shashank, I took a quick peak at your site. It looks like your comments are working, so it doesn't appear as though anything is broken. Are you see this error listed in some kind of report that google is generating for you? Or, are you trying to generate a sitemap.xml file? If so, you can probably ignore the error message. The wp-comments-post.php file isn't something that google needs to crawl. It sounds like google is just telling you that their crawler couldn't interact with the form, which is OK. It sounds like one of those error messages that is simply for information purposes, but doesn't really need to be fixed. Hi shashank,

I took a quick peak at your site. It looks like your comments are working, so it doesn’t appear as though anything is broken.

Are you see this error listed in some kind of report that google is generating for you? Or, are you trying to generate a sitemap.xml file? If so, you can probably ignore the error message. The wp-comments-post.php file isn’t something that google needs to crawl. It sounds like google is just telling you that their crawler couldn’t interact with the form, which is OK. It sounds like one of those error messages that is simply for information purposes, but doesn’t really need to be fixed.

]]> By: shashank http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-208349 shashank Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:04:04 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-208349 hi just read your article i am facing a 405 http web crawl error at wp-comments-post.php i ve seen it in the google webmaster tools and don't have a little idea how to fi x it ....can you tell me what this error is about.. thanks shashank hi
just read your article
i am facing a 405 http web crawl error at wp-comments-post.php
i ve seen it in the google webmaster tools and don’t have a little idea how to fi x it ….can you tell me what this error is about..
thanks
shashank

]]> By: Killsmappers http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-196420 Killsmappers Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:06:11 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-196420 ExLabordiner is a spam bot.... search google and see. ExLabordiner is a spam bot…. search google and see.

]]> By: ExLabordiner http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-196191 ExLabordiner Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:59:07 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-196191 Please, give me contact address (email or msn) of this site administrator... Thanks! Please, give me contact address (email or msn) of this site administrator…
Thanks!

]]> By: Devon Young http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-194352 Devon Young Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:16:40 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-194352 Nice idea. You inspired me to finally edit wp-comment-post.php and add code to check if the commenter is following a link...a link from somewhere in my domain. If they aren't, then they ain't using my comment form and therefore they ain't leaving a comment. Nice idea. You inspired me to finally edit wp-comment-post.php and add code to check if the commenter is following a link…a link from somewhere in my domain. If they aren’t, then they ain’t using my comment form and therefore they ain’t leaving a comment.

]]> By: How to Stop Comments Spams~ at m3nghua.com http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-187022 How to Stop Comments Spams~ at m3nghua.com Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:01:23 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-187022 [...] From OneDigitalLife [...]

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]]> By: gobloglah.com http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-184608 gobloglah.com Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:36:33 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-184608 this is exactly what's happening to my wpmu site. i use sk2 + badbehavior. they both work great reducing spam. yet, as you pointed out, they do not help much in reducing server loads caused by wp-comment-post.php still being attacked by spambot. bad thing is, renaming the file will cause big works for wpmu, especially when you have a dozen of themes used. any other 'better' solution?? rgds, dny this is exactly what’s happening to my wpmu site.
i use sk2 + badbehavior.
they both work great reducing spam.

yet, as you pointed out, they do not help much in reducing server loads caused by wp-comment-post.php still being attacked by spambot.

bad thing is, renaming the file will cause big works for wpmu, especially when you have a dozen of themes used.

any other ‘better’ solution??

rgds,
dny

]]> By: Paul Thompson http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-177079 Paul Thompson Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:27:27 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-177079 oh, my example field didn't work in the above because it had html brackets, the html field is of course: input name='todaysrandomkey[email]' / oh, my example field didn’t work in the above because it had html brackets, the html field is of course:

input name=’todaysrandomkey[email]‘ /

]]> By: Paul Thompson http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-177078 Paul Thompson Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:25:42 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-177078 One solution i've implemented on a number of publicly accessible forms is to have all of the form fields change their name every so often based on a daily key, and post from an array, so my fields are in the format: and I obtain the results in PHP from: $_POST['todaysrandomkey']['email']; This seems to be working so far. One solution i’ve implemented on a number of publicly accessible forms is to have all of the form fields change their name every so often based on a daily key, and post from an array, so my fields are in the format:

and I obtain the results in PHP from:

$_POST['todaysrandomkey']['email'];

This seems to be working so far.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-177040 Tyler Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:00:23 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-177040 Can you tell me how this "redirection" that made author can without assistance decide what is spam and what is not? Or you mean only that all comments are not add to database before moderation? Can you tell me how this “redirection” that made author can without assistance decide what is spam and what is not? Or you mean only that all comments are not add to database before moderation?

]]> By: paul http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176979 paul Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:29:34 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176979 Thanks Otto. I used to use Bad Behavior a long time ago, but the effectivness of it kind of dropped off, so I stopped using it. I haven't tried v2. I'll probably give it another try. Thanks Otto. I used to use Bad Behavior a long time ago, but the effectivness of it kind of dropped off, so I stopped using it. I haven’t tried v2. I’ll probably give it another try.

]]> By: paul http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176978 paul Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:27:09 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176978 Doh! I totally misunderstood the question... yes, it's Dreamweaver. Sorry about that :) Doh! I totally misunderstood the question… yes, it’s Dreamweaver.

Sorry about that :)

]]> By: Richard http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176974 Richard Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:17:20 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176974 The software being used in the screenshot is Macromedia (Adobe) Dreamweaver. The software being used in the screenshot is Macromedia (Adobe) Dreamweaver.

]]> By: Otto http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176973 Otto Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:07:37 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176973 You should take a look at the plugin called "Bad Behavior". It is a wonderful plugin, and reduces a TON of spam problems. Basically, it works by examining the incoming request before anything else occurs. It uses a fairly sophisticated system to determine if the request is from a spammer or not, and if it determines that its spam, it drops it and stops processing. The upshot is that the spam never makes it to your blog's PHP at all. The result is a dramatic drop in the amount of spam that you need to have Akismet catch, and an overall reduction in processing time. It also blocks other kinds of malicious behavior, not just spam (although spam is the main focus). It gives you the capability to block the site from other things as well. All in all, a very comprehensive plugin. Works very, very well. You should take a look at the plugin called “Bad Behavior”. It is a wonderful plugin, and reduces a TON of spam problems.

Basically, it works by examining the incoming request before anything else occurs. It uses a fairly sophisticated system to determine if the request is from a spammer or not, and if it determines that its spam, it drops it and stops processing. The upshot is that the spam never makes it to your blog’s PHP at all.

The result is a dramatic drop in the amount of spam that you need to have Akismet catch, and an overall reduction in processing time. It also blocks other kinds of malicious behavior, not just spam (although spam is the main focus). It gives you the capability to block the site from other things as well. All in all, a very comprehensive plugin. Works very, very well.

]]> By: paul http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176966 paul Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:05:56 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176966 Rasmus, that's a little off-topic... but I'm using the built-in screen capture capabilities of OS X, then I rotated it in Photoshop. Rasmus, that’s a little off-topic… but I’m using the built-in screen capture capabilities of OS X, then I rotated it in Photoshop.

]]> By: Rasmus http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-176965 Rasmus Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:59:48 +0000 http://www.onedigitallife.com/2006/08/12/wordpress-comment-spam-and-php-processing/#comment-176965 What program is you using? -the screenshot. Rasmus Denmark What program is you using? -the screenshot.

Rasmus
Denmark

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