{"id":1960,"date":"2009-11-11T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2017-09-11T17:37:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:37:18","slug":"stop-spam-wordpress-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/stop-spam-wordpress-blog","title":{"rendered":"Stop spam on WordPress blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I created a &#8216;blog section&#8217; on this web site a month back. WordPress was an obvious choice because I could install it in less than a minute via the Fantastico script library in the control panel provided by my web hosting service.<\/p>\n<p>As the traffic to the blog section increased, my mailbox was flooded with spam comments. I had earlier been able to curtail spam from the other pages of the site using reCAPTCHA on the feedback forms. Could I use the same to <strong>stop spam on this WordPress blog<\/strong>? As luck would have it, I found the reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress. So if you too are fed up with spam on your blog, here is what you need to do.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bottom-ads\">\n<h4>Sponsored Links<\/h4>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Inner Page Top - Non Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1043128618639037\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5670477364\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n<h2>Install reCAPTCHA plugin to stop spam on your WordPress blog<\/h2>\n<p>It took me less than 2 minutes to install and activate the WordPress reCAPTCHA plugin on my blog. Here are the exact steps:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"withbullets\">\n<li>Go to the reCAPTCHA web site and create an account. [I already had one]<\/li>\n<li>Download the plugin (zip file) from <a href=\"\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-recaptcha\" title=\"Download reCAPTCHA plugin for WordPress\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress web site<\/a>.<br \/><strong>Note: Plugins can also be downloaded and installed directly from the WordPress interface &#8211; check under the <em>Plugins<\/em> section.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Unzip the compressed file to a temporary directory. You should now see a <span class=\"codeword\">wp-recaptcha<\/span> folder with a few files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Upload the entire folder<\/strong> to the <span class=\"codeword\">\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/span> directory on the web server.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s time to <strong>activate the reCAPTCHA plugin<\/strong> so that it can stop spam on your WordPress blog. Refer screenshot below:\n<p class=\"justimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/blog\/blog-images\/activate-reCAPTCHA-wordpress-plugin.jpg\" alt=\"Locate the WordPress reCAPTCHA plugin in the list and click on the Activate link to activate it\" class=\"full-width\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The reCAPTCHA plugin will now ask you for the public and private keys. Click on the &#8220;<em>enter your reCAPTCHA API key<\/em>&#8221; link as shown in the screenshot\n<p class=\"justimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/blog\/blog-images\/reCAPTCHA-plugin-needs-api-key.jpg\" alt=\"The reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin now needs the private and public API key to become active\" class=\"full-width\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>You can get the reCAPTCHA keys by logging in at your account on recaptcha.net and selecting the web site for which you want to use this spam protection measure.<\/li>\n<li>Simply copy-paste the two keys (private and public) in the WordPress settings for reCAPTCHA and click on &#8220;<em>Update Options<\/em>&#8221; link\/button.\n<p class=\"justimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.webdevelopersnotes.com\/blog\/blog-images\/enter-reCAPTCHA-api-keys-public-private.jpg\" alt=\"Enter the two reCAPTCHA API keys in the fields and click on Update Options button\" class=\"full-width\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s it! You should now see the reCAPTCHA security image in the feedback comments form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure a sufficient amount of spam will be stopped on your WordPress blog by using the reCAPTCHA plugin. Best of luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I created a &#8216;blog section&#8217; on this web site a month back. WordPress was an obvious choice because I could install it in less than a minute via the Fantastico script library in the control panel provided by my web hosting service. 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