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A simple solution for WordPress comment spam.
There is a potential issue with the [Site Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-reviews/) plugin, where its use of the blocklist does not apply any keyword containing an underscore. Reported by [@Broders61849923](https://twitter.com/Broders61849923) > “… I'm...
> I’d appreciate any pointers or information on setting something like that up for this project, if that’s something you’d be interested in helping with. Yes, I can contribute by...
I have some new keywords to be added as black list keywords. Is there some application to check for those keywords and if not, then added ? Thanks
Add a mention about [Gravity Forms Blacklist](https://gravitywiz.com/documentation/gravity-forms-blacklist/) to the “Automatic Updates Via Plugin” section of the Read Me. Additional reference: https://tourkick.com/advice-tips-howto/block-gravity-forms-spam-gravity-perks-disallowed-keywords/ Hat tip to @cliffordp for the information.
Just a heads up: With the coming WordPress 5.5 the `blacklist_keys` are changed to `blocklist_keys`. See this changeset: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/48121 For all the people maintaining plugins to update those keys with...
> Surprisingly, WordPress also applies the blacklist against the user agent string. This will be finally fixed in WordPress 5.5 after I reported it a while ago: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49902
This has been working great for a while, across a number of sites. Recently, all WordPress sites using: 1. Contact Form 7 2. Comment Blacklist Manager plugin 3. This source...
There are a few URL shortener and page builder services that seem to be the source (or a bounce point) for a fair amount of spam. I am keeping an...
In reference to a question presented by Dale Grebey, research and document any issues (benefits, differences, operability, &c.) with implementing the blacklist via the **Comment Moderation** versus the recommended **Comment...
This needs testing, but it appears that some strings which include apostrophes may not get applied by the blacklist. For example, the term `''` (a pair of serial apostrophes) did...