Battling spam is important, and managing the comments in itself is important too. The following plugins will hopefully help.
Akismet (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/): Akismet is joined at the hip with WordPress and is one of those plugins that tackles the ever-present issue of comment spam. To use it you’ll need an API key from wordpress.com, which means you’ll have to be a user there. There are also some commercial licenses available, see akismet.com for more. You may also want to complement it with other spam-stopping plugins, or at least try out a few others if you find that a lot of spam is getting through.
WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/): WP-SpamFree Anti-Spam differs from both Akismet at TypePad AntiSpam because it doesn’t rely on a central service but rather battles the spam bots with a mix of JavaScript and cookies. It may sound like a trivial solution to this problem, but a lot of sites swear by it and it does seem to filter out a lot of spam, especially the trackback kind, that other plugins are missing. There’s also a contact form included in the plugin, as a bonus, with spam protection of course. If you’re spending a lot of time fiddling with spam of any kind, you may want to give this plugin a go. It works perfectly well alongside Akismet for example, so there’s really no reason not to give it a try if you need some help combating the spambots.
TypePad AntiSpam (antispam.typepad.com): TypePad AntiSpam is Six Apart’s answer to the Akismet plugin, and it works in a similar way. Just like with Akismet it works against a server that logs and analyzes all spam, including the comments you mark as spam, and hence it “learns” all the time. Both the plugin and the necessary API key for your TypePad profile are free, so should Akismet fail for you, then this is worth a shot.
Really Simple CAPTCHA (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/really-simplecaptcha/): CAPTCHA is one of those annoying “fill out what it says in the box to prove that you are human” things, and while you can argue that they aren’t really user-friendly, sometimes you need to adopt desperate measures to stop spammers and other exploiters. This plugin really isn’t about just slapping a CAPTCHA on your comments, for example, but rather it is meant to be utilized when you need a really simple CAPTCHA check. Works well enough in most cases.
Get Recent Comments (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-recent-comments/): The recent comments widget that ships with WordPress isn’t exactly exciting, and besides it tends to fill up with trackbacks anyway. The Get Recent Comments Plugin is an excellent replacement, with adjustable layout, Gravatar support, cached output, order options, no internal pingbacks, and a lot more. If you’re going to display the most recent comments, then this is an excellent solution.
IntenseDebate Comments (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/intensedebate/): There are two hosted comments solutions that are competing for serving your reader’s opinions, and IntenseDebate (www.intensedebate.com) is the one owned by Automattic. If you want to use IntenseDebate, this is your tool.
Disqus Comment System (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disqus-commentsystem/): The leading hosted comment service is Disqus (disqus.com) and naturally it is easy enough to get it running on your WordPress site using a plugin. If you’re running Disqus you may also be interested in the (unofficial) Disqus Widget plugin (wordpress.org/extend/ plugins/disqus-widget/), which shows offstatistics for your Disqus comments.
CommentLuv (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/commentluv/): CommentLuv is a plugin that checks the applied URL for an RSS feed, and shows the latest update with the commenter’s comment. It also connects to the ComLuv Web site (comluv.com) for more features such as link tracking. Luckily, the whole thing is pretty customizable because the default solution isn’t very pretty, including bug buttons and such.
BackType Connect (wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backtype-connect/): The Back- Type Connect plugin checks the social Web for talk that is related to your weblog posts, and publishes it as comments on your post. So if your mammoth article garnered a lot a buzz on Twitter, this will show up on your post as well. Pretty cool, but it can also be really messy when mixing both traditional comments and comments from, in particular, microblogging systems due to the 140 character limit. Use with care and make sure that your readership is savvy enough to understand what’s going on.
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