Blocked Visitors Still Comment Spam
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Hello WP!
I receive a ton of spam comments about medications. I have blocked the senders from posting comments on my page, but it still keeps happening. Even with the ones that I blocked and who, supposedly, cannot comment on my blog anymore.
What to do? I have been bulk editing and deleting, but as you can imagine it gets annoying.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hey Dreamadventurer.
Sorry to hear that you are inundated with spam!Your WordPress.com website is already protected by Akismet. You can learn more about Akismet here :
https://akismet.com/There are a few steps that you can try to add spam to the comment blacklist, which are outlined in the document I’ve linked to below.
I invite you to take a look at this page on unwanted comments and spam:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/unwanted-comments/
Have you tried all of these methods already?I hope this is all helpful for you :)
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Please confirm the URL of the site you refer to by posting it here.
We cannot totally block or delete subscribers from public WordPress.COM hosted blogs. Anyone and everyone with internet access can view and read public blogs and that’s indeed what the public designation means.
To change blog visibility to Private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3. See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings
Also, read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/
To change blog visibility to Private go to Dashboard > Settings > Reading scroll to Site Visibility and choose option 3
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/You don’t need an upgrade of any kind at all to invite multiple people to contribute to a private blog. See:
adding users http://en.support.wordpress.com/adding-users/
user roles http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/
Note that you have complete control over everything that’s posted to your blog via comment moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderationFor trolls, you can “blacklist” them at Settings > Discussion toward the bottom of that page. https://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
Enter their email address, their username, and if they included it, their website URL. That will automatically send them to moderation so that their comments do not appear on the blog. Do note though that if they are determined, they can use a different email address or username to get around that.
Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. All the blocked person would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.
Additional information:
Our reality is that if the ability to remove or followers existed our time would be squandered on removing unwanted followers because anyone can get a new email address and or a new IP in seconds flat and then they can subscribe again to any public blog they were removed from.If someone has an inappropriate rating for a Gravatar image, please log into to Gravatar and use the “Report Abuse” link on their Gravatar profile bottom right-hand corner to let Staff know.
Also, note that on this page > Settings > Discussion if you scroll down you will find you can set a Maximum Rating for gravatar display on your blog.
G — Suitable for all audiences
PG — Possibly offensive, usually for audiences 13 and above
R — Intended for adult audiences above 17
X — Even more mature than aboveIf the follower has an inappropriate blog hosted here at WordPress.com, you can also report that to us so we can deal with that: Report Mature or Spam Blogs http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/
re: removing inactive subscribers
Please note that deleting an email address does NOT prevent the same person from subscribing again under the same email address or under a new email address.Therefore, the process of removing subscriber’s email addresses is aimed for use when we have subscribers who want to unsubscribe and who have failed to click the “unsubscribe” link on the bottom of the email updates of our posts they receive. Alternatively, it is aimed for use when email subscribers are “inactive”.
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-unsubscribe-someone-from-my-blog?replies=3#post-2486958
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-unsubscribe-someone-from-my-blog?replies=3#post-2487279Please read also the support docs linked to by floflo56 above:
Unwanted Comments and Comment Spam https://en.support.wordpress.com/unwanted-comments/Lastly, if you are referring to a person that you added officially to contribute to your site see here: Removing Users https://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#removing-users
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