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Weekend Roundup #142

Monday, August 15, 2011

Hi everyone! Welcome to the 142nd edition of the Weekend Roundup. This edition was published late because I was very busy the whole weekend. Anyways, hope you folks still enjoy reading the articles and links I’ve gathered and shared this week. Enjoy! Blogging The Five Worst Ways to Title a Blog Post Is Creative Commons [...]

Akismet – 25 Billion Pieces of Spam

Friday, April 8, 2011

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Although there are some “issues” or concerns regarding the accuracy of Akismet in flagging comments as spam (many WordPress users report that their own comments or reader’s comments are flagged as spam), it still remains as one of the top anti-spam plugins/solutions available on the Internet. I’ve been using Akismet here on JaypeeOnline since the [...]

WordPress 3.0.5 Security Release Hotfix

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Two days ago, the WordPress dev team released WordPress 3.0.5 which is a security hardening update that includes security enhancements like improved security of any plugins that didn’t properly leverage security API, additional in-depth defense against vulnerabilities, fix for a information disclosure issue that could’ve allowed author-level users to view content of drafts & private [...]

Akismet 2.2.1 – Now With Stats

Monday, October 20, 2008

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Spam comments graph Was checking my WordPress dashboard earlier today when I saw a notification for a plugin update. When I checked on the Plugins page, I saw that it was an update for a newer version of Akismet, version 2.2.1. I did the upgrade via the automatic (one-click) upgrade feature of WordPress. After the [...]

Update to Akismet 2.1.8

Sunday, September 7, 2008

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The first thing I did when I went back to blogging was to make sure my WordPress installation was up-to-date so I upgraded it to the latest version which was WordPress 2.6.1. I also updated all the plugins that I have via the Plugins section of the dashboard. One of the plugins I updated was Akismet and at that time, the version available was 2.1.7. All upgrades went smoothly and I was able to post my last entry, reply to some comments, check blog stats and other stuff. Because of the 3 month long hiatus, I wasn't able to do much with my blog except for approving comments. Spam comments have piled up and numbered at the thousands. No matter how much spam comments I have, I always make it a habit/practice to check the spam queue for valid comments. When I was done going through the list, I clicked on the Delete All button and waited for the spam comments to disappear. It was taking quite a while to finish and at first I thought it was taking long because of the large amount of spam comments I had but when I saw that the browser stopped loading and the spam comments were still there I knew something was wrong. Anyways, I tried doing it again and ended up repeating the process like three times to no avail.

Weekend Roundup #11

Sunday, November 18, 2007

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Better late than never, right? Here’s the late issue of last week’s weekend roundup. Enjoy! Dougal Campbell just released Easy Gravatars WordPress plugin version 1.1 and it’s also now available at the WordPress Plugin Directory. Lorelle Van Foosen talks about a new breed of spammers and scrapers who steal your blog’s content – Spinning Spammers. [...]

A New Breed of Comment Spam

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

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Commenting or comments is one of the essential parts of a blog. Weblog owners provide and allow users and visitors to leave comments so they can easily share their thoughts and opinions which encourages participation and gives the readers a sense of belongingness. However, spammers are abusing the system and are flooding blogs daily with [...]

WP Plugin Review: Dash-Note

Sunday, September 2, 2007

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Dash-Note is a useful plugin for WordPress users who need something to organize and remind them of their blogging tasks and ideas. Basically, it works like a Post-It note for your WP Dashboard. This plugin is simple, straight-forward and easy to install. Just unzip the file and upload it to your wp-content/plugins folder. Once you [...]

Trackback Problems

Sunday, January 28, 2007

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I’m having problems with trackbacks. I just realized that I could send trackbacks but not receive them. Trackbacks won’t even run within my blog. Some of my recent posts include trackbacks to previous posts but none of them show up. This is the first time that I’ve had this type of problem. Never had problems [...]

Spam Problems? Challenge ‘em!

Thursday, October 19, 2006

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I use Akismet to fight blog spam. These past few days I’ve been getting a lot of spam comments. Yesterday morning alone, I found 61 spam comments caught by Akismet overnight. So far, of the 869 spam comments that Akismet has caught, there have been only a few that were able to get through. Even [...]