Everyone hates spam, comment spam especially within wordpress. Sure there are plugins out there to reduce what shows up on your blog, a key player being Askimet, but I felt sorry for poor askimet, having to deal with literally thousands of spam messages.
Spamming is a common problem, I was getting (at least) 1000 spam messages a week, and I was sick of it. I’m sure also having so many spam messages stored in the database (even if identified by askimet) must have a speed impact on your blog.
Therefore I have created a simple solution to stopping spam at the source: asking a simple question that bots are too stupid to know in the comment form. I know only get about 10 spams per week, rather than 1000!
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Whilst posting bits and bobs on my blog, I’ve never had a consistent way of linking to files and recording download hits.
Therefore, I have created the ‘Wordpress Download monitor plugin, to handle uploading, links, and to monitor download hits.
There is a newer version of this plugin, view its page here!
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This post has now been replaced by an updated version which you can find here.
Created by Mike Cherim and I, this is a wordpress plugin that lets you have your own accessible, usable, spam-proof, secure, contact form on your wordpress blog!
I haven’t seen many contact form plugins for wordpress, but this is certainly one of the best, I can say that now. We hope you enjoy using this plugin, and that it saves you from lots of horrid spam.
Read more for more information, installation instructions, and of course, the download link!
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Hoorarr! Today I finished my Mailing List plugin for wordpress. It was quite a task, but I got there in the end. I made this plugin, quite simply, because I couldn’t find any plug-ins out there that had the functionality I wanted.
Mail List - A wordpress plugin for managing and messaging a mailing list and your blog’s registered members. Read more for features, info, and download link.
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