Best Wordpress anti-spam plugin

[MattE]

Hi - I am looking for a good anti spam plugin for wordpress.

I have akisment, but want to stop the bots even before then
I have used Challenge (math equation - but that does not even slow em down
I tried Captcha Godfather, but it does not work properly.
I tried antispam image plugin - still no joy.

Anyone have a spam bot proof one they can suggest?

[tbond]

I've been using the latest Akismet with another plug-in called Spam Karma. Latest version is 2.x something. Very nice. It places an uuuuuuggly dark grey bar across the bottom of your site showing how many spams it has eaten. You can turn that off in the admin panel. You need to spend a couple minutes tuning it after turning it on through the admin/plug-ins panel. Works great in conjunction with Akismet. I haven't had ANY comment or form spam when using it. Good luck!

[pdstein]

I use spam karma in all 3 wordpress blogs I use.

[imvain2]

I use bcspamblock: Brandon Checketts

[jonisolis]

I am using two wordpress pugins for spam: WP-SpamFree and Akismet. So far so good.

WP-SpamFree - WP-SpamFree: A Powerful Anti-Spam Plugin for WordPress! | WebGeek

An extremely powerful anti-spam plugin that virtually eliminates comment spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as well. By Scott Allen, aka WebGeek.

[bj]

Bad Behavior and Comment Timeout. If I turn those two off I get inundated with a couple thousand a day. With those two turned on, I may get two or three a day.

[NateDesmond]

Here are two other ideas:

- You could turn your comments off. I know a number of bloggers have done this successfully.

- If your blog is for family and friends, you could password protect your entire blog.

Hope this helps!

[MattE]

thanks for the input everyone. I am giving WP-spamfree a go - last 8 hours have not seen any spam go through to akismet, so fingers crossed

[scanmonkey]

Originally Posted by MattE

thanks for the input everyone. I am giving WP-spamfree a go - last 8 hours have not seen any spam go through to akismet, so fingers crossed

WP-spamfree has worked the best for me. It uses javascript and cookies to stop bot comment spam.

Akismet is a good one, but you lose a lot of legitimate comments.

[jordy3738]

Here goes my two choices are WP-SpamFree and Akismet. I am having great success with them both.

[scanmonkey]

Originally Posted by jordy3738

Here goes my two choices are WP-SpamFree and Akismet. I am having great success with them both.

The issue is that if you don't check the spam que in Akismet after a couple of weeks, it deletes the comments. You would be suprised on how many comments you may have lost.

[MattE]

I found akismet had many failings - I cannot see why it is pushed as the default anti-spam solution.

[innominds]

Till now I was Akismet plugin.
Let me try this combination WP-SpamFree + Akismet.

[Web-Design-Guy]

WP-SpamFree +1

[Bestone]

I use spam karma in wordpress blogs I used