Spam emails are just plain annoying. Thankfully there are ways for you to eliminate them in your WordPress. Here's how.
Log in to your WordPress account. Type in your username and password and click Log In.
Edit Remove Move<ol><li>One way to get rid of spam emails is by going into the "Comments" tab under your "Dashboard". The first way is to do it manually. Check out the comments and hover your mouse underneath the comment. Options will appear for you including marking the comment as spam. If you think the comment is spam, click on the option “Spam”. This can take some time but it will get the job done.</li><li>Another manual way of getting rid of spam is by ticking on the small beside the comment and pressing the Shift key. Go all the way down to the bottom of the page and tick the last square button you see. This will tick all the squares between the first square and the last. If you see a comment that is not a spam, just untick the box. Go back up the page into the Bulk action box and click the dropdown arrow and click on Mark as Spam and click Apply. </li><li>The third way to do it is just by clicking the dropdown arrow beside Bulk Actions, click on Mark as Spam and then apply. Please Note that this will mark all comments as spam. It is advisable to check the comments first before doing this action.</li></ol><div><br></div>
Edit Remove MoveTo get rid of all spam comments already in the Spam folder, click on “Spam” and then click the dropdown arrow in the Bulk Actions box and then click "Delete Permanently" then click “Apply”. This of course does not prevent spams from getting in. So on to the next step.
Edit Remove Move<span>From your Dashboard, hover your mouse on “Settings” tab and then click on “Discussion”. Scroll down the page until you see “Before a comment appears”. You can either tick box 1 or box 2. Box 1 says An administrator must always approve the comment while Box 2 says Comment author must have a previously approved comment. Ticking box 2 is more ideal so you won’t have to keep on manually approving comments from trusted readers. </span>
Edit Remove MoveAdd the following code
to your root.htaccess to lessen spam
# Protect from spam bots
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}
.wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}
!.yourwebsite.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$
[R=301,L]
</IfModule>
You should also replace your URL
“yourwebsite.com” with your blog URL.
Block spammers that you have already identified from further spamming you by blocking their IP addresses.
There are numerous anti-spam plug-ins that you can choose to install on your WordPress. Simply install one and you’re good to go. Here is 1 anti-spam plug-in that is highly recommended. Akismet – All WordPress has this installed by default. You’ll just need the API key to get it running. If you’re running a personal WordPress blog, you can get the API key for free. For business blogs, you’ll need to pay a small monthly fee. Get the API key for Akismet to activate it in your WordPress blog
Edit Remove MoveHope this helps eliminate and lessen spam in your WordPress
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