Spam is probably one of the most frustrating sides of running a blog or website. In the past I have used several different anti spam plugins with Spam Karma 2 being one of the best out there, and I hope there will be a major update to it some day. Most recently I have switched to Akismet, however there is one huge issue as far as this blog goes. While Akisment is rather good in detecting automated spam (comments left by bots), it keeps those comments in your database for about 15 days as well as the “other data” associated with the comments. For example, when user leaves the comments while reviewing a web hosting provider, he or she assigns specific ratings. Bots however completely ignore the rating questions which affects the ratings shown on the profiles of web hosts featured on this website. This of course is resolved by deleting the spam comments without waiting for Akismet to do it. However it puts some strain on the resources on the days when you need to delete thousand or more automated spam at once.
So today I would like to give a test run to a new anti-spam plugin for WordPress called WP-SpamFree. I have read a few good things about the plugin and only minuted ago have installed it on this blog.
What are you using to protect your WordPress from Spam?
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I’m currently using commentluv to protect my site from spam. But I also try this one you recommend. This sounds also good.