Comments on: WP Plugins http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/10/13/wp-plugins/ Life on other planets is difficult Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:14:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Amber http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/10/13/wp-plugins/#comment-2179 Amber Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:45:23 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/10/13/wp-plugins/#comment-2179 The best anti-spam comment filter I've found is "Did You Pass Math?" at http://www.herod.net/dypm/ . Requires the commentor to do a simple addition problem (like 4+2) before submitting their comment. My spam instantly went down from something like 30-40 per day, to about 1-2 every few weeks. The best anti-spam comment filter I’ve found is “Did You Pass Math?” at http://www.herod.net/dypm/ . Requires the commentor to do a simple addition problem (like 4+2) before submitting their comment. My spam instantly went down from something like 30-40 per day, to about 1-2 every few weeks.

]]> By: Pete http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/10/13/wp-plugins/#comment-2178 Pete Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:45:50 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2006/10/13/wp-plugins/#comment-2178 Ooh, yes, oodles of them. As well as Akismet, I use <a href="http://www.elvery.net/drzax/2006/02/10/footnotes-0-9-plugin-for-wordpress-2-0-x/" rel="nofollow">Footnotes</a>, <a href="http://eightface.com/wordpress/flickrrss/" rel="nofollow">FlickrRSS</a>, <a href="http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/" rel="nofollow">Markdown</a>, <a href="http://www.sporadicnonsense.com/2005/04/28/clean-archives-plug-in/" rel="nofollow">SRG Clean Archives</a>, <a href="http://kimmo.suominen.com/sw/timezone/" rel="nofollow">Time Zone</a>, <a href="http://www.skippy.net/blog/plugins/" rel="nofollow">WordPress Database Backup</a> and three little specialist ones that I've written myself. Oh, and the <a href="http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/08/30/text-filter-suite" rel="nofollow">Text Filter Suite</a> for automatically labelling acronyms and converting to Pirate-speak on International Pirate Day. Ooh, yes, oodles of them.

As well as Akismet, I use Footnotes, FlickrRSS, Markdown, SRG Clean Archives, Time Zone, WordPress Database Backup and three little specialist ones that I’ve written myself. Oh, and the Text Filter Suite for automatically labelling acronyms and converting to Pirate-speak on International Pirate Day.

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