recaptchaYou would have noticed that having the Akismet plugin would not completely solve your spam problem. While the plugin does a good job of identifying spams and prevent them from being displayed, it will still show up on your comments listing together with the genuine comments. You will have a hard time going through all the comments and identifying and deleting the spam comments.

As most of the spam comments comes from automated comment  bots, using reCAPTCHA would be effective in stopping them as it needs a human hand to type and match the two words that are displayed in the CAPTCHA box (see the reCAPTCHA image above) before comments can be made on your blog.

Here are the steps to install the reCAPTCHA plugin on your blog:

Step 1: Download the reCAPTCHA plugin and unzip the file. FTP the unzipped file to your WordPress plugin folder and activate it.

Step 2: Go to the reCAPTCHA site to sign up for an account and you will be given a  Public key and Private key for your site.

Step 3: In your WordPress Settings, click the reCAPTCHA link (will appear once the plugin is activated) to go to the reCAPTCHA Options screen. Input the Public key and Private key into the boxes provided. You can also select the reCAPTCHA format to suit the color of your blog.

Once this is done, the reCAPTCHA should appear on your comments’ section.

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