We hate spam.
Spam is a persistent problem that hinders our daily on line lives. And it's most common in those places we like it the least. In example in our mailboxes or on our weblogs. But we can fight back... and win.
Mollom is a next generation anti-spam service that blocks commentspam from websites. It's founded by Dries Buytaert, the inventor of Drupal, and Benjamin Schrauwen.
WP Mollom is a plugin that brings the power of Mollom to Wordpress.
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How does it work?
Every comment that's posted on your Wordpress powered blog is sent off to the Mollom servers. Intricate processes handle the comment. If Mollom think it's ham, the comment will be accepted. If it's spam, the comment will be dropped into oblivion.
Of course, sometimes Mollom isn't sure about the comment. Instead of directing it to a moderation queue making the site administrator manually moderate the comment, it will present the commenter with a simple CAPTCHA test. If the test is completed succesfully, Mollom will know the comment isn't spam and let it be published on your blog.
The idea is that you don't have to do anything but blog and have fun. Well, except installation and minimal configuration that is.
More plugin specific information on Wordpress Extend
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July 1st, 2008
Released version 0.5.1 with some minor bugfixes.
June 28th, 2008
It took me the better part of June to prepare a new version of Mollom. But today I released version 0.5.0. You can download the package here.
So, a lot has changed since version 0.4.0...
- I rewrote the SQL after this suggestion on Pressed Words. Mollom now uses it's own table to store all it's data instead of fumbling with the Wordpress data model.
- I fixed the incompatibility issues with Wordpress OpenID plugin.
- Improved the error handling.
- Status messages are now a lot more verbose
- Added the
mollom_moderate_comment($comment_id)tag for use in templates and themes. This allows direct moderation of a comment without first having to go to the dashboard. - ... a lot more!
So download, go forth and protect your blog against those vile spammers through Mollom!
June 3rd, 2008
First public release of wp-mollom. You can get it here. Please beware, this is a beta version of the plugin Please read the included readme.txt. If you run into serious problems or you have a suggestion, you can contact me by mail.
May 30th, 2008
Version 0.3 is released to the closed circle of betatesters. If you'd like to join, please drop me a line. If all goes well and no major problems pop up, this should be the final closed test version before a first public release.
May 27th, 2008
This project page is on line. The plugin isn't released yet. It's currently being tested in a closed group. You can see the plugin in action on my blog. A first public beta release is planned.
Changelog
This is the Changelog of the plugin.