Fighting WordPress TrackBack Spam

Jul 30, 2008 Print This Post

I have been getting slammed lately with TrackBack Spam. In part, my redesign was prompted by cleaning up the site after getting hit one too many times.

Hopefully, I now have it under control thanks to BloggingTips.com.

Here are the steps I took for those of you having the same problem:

1. Renamed wp-comments-post.php file, which is in the the root of all WordPress installations
2. Opened comments.php in my theme folder (wp-content/THEME FOLDER) and changed the “wp-comments-post.php” file name to my new name.

That’s it. Hopefully it works.

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Growing up in the Lansing area, I wanted nothing more than to get out. My exit strategy included a complex mixture of schemes for an urban church plant, iProducts, and an elaborate Bollywood car chase scene with zombies and catchy techno music.

As a 40 year old man, I find myself entrenched in the Lansing area at a church I love (Riverview), with 4 kids I love more (a high schooler, a junior higher, a middle schooler, and an elementary schooler), and a wife I love the most (Grace).

Instead of planting one church, I dream of helping hundreds get started without ever leaving my home base. I still love my iProducts and use them as tools to help lead and teach the thousands who attend Riverview. And when no one is looking, I blare the techno music and send my unimpressive resume to casting agents for Bollywood zombie films.

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