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Dr Dave
It’s little doubt by now my belief this is the single most important plugin for WordPress, so it was nice to see the other day when moderating a site, looking past the 964 spam comments SK had eaten, and the mere 7 that were in moderation (all spam after all), that a new version was out.
And while you are updating, donate.
Quix0r
I had been meaning to mention this plugin for some time, and actually thought I had, until Quix0r stopped by, and mentioned it. I then realized I never actually got around to blogging it.
I personally have been blessed by the combination of Spam Karma2 and Bad Behavior (maybe it’s due to the fact that I have donated to the authors, hint, hint) but anyway, many people still run into issues with spam, and this one seems like a good addition to the arsenal. I’ll leave the technical explanation to the author, but my basic understanding is it “hides” the name of the file that most spammers attack, so basically they are missing the target. Sounds good, and appears to be successful for those that need it. Worth checking out if you are still having issues with spam.
It was announced yesterday that you can now register for an API key at wordpress.com without creating a blog. With the recent wave of spam I’ve read about, this might move a few to go ahead and use Akismet along with SK2 and Bad Behavior.
An updated AJAX based “shoutbox” that protects against spam by filtering through Spam Karma 2.
The anxiously awaited update to Spam Karma 2 to be WordPress 2.0 compatible is now in a final release. I would guess this release will propel several more users to update. I can attest to the effectiveness of SK2 and io_error’s bad-havior plugin all but eliminates spam from your WP install. File under must have.