I'm being hit by a spam attack and somehow, even though posting requires registration, they found a way to post as "Anonymous." I checked my user access and groups and everything is correctly configured.
http://welcometotwinpeaks.com/discuss/twin-peaks-part-12/
Is there a way to delete these hundreds of posts all at once or in batches? I can't delete member "Anonymous" and all of its posts, since it's not an actual user.
Thank you!
Pieter, i'm using only The Shield plugin (and no other protection, spam or whatever like Akismet etc) and everything from BOT is blocked daily.
I have tried other solutions, and The Shield works best. Firewall also.
Is that plugin called 'Shield Security for Wordpress'?
Yes,
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/
From what i have tried (all security plugins) this is the lighter, most efficient, and best supported. Also extremely efficient in bot battle.
I've just set up. Had been using iSecurity plugin but that doesn't really have all the features free for spam control.
I spent a long time being hit by fake user sign ups and tried a variety of things and in the end I had to turn off registration and have users email me if they wanted setting up.
I will gladly try this and see what happens. Thanks for the heads up on this one.
I've just set up. Had been using iSecurity plugin but that doesn't really have all the features free for spam control.
I spent a long time being hit by fake user sign ups and tried a variety of things and in the end I had to turn off registration and have users email me if they wanted setting up.
I will gladly try this and see what happens. Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Be sure to enable GASP in login/register/recover password. While it seems like a "simple" security checkbox (the I'm human checkbox), it works very very efficiently with bots.
I had a LOT problems with comments in blog posts and that plugin helped me greatly. I still have some spam comments and forum spam posts weekly, but around 90% less and NEVER massive as Pieter's problem right now.