Following my recent ‘Spamalanche’, (Spam+Avalanche) I went back into my settings and reviewed my ‘Disallowed Comment Keys’, as recommended by some blogging friends.
This is a fancy name for words you don’t allow in comments, email addresses and urls associated with spammers, or just anything you recognise as being consistent with hundreds of Spam comments every day.
For example, this is my current list of disallowed words, numbers, and terms.
(You can find yours by looking at your most frequent Spam comments, without clicking on them.)
91.211.98.0
91.211.96.0
91.211.88.127
hydroxychloroquine
chloroquine
Muchas gracias
Porn
CBD
Escortcl.com
Hairstyles
Morovicracks.com
slkjdf.net
Vapor
Hairdressing
Vape
Праздники
bitcoin
casino
slkjfdf.net
slkfdf.net
cialis
escort
escortzen
As you can see, it is a mixed bag, and all of this was generating something like 2,000 Spam comments every week. This meant I missed genuine comments, as I had no time to find them in all that junk
Almost overnight, I went from 300 Spam comments a day, down to 5-10 a day.
My Trash folder went from next to nothing in it, to a current total of 1,963 ‘disallowed’ comments.
I no longer have to worry about missing good comments, at least as long as someone doesn’t use any of those words or terms.
If you want to try this, it’s easy.
Settings > Discussion Settings > Disallowed Comment Keys
Type in anything you want to be disallowed, then remember to scroll down and SAVE CHANGES.
You can edit the list anytime you like, saving changes every time you do.
beetleypete 
Thanks for this advice.
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It works well V. I have had no Spam for the last two days, and only a dozen or so before that.
Cheers, Pete.
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This is excellent advice, Pete.
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Thanks, Robbie. It works almost immediately too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Excellent tips, Pete!
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It worked for me, and also for everyone who has tried it since reading this post. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wow. Thanks. I had no idea I could do this.
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It moves the indicated Spam to Trash automatically, which makes it easier to look through Spam for genuine comments.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I copied and pasted your list as a start. Thanks.
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I’m so glad I don’t have those problems. Knocking on wood! 😀
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I hope it stays that way for you, Pit.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope so, too!!!
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I always do that, not only comme but disallowing some visitors as well over the years.
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That’s very sensible, Arlene.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you Pete, my spam is out of control! I had no idea what to do with it all. I’ll give this a try! Hugs, C
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It removes most of it straight into Trash, then you should be able to quickly check the Spam for genuine comments. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Where is the AI in the Jetpack-plugin? I am sure this could be erased, before it could be posted as an comment. xx Michael
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It is caught by Spam, Michael. But I like to get it moved to Trash so that I don’t have to look through Spam for good comments.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Reblogged this on NEW BLOG HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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Thanks for the great advice Pete!
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Worth doing if you get as much Spam as I do, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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That’s brilliant, my spam seems to be growing exponentially week on week.
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You can convert Spam to Trash by adding some words on your list, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for the tip! I’ll implement for my own regular spam messages!
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It can’t hurt. It reduced mine so dramatically.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Some of the words make sense, some a ton of sense, and I can see why even cryptocurrency snuck in, but what is it about hair that makes for spam? 🙂
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No idea, as I would never click on a link to find out. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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This is a great idea. Thank you for sharing.
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It works really well, Molly. It reduced my Spam by 95% overnight.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The Akismet Anti-spam has worked so far for me without having to resort to this but if it rears its ugly again I will try this 🙂
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Akismet captures the Spam, but I don’t have time to search through it for genuine comments. This way, the chance of missing good comments is rare.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, and others starred in a movie that involved a gambling environment here in Las Vegas. I’m afraid I can’t mention the title of that film…
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Fortunately, not many people add the word Casino to their comments, David. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete, I’ll have a go at this.
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It worked overnight for me, Stevie. Then I just added extra words when needed.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great info, thanks Pete.
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It does make it easier to check the Spam for genuine comments, Carolyn.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete, thank you so much for sharing this advice! I’m starting to add words to the disallowed comments and hope to see a drop in my spam messages soon!
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Thanks, Annika. When I started to do that, it worked overnight. I saw the numbers in my Trash increase dramatically, in relation to the reduction in Spam.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Just to let you know my spam mail has fallen to a handful over the past few days and in the process, I can now see genuine new comments that end up there by mistake! Just rescued a couple and dread to think how many I’ve deleted over the years! Thanks again!
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Great news, Annika! Thanks for letting me know.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have no idea the meaning of some of the words. 😁
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They are mostly nonsense, but some relate to Vaping nicotine fluids, and some are direct sexual refernces. (Cialis is a generic name for Viagra, for example.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh ok thank you. 😁
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I also have gone from hundreds a day to just over 20…..good advice Pete chuq
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Thanks, chuq. I may still miss a few good ones, but it’s nice not to have to keep emptying them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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With me, Spam is consigned to Davy Jones’ locker before it can annoy!!!!
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I had so many genuine comments caught up in it, Jack, I felt the need to add some filters.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Beware that it uses words within words, so genuine comments can be caught too.
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I checked it the first few days, and didn’t find any genuine comments. It’s the lesser of two evils, as I cannot trawl through 2,900 Spam comments to find a few good ones.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Agree. You get a lot of spam!
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