Spam Comments on Blog
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Started to receive lots of spam comments on one of my blog post. I tried to access blog admin panel but it gives an error all time.
Admin Panel
How can I access my blog panel?
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@muhasturk Hi - first of all, you need to regain login to your
vivaldi.net
account. You should be able to login with the same user+pass you use on this forum, it's the same account. If not contact Vivaldi support, choose "website & services" for product:
https://vivaldi.com/bugreport/Then you need to activate Akismet in your WordPress blog. Akismet is a must to avoid spam. It's free (pay what you want) for non-commercial use:
https://akismet.comGet an API key, then add it in in the WP Dashboard under Settings > Akismet Anti-Spam.
It's also a good idea to close comments on old posts, say 3 months. Old posts tend to attract more spam. You can also limit commenters to only other Vivaldi community users
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Hi @muhasturk. We're very sorry for the trouble.
The error you received after login can be seen, for example, when you open the login page on Vivaldi.net and leave it open for at least 5 minutes before actually logging in.
If you saw the page under different circumstances, please test whether you can reproduce it again, following the same steps. If you can, please create a bug report, so we could test and work on a fix.Now regarding the spam comments. We updated Vivaldi Community Blogs last week and fixed a longstanding bug, where email notifications weren't sent. So, in theory, you should always have received emails when someone (spammer or legitimate user) left a new comment on one of your blog posts.
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guys I already reported with email my problem still here. Please see my uploaded video below on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfW65FexpRk
Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Chrome all gives same result even on incognito mode.
My blog account seems have technical problems.
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Tried to login on fresh vivaldi browser please watch video
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Redirects me following url every time.
https://vivaldi.net/wp-login.php?login-error=failed-user-creation&message=Failed+user+creation.
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@Pathduck said in Spam Comments on Blog:
You can also limit commenters to only other Vivaldi community users.
A good idea.
Anyone who wants to comment on a Vivaldi blog that is in the public domain can register in the forum.