Marcus Hellberg

Despite the blog being only a few weeks old, I’m already getting a lot of spam in the comments. I have now installed the WordPress Hashcash plugin to prevent spambots from sending comments. The plugin works by requiring the browser to perform a proof-of-work to ensure that it is in fact a browser and not a bot. It also checks that trackback URLs in fact contain a link to the page and that comment IP addresses match.

The plugin should not interfere with any valid comments and allow me to use my time blogging, not filtering through heaps of spam. If it does block your comment, make sure that you have JavaScript enabled in your browser. If it still doesn’t work, send me an email at marcus [at] marcushellberg.com.