Welcome! This is not a typical article for reading. This is a log of important events in site development and growth. 2017 Oct 12 Thu First attempt was made today to transition to a new stable server with PHP7, latest MySQL, latest WP version and a brand-new theme. This transition is done under pressure from many directions: – old server finally died one day before replacement unit arrives; – latest D/B backup is available but too risky to apply in PROD environment; – an issue with Contact the Editor form was fixed here yesterday here – we are OK to go; Apologies, one more time, for loss of some small…
Block Remote Comments on a WordPress site
How to block remote comments on a WordPress site? How indeed? Here is a question for all of you – WordPress masters out there. Right now I am a bit puzzled. Problem – Comments without Visits I am noticing that people are posting a spam comments in a very tricky way. Somehow comments arrive with Site URL field populated, but I do not even have that field on the “Leave a Comment” form. It means that there is an automated way to send a comment without actually visiting the site. Is it true? I am searching all over the Internet right now. Looks like there is a product out there called CxxGxx. …
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