Comment Issues Fixed, Spam Plugins No More.
I just wanted to give everyone a quick update here.
Many people were getting errors on their website or other people’s website when they tried to leave comments. This was happening directly within the comment fields within a given page/post and was actually preventing comments from being sent on your website.
What happened is a week or so back we rolled out an entire SiteProtect platform, one very significant aspect of this platform was geared towards comment spam and blocking people trying to hack your website through comments.
==> Read Carson’s Official SiteProtect Launch Notice Here
In the process, we have actually disabled the ability for people (and bots) to submit comment spam to your website.
This is amazing technology and is now native to every single install on the hosting platform here at Wealthy Affiliate and every website that you build.
In the process this removes the need for any “spam blocking” plugin on your website. Our hosting takes care of it with SiteProtect.
The Issue, The Solution
The issue here was the fact that many of you (most actually), had a spam blocking plugin installed on your website, either Akismet or WP Spamshield. These plugins were conflicting with our new technology, causing errors when people would attempt to leave a comment on some of your websites.
There actually is no longer a need to install either of these plugins, or any spam blocking plugin for that matter. So what we have done is disabled the WP Spamshield plugin network wide and we no longer install this plugin with new website installs. You can actually delete this plugin if you want, up to you.
This fixed the issue. You are now protected better than ever and you no longer will have the conflicting issues on your website where people are getting errors when trying to leave comments.
We are continually working to improve and advance the platform here at WA and this is another drastic improvement.
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Thanks for the update Kyle ... I just deleted both my WP Spamshield and my SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugins. I'm pretty sure the technology that drove the SiteProtect upgrade is state of the art ... it's the way you and Carson operate.
It's hard to appreciate the scope of all the design and development upgrades you and Carson have rolled out, but what it does to make the platform more user friendly (and an increasing value) IS easy to appreciate. Thank you.
Kyle,
As always, you and Carson bring your "A" game everyday.
I feel greatly blessed to be part of a community that gives us the freedom to pursue our own objectives an looks out for us by helping us avoid problems before they strike.
This is great news for those of us that are learning the basics up.
Always bringing the A game and there is a lot of incredible things that we are working on behind the scenes.
Just a reminder for everyone who is using the contact me feature in WP-Spamshield.
Now is the time to switch to something like Contact Form 7. I'm not sure if the contact form in WP-Spamshield will still work now that WA has disabled the plugin but if you delete Spamshield it definitely wont work!
Tom
Thanks for the updated update guys :-)
Great to hear that you have sorted the issue. May I suggest though an edit to Jay's video training on setting up a WP site as they will still be showing Akismet being installed. Perhaps a 'sticky' in the comments section of the videos?
Speak soon
Tim
Yeah, we are going to be updating the training. We like to let the dust settle first before updating the training, but they most definitely will be updated moving forward.
Enjoying the fact that I don't have to watch my back while focusing on building a brand and business because Wealthy Affiliate is watching it for me! Thanks for building a strong platform, ensuring member confidence through constant leadership, being 110%ers, and having my back! I'm enjoying this process and looking forward to the future. Thanks again guys! Feel like ya'll are the big brothers I never had.
Angie Richards
I understand we need a website and a domain. With WA do I still need a separate/independent website or WA will provide us a platform ? I had actually had a Blue Host Website since 2014 but had not renewed this year because not sure it is still useful to have.
Hi Margaret, with WA you don't need another platform. Everything you need is provided for within WA,I hope this answers your question, Marion
Hi Sipke
Thank you so much for your reply. Will update you on my progress and I am just starting to read and follow the Starter Kit.
Kyle,
Thanks for the notice. I haven't been able to comment on a WA hosted site a while back so it's good to know what happened behind the scene. What's even better is to see you guys continually improving the platform. I really admire your dedication. :)
I'll disable Askismet now, keep up the great work!
Cheers,
Anh
A few hours ago I was in one of my sites. I was surprise to see why the Spam-Shield got deactivated. I know for sure that I didn't deactivate it. So I activated the plugin. Thanks for letting us know that we don't need this plugin.
I am so blessed to be here in WA.
Just about have to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming, you guys must put in some hard yards behind the scenes and the improvements just keep coming, Everyone just makes our lives easier, the " site protect platform " is state of the art and also provides another promotion point. Thank you very much, Kyle, Carson, and team.
Always putting in the hard yards to make your life easier, your experience online more seamless, secure and efficient and we are just getting started.
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Thank you! Truthfully I had computer problems that prevented me from participating during the holiday weekend. I was trying to figure out what happened. I'm happy that I backed up my work and that the website has wonderful protection, I lost a small amount of data, and my protection kicked me out of the site a few times. Finally I realized there was a problem. Thanks again!