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If you run a WordPress Blog then you NO DOUBT have at some point been irritated by the comment and or trackback spammers. It’s not slowing down anytime soon. When I turn off our spam plugins on any of the many WordPress blogs we are involved with,  I would estimate that 90% of the comments and trackbacks are spam.

Whats the solution?

Shawn Collins of AffiliateTip.com wrote a post, that led us to Rachir over at TechVivo who has posted a list of 21 essential plungins, two of which you should definelty check out in an effort to combat spam, and the precious time you spend dealing with it.

Simple Trackback Validation

The Simple Trackback Validation plugin helps to eliminate trackback spam by performing a simple a simple but effective test on all incoming trackbacks.

WP-Spam Free

Fed up of all that comment spam? Stop wasting time checking and clearing your Akismet spam queue every day and download WP-SpamFree. It will eliminate 99% - 100% of the comment spam you receive. Yep, I’m not joking. And it does it without captchas! WP-SpamFree uses a combo of JavaScript and cookies to stop the spambots. Since 99% of the spambots out there can’t process JavaScript, they won’t be able to submit comments. It also doesn’t slow down your blog one bit.

To make life a little easier for some of the WordPress newbies out there we put together a video on How To Install the WP-Spam Free Plugin: