The Anti-Spam Hack → Free Guide
Stop WordPress comment spam at the door, without a plugin
A free 22-page guide for WordPress and Showit website owners. Four native WordPress settings, one copy-and-paste snippet, and a two-week check that shows you whether it worked, with no new plugin to install or update.
The Anti-Spam Hack
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Your Comment Spam Problem-Solved
Your site did not get attacked. It got left on defaults
WordPress ships with comments open, pingbacks on, a Website field on every comment form, and a moderation threshold of two links. Spam bots scan for sites running those defaults, and they queue you up.
Every spam comment adds rows to your database. Long comment threads create thin comment-page URLs that Google crawls instead of the pages you want ranked. And fifteen minutes a week in the moderation queue adds up to thirteen hours a year.
This guide closes the doors that were never supposed to be open, using settings WordPress already has.
What You Get
Four fixes, one dashboard, and no new plugins
The Anti-Spam Hack walks you through the native WordPress settings that stop spam before it is published, in the order that does the most work first. Every step works the same on a Showit blog, because your Showit blog runs on WordPress underneath.
- A maintained Disallowed Comment Keys list, plus starter sets to test first
- The four Discussion settings people never touch, and what to set each one to
- A copy-and-paste snippet that removes the Website field spammers come for
- A Day 1, 7, and 14 check, and a 20-minute quarterly upkeep routine
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Your blog was never the problem. The defaults it shipped with are.
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What the Anti-Spam Hack includes
Twenty-two pages, written for WordPress and Showit website owners, that you can work through in one sitting.
The setting that does the most work
Load a maintained key list that sends matching comments straight to trash, then audit it for the terms your own clients use, with lists for wedding professionals, law firms, and health and beauty businesses.
Four settings people never touch
Close comments on older posts, turn off pingbacks, drop the link threshold to one, and require a previously approved comment, so every first-time commenter waits for your approval.
Take away the reason they came
Spam comments exist to place a link. One short snippet removes the Website field from your comment form, and the name and email fields stay.
Confirm it actually worked
A Day 1, 7, and 14 check of your comment counts, one Google search for indexed comment pages, and what to adjust, in order, if spam still gets through.
How It Works
From a full moderation queue to clean comments in three steps
No login, no course portal. The guide arrives by email, and you work through it from your WordPress dashboard.
Sign up
Fill in your first name and email, then hit send. That is the only step that asks anything of you.
Check your inbox
The guide lands in your inbox within minutes, as a 22-page PDF with a link to the maintained key list.
Work through the four steps
Open Settings, then Discussion, and follow the guide in order. Then check your numbers on Day 7 and Day 14.
WordPress and Showit SEO expert, Stefanie Morris
Stefanie Morris is the founder of Morris & Co. Marketing, the SEO and marketing agency behind MoCo.Marketing, providing done-for-you SEO for creative entrepreneurs, law firms, and wedding professionals who are done being invisible online.
With specializations in WordPress SEO, Showit SEO, image SEO, and generative engine optimization, she creates customized marketing & SEO strategies that leverage your expertise to drive leads that align with your ideal client profile.
Stefanie spent nearly a decade working as a destination wedding photographer before founding Morris & Co. Marketing, during which she built SEO systems that produced bookings in markets including Boston, Newport, and Aruba from her home outside of Charlotte, NC.
The Anti-Spam Hack is the same settings-first approach she uses on her SEO and website maintenance clients’ sites: find what is structurally sound, keep it, and repair what is not.
“Stefanie gave me essentially a checklist for how to fix the back end of my website. It was exactly what I needed, and I am now ranking higher than I ever thought possible on Google.”
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- A full day focused on your website alone, one-on-one
- Your broader SEO foundation built with you, spam settings included
- Personal guidance on your own WordPress or Showit site, start to finish
- A clear plan to carry forward after the day
Who It Is For
Made for WordPress and Showit owners who want clean comments, not more plugins
Whether you run a creative business, a law firm, or a wedding business, if your blog takes comments, this guide gives you a system you can set up today.
This is for you if
- Your moderation queue fills with spam faster than you can clear it.
- Your blog runs on WordPress or Showit and still has its default comment settings.
- You want protection that does not add another plugin to install and update.
Not for you if
- Your blog has comments turned off and you plan to keep it that way.
- You run a membership or forum site with open registration and need a spam service on top of these settings.
- You would rather have your whole site cared for by someone else. That is done-for-you territory.
The Cost
Grab your free guide and close the doors today
Your next blog post can go live without a pile of spam behind it. Sign up below and work through the four steps from your WordPress dashboard.
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Every week on default settings is another fifteen minutes in the moderation queue. The fix takes one guide and your WordPress dashboard.
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Everything the guide covers
Every page is built to act on, not just read. Here is what is yours the moment it lands.
- Why comment spam is a site health problem
- When a spam plugin is the right call
- The maintained Disallowed Comment Keys list
- Starter keyword sets, Cyrillic block included
- The four Discussion settings to change
- The snippet that removes the Website field
- Bulk edits for existing posts and pages
- Where Showit users log in to make the changes
- The Day 1, 7, and 14 check
- A 20-minute quarterly maintenance checklist
FAQs
Your Anti-Spam Hack FAQs
Is it really free?
Yes. The guide is completely free, with no credit card and no obligation. It lands in your inbox by email right after you sign up.
Do I need a plugin to stop WordPress comment spam?
No. The guide uses settings WordPress already has. The one snippet in Step 3 goes into your theme’s functions file or a code snippets tool you already run, so there is nothing new to keep updated.
Will it work on my Showit site?
Yes. Your Showit blog runs on WordPress underneath, so comment spam is fixed on the WordPress side. The guide shows you where to log in and which screen to work in.
Will it block real comments too?
The guide shows you how to audit the key list for the words your own clients use, and the approved-commenter setting lets real readers comment freely after their first approval.
Do I need to be technical to set it up?
No. If you can log in to your WordPress dashboard, you can follow every step. The one snippet is copy and paste, with the exact code included.
How will I know it is working?
The guide walks you through a Day 1, 7, and 14 check of your Pending, Spam, and Trash counts, and an ordered list of what to adjust if spam still gets through.
What happens after I sign up?
You get an email within minutes with your guide, plus the occasional SEO Ready™ note for creative entrepreneurs, law firms, and wedding professionals. Unsubscribe anytime.
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