Rick Bruner kicks off his blog publishing reviews with a glowing review of WordPress from Jeremy Wright. It’s a great review but at WordPress World Headquarters we try not to let our heads get too big, there’s a lot that can and is being improved and that’s what makes it all so fun for us and our users.
Isn’t that exactly opposite of what other thinks about WP? Seems odd compared to another post that deal with comment spam.
Matt, I meant to screen it by you ahead of time but didn’t have a chance due to deadline issues. If you have any issues with the article, please let me know and I’ll get it corrected.
Also, a more “free form” version is available here: http://www.ensight.org/archives/2004/09/09/wordpress-review-posted/
Thanks for the great product.
As far as comment spam, Matt and I have been back and forth on this at least once. I don’t (personally) see WP’s current anti-spam initiatives as “enough”. I still have to deal with every comment individually. I used to get 500+ comment spams per day on my MT blog. If I ever have to deal with that many in the Moderation Queue of WP I’ll kill myself.
I haven’t had a chance to work through all the plugins available yet, but I will soon. I’m already averaging 50 comment spams per day and while it’s “easy” to deal with, it could be a lot easier and less intrusive. That said, the Moderation Queue rocks because very VERY few get through to the site. It’s just a management issue.
Anyways, enough of a rant from me. I’ve already had my space in the review 😉
Spam blocking is going to be even easier in WP 1.3 and above. Currently the ability to scan all your past comments against your current spam words list has been added. Also soon to be added to cvs will be built-in “emergent registration” (Matt’s term) but I like to call it auto-whitelisting. An email address that has an approved comment already posted to the blog will be allowed to post, and if not, it’s held for moderation. You’ll be able to turn this off too.
Good stuff, getting better.
That article is coming up first with Google, still. With no mention yet of the .com version, which would answer a lot of concerns he posted in the 04 article. Time for him to update that article. I think even though it’s old, with so many checking out wordpress, it could convince them that they still need a server source.