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Disable Joomla Contacts component (com_contact) in MySQL / phpMyAdmin

How-to disable Joomla's built-in contact forms component and its ability to send a copy to the sender, directly in your MySQL database using phpMyAdmin.

By Jan Reilink 05/01/2021Web applications

WordPress

Delete spam comments after three (3) days

Here is how to change Akismet interval to three (3) days instead of 15 days for deleting spam comments, using the akismet_delete_comment_interval filter in your WordPress functions.php

By Jan Reilink 09/12/2019WordPress

WordPress

Remove Jetpack email sharing service

Recently the WordPress Jetpack email sharing service is often abused by spammers. They use the Send to Email Address for sending spam. All these kind of "Tell a Friend" scripts are abused a lot. Here is how to disable email share service in Jetpack.

By Jan Reilink 19/05/2017WordPress

PowerShell

PowerShell blacklist check script: find an IP address’ blacklist status & reputation

A blacklist check script written in PowerShell. You can use this to lookup an IP address in various blacklists (DNSBL, RBL). Such a check is a great indicator for an IP address' reputation. Basically this PowerShell blacklist checker is a port of my Bash script to check an IP address blacklist status in Linux.

By Jan Reilink 19/05/2016PowerShell

WordPress

Clean-up WordPress spam comments and meta data

How to delete WordPress spam comments and meta data with phpMyAdmin. A lot of WordPress spam comments and meta data will keep your WordPress database huge, and slows down your site. It's best to delete spam comments regularly, but if you're facing hundreds of thousands spam comments, here is how to delete them all in bulk.

By Jan Reilink 23/04/2014WordPress

GNU Linux

Check IP address blacklist status in Bash

Bash script to check an IP address reputation status in several blacklists. I've added HttpBl as backlist and an API key is required for this list. Using this script in Bash you can quickly test if an IP address is blacklisted.

By Jan Reilink 14/10/2011GNU Linux