How to Protect Your Site From Spammers in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 June 2012 04:17 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Thursday, 5 July 2012 12:00

In previous articles, I discussed about how to stop automated spammers from registering. However, there are some spammers that can get through and post spam all over your network. For that reason, in this article, we will learn how to stop spammers from posting on your network.

1. First, we will download a plugin called Spam 1.8.x Throttle. You can download it here

2. After downloading the tool, install it on your network. Please refer to this article about installing a plugin in Elgg 1.8

3.  After that, please login on your Elgg network as an Administration and go to the Administration Dashboard: