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Spam, meet WordPress with Akismet

I’ve upgraded my WordPress install using DreamHost’s fab-o upgrader. Nothing broke during the upgrade, which was a two step process: Run DreamHost’s upgrader, then run the WordPress database upgrader et voila, done!

As a part of my upgrade, I activated the Akismet comment and trackback spam killer plugin bundled with WP. So far, I love it! Akismet’s throttled back an ongoing spam attack from several messages per second to one spam in the last three hours. Talk about an improvement!

The newest WP+Akismet are highly recommended for anyone considering the upgrade.

This was written by Bill Day. Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at 4:32 pm. Filed under Blogging, Open Source, Security, Site Stuff. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

3 Comments

  1. Brandon wrote:

    Hey Bill,

    I’ve got a Wordpress blog at Dreamhost too but can’t find out how to upgrade (as opposed to just installing a new blog). What specifically did you do in the two-step process? Willing to share?

    Thanks!

    Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at 1:31 am | Permalink
  2. Bill Day wrote:

    Brandon,

    Login to your DreamHost Control Panel. Under “Goodies”, select “One-Click Installs”. If you’ve previously installed WordPress using the DreamHost installer, you should see something like “Upgrade to 2.0.3″ under the Action column next to your existing WP installation.

    Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at 8:20 am | Permalink
  3. Brandon wrote:

    Thanks for the details Bill. Ran into a few glitches, but we’re there now.

    Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

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