Upgrading and spam control

mventures

Hi all,

I need your guidance. Hope I have posted in the right place.

(1) I launched a website in Feb 2021 using the available Flarum version then. I think its version: 0.1.0-beta.15. Is there a new version available? If so, where do I find it and where can I get help to install it?

(2) I didn't really operate the site since installation and today was the first time, I checked. I noticed there are about 400 spam postings! How do I delete them in bulk and block the spammers in bulk also? At the moment, I have to do them one by one. I have to suspend the user and then delete the post.

(3) Are there any strong captcha I can integrate into the site, to prevent spammers from signing up?

Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from you!

luceos

mventures

https://docs.flarum.org/update#major-version-update-guides
If you don't have any other content I would recommend starting from scratch. Otherwise I'd recommend installing Spamblock to mark users as spammer and delete their posts in one swoop: https://extiverse.com/extension/fof/spamblock
There are several captcha extensions and spam related ones, see https://extiverse.com/?filter%5Bq%5D=spam&sort=-created_at&filter%5Bis%5D%5B%5D=-flarum&filter%5Btype%5D= and https://extiverse.com/?filter%5Bq%5D=captcha&sort=-created_at&filter%5Bis%5D%5B%5D=-flarum&filter%5Btype%5D=, there's also an extension about turnstile and a recent discussion here on discuss about fighting spam.