How do you protect your blog from spam?

[Jason]

Unlike forum posts. I manually approve blog comments, but it would be better if someone could just post with no stuff in the way.

But I don't know of ways to modify user registration, but I suppose a mod exists.

[Nomad]

Unless you allow registrations and post article without approval, you don't get spam posts on your blog. However, if your blog is open for commenting, you will get a lot of spam comments. The only way to control this is by approving it manually. There are also plugins that prevents from spam commenting.

[1stop]

I adjusted my permissions settings to let me approve the first 3 posts manually from new members.

[Nomad]

I adjusted my permissions settings to let me approve the first 3 posts manually from new members.

Sometimes people post good content to pass moderation, once their content start auto approving, they will being to spam.

[Jason]

I adjusted my permissions settings to let me approve the first 3 posts manually from new members.

Sometimes people post good content to pass moderation, once their content start auto approving, they will being to spam.

That's pretty sneaky, really.

[Nomad]

This has happened to my forums as well as blogs. Therefore, you should always cautious about your new members

[1stop]

I adjusted my permissions settings to let me approve the first 3 posts manually from new members.

Sometimes people post good content to pass moderation, once their content start auto approving, they will being to spam.

I use both manual verification and plugin to sort them out. It does not require too much work to keep the comments section clean.