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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.

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.

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

1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:58 pm 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.

Nomad wrote: Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:51 pm

1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:58 pm 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.

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

Nomad wrote: Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:51 pm

1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:58 pm 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.