A short time after you start your WordPress blog, you'll more than likely find an email in your inbox or a notice on the WordPress Admin dashboard telling you someone has commented on one of your posts.

Most new bloggers will be happy, thinking someone has read their blog and cared enough to comment. Unfortunately, roughly 86% of all blog comments are spam¹.

A few steps you can take to cut down on (or eliminate) WordPress comment spam:

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