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        box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
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        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
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        display: flex;
        margin: 0;
        text-align: center;
        color: #485c77 !important;
        letter-spacing: 3px;
        text-decoration: none !important;
        transition: ease-in-out 1s;
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 10px;
        font-family: 'Montserrat';
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        align-items: center;
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        border-color: #196CDF;
        color: #fff;
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        text-decoration: none;
        width: 120px;
        height: 30px;
        margin: 2px 0;
        text-align: center;
        text-decoration: none;
        opacity: initial;
        border: 0;
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    .cta:hover {
        color: #161616;
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        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        font-family: 'Montserrat';
        text-decoration: none;
        color: #FFFFFF;
        transition: all .25s ease-in-out;
        font-size: 1rem;
        font-weight: 700;
    }

    .cta:hover>a {
        color: #161616;

    }

    .hMed {
        display: block;
    }

    @media (min-width: 992px) {
        .hideOnDesktop {
            display: none;
        }

        .bannerAdOuterContainer {
            width: 100%;
            height: 90px;
        }

        .bannerAdInnerContainer {
            flex-direction: row;
            padding: 10px 20px;
        }

        .message {
            margin: 0;
            padding: 0;
        }

        .contentTitle {
            display: block;
            font-size: 20px;
            line-height: 37px;
        }

        .contentsubitle {
            display: block;
            font-size: 10px;
            line-height: 15px;
        }

        .cta {
            height: 64px;
            width: 240px;
            margin: 0 0 0 30px;
        }

        .cta:hover {
            color: #161616;
            box-shadow: 0px 2px 4px -1px rgb(0 0 0 / 20%), 0px 4px 5px 0px rgb(0 0 0 / 14%), 0px 1px 10px 0px rgb(0 0 0 / 12%);
        }

        .cta>a {
            font-size: 18px;
        }

        .hMed {
            display: none;
        }
    }
</style>

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    <div class="bannerAdInnerContainer">
        <div class="message">
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        </div>
        <div class="ctaContainer"><button class="cta"><a target="_top" href="https://www.bluehost.com/wordpress/wordpress-hosting?channelid=P99C46097236S1N0B2A151D320E0000V100#pricing-cards" data-element-location="sticky-footer" data-element-type="cta" data-element-label="seventy-off-sticky-footer">Get started</a></button></div>
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<p>Spam on your WordPress website may not just be an annoyance, but it may also result in a poor experience for the user, bad data arrangement, and the site could be a window to cyber threats. Good news: Bluehost made an exhaustive resource that teaches people how <a href="https://www.bluehost.com/blog/block-contact-form-spam-in-wordpress/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">preventing spam</a> helps in the most efficient way. This article walks you through steps on how not to have spamming troubles on your site and prevent spam using anti-spam plugins, CAPTCHAs, and many others to make your site more neat, secure, and professional.</p>

<h2>How to Prevent Users and Robots from Posting Spam</h2>

<p>These steps will help you prevent users and robots from posting Spam on your WordPress blog.</p>

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	<li><a href="https://www.bluehost.com/help/article/how-to-login-to-a-wordpress-site" target="_blank">Log in to your WordPress Dashboard.</a></li>
	<li>Inside the WordPress Dashboard, select <strong>Settings</strong>, then <strong>Discussion </strong>in the navigation bar on the left.<br />
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	<li>From the <strong>Discussion </strong>page, scroll down.</li>
	<li>Check the box next to <strong>Users must be registered and logged in to comment.</strong><br />
	<img alt="wp-discussions-users-must-be-registered" src="https://content.bluehost.com/bluehost/img/bluehost/wordpress/wp-discussions-users-must-be-registered.png" style="width: 100%; max-width: 700px; margin: 15px 0px; border: 1px solid #b4b4b4;" /></li>
	<li>Check the box next to <strong>Comment must be manually approved.</strong><br />
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	<li>You can enter words, phrases, or content into a box that will hold comments for you to moderate them.<br />
	<img alt="wp-discussions-comment-moderation" src="https://content.bluehost.com/bluehost/img/bluehost/wordpress/wp-discussions-comment-moderation.png" style="width: 100%; max-width: 700px; margin: 15px 0px; border: 1px solid #b4b4b4;" /></li>
	<li>You can enter words, phrases, or content into a box that will delete comments containing these things.<br />
	<img alt="wp-discussions-disallowed-comment-keys" src="https://content.bluehost.com/bluehost/img/bluehost/wordpress/wp-discussions-disallowed-comment-keys.png" style="width: 100%; max-width: 700px; margin: 15px 0px; border: 1px solid #b4b4b4;" /></li>
	<li>Scroll down to the bottom and click <strong>Save Changes</strong>.<br />
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</ol>

<p>Your WordPress blog has now been approved to fight against Spam.</p>

<h2>Summary</h2>

<p><a href="https://www.bluehost.com/blog/block-contact-form-spam-in-wordpress/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Controlling spam on your WordPress</a> site would be vital to the overall integrity of your site, as well as enhance the user experience. CAPTCHAs and anti-spam plugins listed here could effectively reduce spam on your site. Thanks to experts at Bluehost for giving you a safe and warm welcome for your good visitors.</p>

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WordPress: Preventing Spam

How to Prevent Users and Robots from Posting Spam

Summary