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By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:26:12 +0000

WordPress.com automatically runs Akismet. But if you want to register an API, there are more than one ways available now. You can go to the official Akismet site to apply for an API. Furthermore, you can also register a WordPress.com account without a blog, and get an API as well.

WordPress.org although, the plugin must be enabled for it to run. It does not run by default like WordPress.com site does.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:30:59 +0000

Does it bother anyone else that WordPress.com and WordPress.org are used interchangeably? I’m trying to figure out if Akismet works with WordPress.com but all I can find is that it’s a plugin available for .org. Meanwhile, you need to register in .com to get an API account. I have a blog through wordpress.com but since they don’t allow plugins, I can’t figure out how or if Akismet runs on WordPress.com. Does anyone have the answer to this? Am I missing something?

I know there is a widget that I can put on wordpress.com for Akismet but all it does is allow you to show it on your sidebar but it doesn’t actually do anything. Very frustrating!

By: Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:37:07 +0000

There’s some changes with akismet. Now you can actually apply directly from akismet website.

http://akismet.com/personal/

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:48:11 +0000

Yeah even though Akismet comes bundled with WordPress, Many bloggers continue to ignore it because they do not know how to get this API.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:53:56 +0000

83% spam seems low to me. I would have guessed mid to upper 90s for the percentage of spam comments. But that would just be a guess and Akismet has the data to back it up.

I’m always amazed how many people don’t know about Akismet when they setup a blog. Almost seems like it should be on by defaults and signing up for an API key should be part of the process setting up a new blog.

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12 Vital Tips and Tools to Combat Comment Spam in WordPress — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:12:48 +0000

[...] But you do need to activate it and get an API key. You can find out more about Akismet in our Akismet 101 Guide for WordPress Beginners. Without this, you have no chance against SPAM. Akismet does a great job in catching SPAM comments. [...]

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By: Tim Live Chat

Tim Live Chat — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:18:49 +0000

Fighting spam is a must. My previous company has a forum. Guess PHPBB is too popular, we need to spend several hours per day to clean up the spam posts.

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