Chaque installation WordPress est livrée avec l’extension Akismet préinstallée, mais elle n’est pas activée par défaut.
Les utilisateurs/utilisatrices nous demandent souvent : qu’est-ce qu’Akismet et faut-il activer cette extension sur son site WordPress ?
Dans cet article, nous allons vous expliquer ce qu’est Akismet et pourquoi vous devriez commencer à l’utiliser dès maintenant.
Qu’est-ce qu’Akismet ?
Akismet est un service de filtrage des indésirables dans les commentaires pour WordPress. Automattic est l’entreprise à l’origine d’Akismet, qui a été fondée par Matt Mullenweg, cofondateur de WordPress.
Akismet examine les commentaires du blog et filtre les indésirables à l’aide de ses algorithmes. L’algorithme apprend de ses erreurs et des mesures prises par d’autres sites.
Par exemple, lorsque plusieurs sites commencent à signaler comme indésirable un contenu d’apparence similaire, alors Akismet apprendra à identifier ce type de contenu comme indésirable à l’avenir.
Aujourd’hui, Akismet a détecté plus de 523 milliards de commentaires indésirables, et ce chiffre ne cesse de croître.
Pourquoi utiliser Akismet ?
Sur les sites WordPress les plus populaires, le nombre de commentaires indésirables peut atteindre 85 %. Cela signifie que sur 100 commentaires, seuls 15 sont légitimes.
En outre, la modération des commentaires est une tâche qui prend beaucoup de temps. Vous devriez passer d’innombrables heures à filtrer manuellement les commentaires indésirables.
C’est là qu’Akismet peut vous enregistrer des heures. L’extension WordPress attrape automatiquement les commentaires indésirables avant qu’ils n’atterrissent dans votre file d’attente de modération comme étant en attente. Cela vous autorise à concentrer votre énergie sur la modération des commentaires des utilisateurs/utilisatrices réels.
Lorsqu’un commentaire est marqué comme indésirable par Akismet, il n’affiche pas la notification « En attente de modération » comme c’est normalement le cas pour les autres commentaires. Au lieu de cela, il les déplacera automatiquement dans le dossier indésirable.
Voyons maintenant comment vous pouvez configurer Akismet sur votre site.
Comment configurer Akismet sur WordPress ?
La première chose à faire est d’installer et d’activer l’extension Akismet Spam Protection pour WordPress. Pour plus de détails, veuillez consulter notre guide sur l’installation d’une extension WordPress.
Une fois activé, vous pouvez naviguer vers Réglages » Akismet Anti-Spam à partir de votre tableau de bord WordPress. Ensuite, allez-y et cliquez sur le bouton » Configurer votre compte Akismet « .
Un nouvel onglet ou une nouvelle fenêtre s’ouvrira dans votre navigateur, et vous verrez la page de tarification d’Akismet. Akismet propose des offres gratuites et premium.
Si votre site n’est pas destiné à des fins commerciales, par exemple s’il ne diffuse pas de publicités, vous pouvez choisir l’offre Personnelle. Dans le cas contraire, vous devrez sélectionner l’une des offres commerciales.
Pour les besoins de ce tutoriel, nous utiliserons l’offre personnelle.
Par défaut, le prix est défini à 36 $ par an. Cependant, vous pouvez déplacer le curseur de tarification sous « Quelle est la valeur d’Akismet pour vous » à n’importe quel prix entre 0 et 120 $ par an.
Ajouté à cela, Akismet vous demandera également de cocher les cases pour dire que vous ne diffusez pas de publicités, ne vendez pas de produits et services, ou ne faites pas la promotion d’une entreprise sur votre site.
Sur l’écran suivant, vous devrez terminer la procédure de commande et choisir le prix que vous souhaitez payer pour votre compte.
Une fois cette étape terminée, il vous suffit de cliquer sur le bouton « Terminer la Commande ».
Ensuite, vous verrez la clé de l’API Akismet que vous devrez saisir sur votre site.
Allez-y et copiez la clé.
Pour terminer la configuration, vous pouvez retourner sur le tableau de bord WordPress de votre site et naviguer jusqu’à la page Réglages » Akismet Anti-Spam.
Cliquez ensuite sur le bouton « Saisir manuellement une clé API ».
Lorsque vous cliquez sur le bouton, un nouveau champ apparaît, dans lequel vous devrez saisir la clé API.
Une fois la clé de l’API connectée, Akismet commencera à protéger votre site contre les commentaires indésirables.
Vous pouvez également ajuster les réglages d’Akismet. Par exemple, l’extension vous permet d’afficher le nombre de commentaires approuvés à côté de chaque auteur/autrice de commentaire, d’examiner les commentaires indésirables ou de les écarter automatiquement et d’afficher une notification de confidentialité sous les formulaires de commentaires.
Une fois les modifications apportées, cliquez sur le bouton « Enregistrer les modifications ».
Ensuite, vous pouvez passer en revue les commentaires indésirables en naviguant vers Commentaires depuis votre Tableau de bord WordPress, puis en sélectionnant l’onglet » Spam « .
Si vous estimez qu’un commentaire légitime a été marqué comme indésirable, il vous suffit de cliquer sur le bouton « Pas de spam » situé sous le commentaire.
Vous pouvez également supprimer définitivement des commentaires ou cliquer sur le bouton « Vider les indésirables » pour vider le dossier des spams.
Nous espérons que cet article vous a aidé à apprendre ce qu’est Akismet et pourquoi vous devriez commencer à l’utiliser dès maintenant. Vous pouvez également consulter notre guide sur la façon de créer une adresse e-mail professionnelle gratuite et le meilleur logiciel de discussion en direct pour les petites entreprises.
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Egbah Ikpomwosa Andrew says
I just want to say thank you for this information. Initially one would be happy seeing 50000 comments in the comment box, but Askimet surely helps you to identify real comments. Nice write-up.
WPBeginner Support says
You’re welcome, glad you liked our guide
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Jamal Aezaz says
I have created my first WordPress blog. as of your step by step guide. i’ve activated Akismet plugin. but I can’t see Akimest Stats in my WordPress dashboard menu. there are only two options Home and Updates.
WPBeginner Support says
They may have modified the plugin’s interface since this article was created, we’ll certainly take a look
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Lydia says
I have it and I was just looking at the date as of today it hasn’t been updated in two months…that to me is a very long time for a plugin not to update.
This is why I was searching for something better.
WPBeginner Support says
If you feel that that is too long between updates you can certainly look for a plugin you would prefer. As a word of warning, not all plugins need constant updates so the updated date is not always the best indicator of quality
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Scott Ramadge says
Hi
This may be a silly question but now that I beleive I have this downloaded on my wordpress.com site will this mean that inappropriate language is stopped from being posted in the comments section of my blog(that is once I actually write a blog) Or do I need a seperate thing to stop profanity and if so can you suggest somthing for WordPress.com as all I seemed to find was things for wordpress.org.
thanks
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Scott,
Akismet will block spam comments containing links to bad websites, comment bots, and many more. It may not consider profanity as spam. The best way to filter that out is by turning on comment moderation for all comments on your website.
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Dhiraj Thapa says
Thanks to you, now i am using Akismet anti-spam. I got spam comments during the initial days of my blogging few months ago and I didnt know about that.
Dhiraj
Daniel Cornelius says
I am trying to activate Akismet. I have an kismet key, but I don’t know what to do with it.
Sandeep Kumar says
Thank very much for this information.
Shumaila says
it is not free any more
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Shumaila,
It is still free. It is set to select your own price model. You can select your price to be zero when signing up.
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Alex says
I just activated this on my blog but there’s no Stats. Anywhere. The plugin is activated and it has just two options and that’s all. Is that ok…? Or what?
Bikas Gurung says
I got 5K+ comment everyday with 90% above spam and automated pingback system into my blog. At first I was glad thinking that my blog is having higher amount of traffic but later I found that they are spam while tracing with Akistmet Plugin recommend by you. Thank you so much. Anyway, which captcha plugin are best, please give me some hints.
Sanjiv says
Do I need to install the Akismet plugin if I haver blocked all comments on my site?
In other words, I do not allow comments on my site.
Hoping for a reply
Thank you
WPBeginner Support says
No you don’t need Akismet then.
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KAIZER says
It is really helpful as I have just started using WordPress.
John Rajesh says
What are the Pros and Cons of Akismet Plugin?
Jeffrey says
If my web doesn’t have comment and registeration section, do I still need Akismet?
WPBeginner Support says
No.
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kalpesh says
HI Admin, I have one doubt is it a paid version or available for free of cost??
WPBeginner Support says
It is available for free and optionally if you like it you can choose to pay for it.
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Ralph Musgrave says
Akismet is a pain in the whatsit. It keeps classifying me as spam.
WPBeginner Support says
On WPBeginner Akismet didn’t mark you as spam
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KristiGarrett says
What does Akismet look like to the user? Can they sign in using multiple options (Disqus, Facebook, Twitter, Google+) like you do here?
WPBeginner Staff says
Akismet is a spam filtering system not a commenting system. It works in the backgrouns and not visible to your users.
RW says
Akismet is an awesome plugin. I do agree with some of the other posters here that it’s worth pointing out that it is not free. The Editors point out that it’s free for personal, non-business blogs, but I don’t believe the majority of your readers are interested in personal, non-business websites.
I was saddened when Akismet went the paid route, but I understand. It’s a great plugin if you have the budget for it…
John Brinkley says
What does the ‘Filter’ button do between ‘Show all comments’ dropdown box and ‘Empty Spam’ button?
Justagurlinseattle says
This Akismet is marking almost every reply I write as spam.
It is getting rather frustrating. I see that they like to keep a running count as to how
much spam it is blocking, however, if 8 out of 10 of my replies are being marked as spam,
this is a highly inflated number of comments that are not spam.
I tried using my wordpress account to log in and make my comments, this did not work,
so I tried logging in via my Twitter account, this also did not work.
The Admins inform me that they are not able to retrieve my comments.
Can you help me???
any suggestions as to what I should do????
any suggestions as to how the Admins of that blog can release my comments????
WPBeginner Support says
Contact Akismet support. Your comment is not marked spam for no reason. For example, if you comment on example.com and a moderator thinks that your comment is spammy and marks it as spam. Then your future comments on example.com will automatically go to spam. Until an admin or moderator on example.com looks into spam and unmarks your comment.
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Dineen Miller says
I made a query at the Akismet site but didn’t get an answer so maybe you can answer my question? I’m looking at the Pro plan for my site but I want to know if commenters will be required to answer some kind of security question. Is this standard on Akismet? A feature we can turn on or off? Or does this plug in work completely in the background of the site? Thank you!
WPBeginner Support says
It works completely in the background.
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Abdullah Munir says
Its not free which was worth mentioning.
Editorial Staff says
It’s free for personal blog users.
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Abdullah Munir says
Yes, but do you really think that it would provide that professional level service for spamming?
Debra says
if it is free why do I have to give Credit Card info? It says an amount I will have to pay next year, am I committed to that, what if I don’t like it.
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Debra,
You don’t need to pay anything if you don’t want to. On the pricing page, select ‘Name your price’ option and then slide your price to $0.
Betsy says
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!
Editorial Staff says
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.
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Matt says
Its not free, though, which is important to mention.
Ethan says
There’s some changes with akismet. Now you can actually apply directly from akismet website.
http://akismet.com/personal/
Ryan says
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.
Editorial Staff says
Yeah even though Akismet comes bundled with WordPress, Many bloggers continue to ignore it because they do not know how to get this API.
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Caitlin Dundon says
The thing that is currently confusing me is that I switched from wordpress.com to wordpress.org and I downloaded the plugin – but when I go to the Askimet site it asks for my wordpress.com login…which I still have, but I am not using that blog anymore since I am now selfhosted…Will that key still work with my selfhosted blog?
Editorial Staff says
This is a recent change that they made. The answer to your question is yes it will still work.
Tim Live Chat says
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.
Sergej Müller says
Please test anti-spam bee – the simple antispam plugin for wordpress. It’s easy.
Jamie says
Is this comment about another product an example of SPAM since this feed is about Askimet?
If it is, should ASKIMET have caught it?
When is something considered SPAM?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Jamie,
No it wasn’t spam.
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