05 Dec
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Akismet api key free activation is a process to enable spam protection on your WordPress blog. You should check Akismet plugin in your plugins checklist and install it. Like me nobody likes spam and with the internet huge growth, every internet user gets spam emails or comments daily. For a WordPress blogger, spam comments on the blog is a nightmare.
If there is no protection policy, it is really hard to differentiate between the original and spam comments. Literally that is a fact, as I was once managing a blog and reading comments that were looking 100% genuine but after in-depth analysis and with my senior’s help, we found those comments to be spam.
Well if there is a problem, there is a plugin. Oppss I mean there is a solution packed in a WordPress plugin. This is the beauty of wordpress and that’s why I love it. Akismet is a anti-spam free wordpress plugin that you can install easily to prevent spam but it’s activation is a bit tricky.
Let’s check it out!
Akismet Plugin Installation
Akismet is pre-installed with wordpress installation but it is not activated by default. But if you don’t find it in plugins, you can install it in just 2 steps.
- Go to your WordPress dashboard, scroll down to plugins, click Add New.
- You’ll see Akismet on top of the recommended wordpress plugins, if you don’t find it, search it in the keyword box. Click Install Now to install Akismet.
- Click Activate to activate the Akismet anti-spam plugin
Akismet API Free Activation
That’s the tricky part to activate the plugin. Once you click on the Activate button, you’ll see the following screen on your wordpress dashboard:
The blue button asks us to setup an Akismet account. Click on this button and it will re-direct us to Akismet official website. WordPress.com manages Akismet plugin, if you already have an account on wordpress.com, you can sign in using those credentials.
For a new account, click on sign up and put your email address, username and password.
Now choose the Personal plan and click the Get Personal button.
In the next step, it asks us for payment details and some amount as the plan price, you see that right?
No worries here, just hold the payment slider and bring it to $0.00
Furthermore, put your full name and blog URL to continue with free subscription. Check the boxes to confirm it’s for non-commercial use at the moment. But I would recommend to upgrade it when your blog starts generating revenue.
Congratulations, your key has been generated and ready for use.
Copy the Akismet key, go to the wordpress dashboard from where we started and put the key.
Put the key and then click on the Connect with API key button.
Excellent! Akismet is now protecting your site from spam. Since it is the beginning of your blog, so there might be no comments or spam, so let’s leave the settings un-changed.
Final Thoughts
As your blog grows, it means it will get a lot of traffic and people will ask legit questions about the tools or stats of your blog. But a lot of spam comments will come your way on your blog. You need to throw away those spam comments to keep the site clean. Additionally high spam or malicious activities can badly affect your site reputation and google rankings, therefore Akismet plugin is mandatory to protect our site from spam. It’ll protect your blog posts from spam on auto-pilot. I’ve activated it on my site and I hope you have done that too.
