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How to Get a Free Akismet API Key

Written by AMAN SINGH

Akismet is one of the best antispam WordPress plugins. It filters spam comments and contact form submissions on your blog and prevents from publishing.

Akismet anti-spam is highly recommended for every WordPress blog. But you’ll need an Akismet API key to use it.

However, when you start your new WordPress site, this plugin is already installed on site. But it does not remain activate by default.

In this article, I’ll show you how to activate Akismet WordPress plugin and get a free API key.

  • What is Akismet Plugin
  • Why Should Use Akismet Plugin
  • How to Get a Free Akismet API Key
  • How to Connect with Free Akismet API Key

What is Akismet Plugin

Akismet is a spam protection plugin created by Automattic. It prevents spam on comments, spamming registrations and contact forms. This is the best antispam plugin for WordPress.

Akismet’s Major features:

  • Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
  • Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
  • URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
  • Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.
  • A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.

Why Should Use Akismet Plugin

If your blog or website has become popular, spam comments on your blog will increase greatly and it will take a lot of time to manually delete them. In this case, the Akismet plugin handles those spam comments and removes them automatically.

However, sometimes legal comments also mark the Akismet plugin as spam comments. The reason if any admin marks your comment as spam, afterwards all your comment will go in the spam folder.

How to Get a Free Akismet API Key

Akismet comes with WordPress installation. But to activate and use it, you will need an Akismet API key.

You will need to click on “Set up your Akismet account” to get API key for Akismet.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

Then on the next page, you will have to click on”Get your API key“.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

Next, click on ACTIVATE AKISMET.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

Select your pricing plan. Its PERSONAL plan is free. Just you have to click on Get Personal.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

In the next page, check the Nothing box and fill your details, then click CONTINUE WITH PERSONAL SUBSCRIPTION.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

Now it will create Akismet API Key for you. And look like this.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

If you ever lose your API key, you can use this link to get your lost Akismet API key.

How to Connect with Free Akismet API Key

Now, copy your free Akismet API key and go back to WordPress dashboard. Click on Settings >> Akismet Anti-Spam.

Then paste Akismet API key under the field “Or enter an API key” and hit “Connect with API key” button.

Get a Free Akismet API Key

That’s it…

I hope this article will help to get free Akismet API key. If you have any questions. Let me know in the comment box.

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