WordPress is the world’s most popular open source and content management system.
It’s no surprise that WordPress websites are always the focus of spammers.
So what is the solution against spam?
Akismet is the best anti-spam solution in WordPress.
What’s more amazing is its price. Akismet is completely free for personal use.
Its price is unbeatable.
The Akismet installation process is also extremely simple. This article helps you quickly install Akismet. And say goodbye to spam forever.
What is Akismet?
Akismet is a spam comment filtering service. Its name is derived from Automattic and Kismet.
Akismet is a product of Automattic, the company that manages and operates the WordPress open source code. Therefore, WordPress provides Akismet available.
How to install Akismet
Step 1 : Activate the plugin
WordPress has Akismet pre-installed but not activated yet. So the first step is to activate the plugin.
In the admin page, go to Plugins -> Installed Plugins.
Activate Akismet
Activate the plugin. After activating the plugin, click on the Activate Your Akismet Account button
Click the Activate Your Akismet Account button
Step 2 : Get API Key
You click on the button Get your API Key
Click the button Get your API Key
Step 3: Switch to Akismet homepage. You click the button Get an Akismet API Key
Click the button Get an Akismet API Key
Step 4 : Log in to your WordPress.com account and choose a plan
You need to log in to your wordpress.com account, then grant access to the Akismet service.
Next you will be asked which package to choose. Choose Personal for free use
Choose Personal for free use
Step 5 : You are invited to donate funds. Please drag the slider on the right all the way down to use it for free. Enter First Name and Last Name, then click Continue button
Drag the slider all the way down to use it for free
Step 6 : Akismet will automatically recognize the site you want to use Akismet. Click Activate this site.
Click Activate this site
You will now be taken back to your website, in Akismet’s settings. You will see a message that Akismet has been activated successfully, as well as the Key
Successful message
Note: if Akismet does not automatically recognize the website that you want to use Akismet, you can manually copy the API Key into Akismet’s settings to activate it.
Epilogue
Above you know how to install Akismet.
If you have difficulties with the installation and use of Akismet, please leave a comment below.
