Useful Tip – Eliminate Spam Comments with Akismet

February 18 Customer Website Tips galin 

Canby Do you want to let people comment on your blog but are too afraid of being overwhelmed with spam? Spam is out there and out there like crazy on blog sites.

inadvertently One of my personal projects involves a random youtube video site. We post each video through the blog posting, on exactly the same screen on WordPress that I am writing this right now. We get some comments sometimes that make me laugh. Here is an example.

Example Spam – “I like the valuable info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and check again here frequently. I am quite sure I’ll learn many new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!”

My thoughts – (We don’t write articles spammer.. this is just a YouTube video you are commenting on but thanks for the words of encouragement! I’d love to post your comment so it gives you a link back! Wait…)

Well lucky for you, if you want to give people the freedom to comment on what you write, there is Akismet. Akismet is a plugin built for wordpress that automatically deletes spam for you. It involves having a library of “spam comments” that it knows to flag and remove for you.

Setting up Akismet is simple. It is already available to activate in your “Plugins” menu on your WordPress admin screen. Once activated it will ask you for an Akismet key. To do this, simple go to the Akismet Website and sign up for Akismet.