If you blog on Wordpress (Self Hosted or Wordpress.com), than you might be aware of SPAM Comments and SPAM Trackbacks!
Yes! Almost all Wordpress Blogs, after gaining some Popularity over the World Wide Web, receives tons of SPAM Comments and SPAM Trackbacks each day! Thanks to SPAM Bots!
In order to STOP these SPAM Comments and Trackbacks to some extent, Akismet is a great Wordpress Plugin.
If you are blogging on Self Hosted Wordpress Blog than it’s Recommended that you enable Akismet Plugin from the Plugins Area of your Blog, otherwise after sometime your whole day will be spent on Deleting Unnecessary/Illogical Comments and Trackbacks!
There’s no need to separately install Akismet as each version of Wordpress Software (from Wordpress.org) comes with Akismet, installed by default. All you need is a Wordpress API Key after activating the Akismet Plugin, as Akismet will not work without a valid Wordpress API Key.
For those who blog on Wordpress.com, Akismet is already installed and activated by default, so no worries!
You can view full stats of Akismet right here – If you are a Wordpress Blogger, than you will definitely appreciate Akismet after going through the Stats!
Apart from Wordpress, Akismet is also available for other Platforms too. You can browse complete platform list which Akismet supports right here
Also See: How to Track Wordpress Visitors in Real Time from Dashboard? and Remove Wordpress Theme Sidebar for adding Google AdSense Search
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