Blocking Spam on Wordpress - This Should Do the Trick Quick
One of the biggest problems any blogger faces, new, experienced or otherwise, is the exhausting and never ending battle with blog comments you just don’t want, need or have the time to deal with. Blocking spam on Wordpress is a huge piece of heavy lifting if you don’t know what you are doing, and I firmly believe, one of the primary reasons many people ultimately give up on their big buck blogging plans! A few days of having to remove Viagra ads, triple XXX website links and long strings of keyword spam can literally break the spirit of even the most audaciously hopeful upstart blogger. Let’s take a quick look at a VERY simple and easy solution to turn off the spammers, all whilst encouraging good and positive comments from your REAL site community!
We’ve talked a good deal about Wordpress plugins in the past, and how to selectively choose just the ones that are going to be most functional for your blog, rather than simply adding every unnecessary bell and whistle available. Well the ASKIMET spam protector plugin is one that you ABSOLUTELY need to have activated if you are worried about, or getting spam. Simply stated, all you need to do is go into your plugin administration area, activate the plugin (it should come default with your WP software) and then, enter your Wordpress API key when requested….and BAM! No more SPAM!
Note - you will have to go and set up your account with Wordpress.Com to get your personal key, which is required for Askimet to be activated. It is free, and takes less time than it would to heat up a cup of water in the microwave, so don’t skip this step. You can use the same API key in ALL of your subsequent Wordpress installs, and if you have been following my work for any length of time, I recommend you put up as many WP sites as you can handle, simply to add to your virtual asset base as we’ve covered before.
Have fun, and remember, you will occasionally have a slice or two get through the Askimet filter, but not often - and I promise - this is the one plugin all Wordpress bloggers need to be using, and now! Happy Blogging.
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