Akismet integrates with several popular contact form plugins to help stop spam arriving via the forms on your site. Some of these integrations are automatic, but others require a bit of configuration. You will need an active Akismet...
To help your site be transparent to your visitors about using Akismet to process comments (think privacy and GDPR), our WordPress plugin gives you the option to display a notice under your site’s comment forms. Site owners can decide if...
Akismet and VAT Our services are subject to consumption-based taxes (sales tax) in many jurisdictions. Depending on your location, this can appear as Value Added Tax (VAT), Goods & Services Tax (GST), or Consumption Tax (CT). When making a...
As of version 3.0.0, we have built debugging support into the Akismet plugin. This works with the debug system that is already in WordPress. Debug information is useful for identifying connection issues with the Akismet API that can...
If you sign up for an Akismet plan without already being logged in, you will see the following screen: Check your email for the address specified, and within a few minutes, you'll see an email similar to this one: Enter the code from your...
Free keys that come with Akismet Personal plans do not support commercial activities. We can support personal blogs for free by asking sites with commercial activities to upgrade to a paid plan. This allows us to work together to protect...
All Akismet subscriptions include access to statistical data regarding their usage and activity. To access stats for any of your sites, please visit your account dashboard and scroll down to the Active Sites section. This section displays...
If you forgot or cannot find your API key, you can get it resent to your email address here: https://akismet.com/resend/ Enter the email address you used to sign up for Akismet in the box, and click "Continue". Your API key will be sent to...
1. Web spam is different from email spam. Email spammers want you to buy their product. You are the target of the ad contained in each email spam you receive. Comment/web spammers want your readers to buy their product. You (the blogger,...
If you have an active Akismet Business or Enterprise plan, you can add sites to it at any time by activating Akismet on the new site using your API key. These plans are capped per monthly API calls, so you'll want to make sure the total API calls made by your sites don’t exceed your tier. If your…