Steps to Install

1. Download plugin and unzip.
2. Upload the plugin file to your WordPress plugins directory inside of wp-content.
3. Activate it from the plugins menu inside of WordPress.
4. Enter your API key.
5. Forget that spam was ever a problem.

Not on WordPress?

Akismet is available for over 20 other systems and platforms.

Personal Use

Just to re-iterate, if you don’t fall under our pro-blogger or enterprise uses, Akismet is totally free for you to use on your blog.

Commercial API Keys

If you’re going to be using Akismet in a way covered by our commercial use cases you need to get a commercial API key, which you can purchase using the easy links below.

• Buy a pro-blogger subscription
• Buy an enterprise subscription
• Buy an access key

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