How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments?

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments? [STEP BY STEP]☑️

Today in this tutorial we will describe to you how to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments. Spam in the comment section can be very frustrating. This is not good for visitors or search engine rankings. Because of this, you need to do what you can to protect WordPress from spam comments. In this tutorial, I will show you one of the best methods to stop WordPress spam.

Video Tutorial– How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Follow the steps to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments:

Step::1 Login to your WordPress dashboard

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::2 Go to the Plugins section and click, “Add New.”

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::3 Search for “Akismet” in the search box on the right.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::4 Click the button Install Now and then Activate the Akismet plugin.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::5 After activating the plugin, you’ll see a big button across the top of the plugins to “Set up your Akismet account.” Click on it.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::6 Choose the plan that best suits your need. You can also upgrade it anytime in future.

Must See: Suspend/Unsuspend Email Accounts in cPanel

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::7 The next screen is where you can name your price. This method is strictly for non-commercial use. Using the sliding bar on the right, you can move how much you’re willing to pay from $0 to $120 per year.

For now, I am going to set it to $0 so I can finish showing you how to set this up.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::8 Enter the Email address, First Name and Last Name as well as your Website’s URL

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::9 Once done, click over Continue with Personal subscription button

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::10 In the next screen, you need to enter the confirmation code which is sent to your registered email address.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::11 Go to your email account, copy the confirmation code, paste it the Akismet Confirmation code page, and click over the Continue button.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::12 Finally your Sign up is completed and you can login to your Akismet Dashboard by clicking on the “Login to view….Akismet dashboard” link

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::13 Enter your email address to login and click on Continue

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::14 Again go back to your email account and check for a link to login

Step::15 Click on Login to your WordPress.com button

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::16 Once you log into your Akismet Dashboard, copy the Akismet API Key

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::17 Now in the WordPress dashboard, go to Installed Plugins option under Plugins and click on the Settings link under Akismet Plugin

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

Step::18 Manually enter that copied Akismet API Key and click on Connect with API Key button

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

In this way Akismet Anti Spam will be successfully activated. You can also see the status as active.

How to protect your WordPress blog from spam comments

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