After you install WordPress you will notice there is a plugin pre-installed called Akismet Anti-Spam. It’s a comment spam filtering service from Auttomatic.

Why is Akismet valuable?

You’ll find after your site is found by search engines it is also found by the spammers. You will start getting lots of spam comments. Ads for shoes, bags, viagra, etc. It can be a time sucker. Your email box will be filled with spam comments and you will be pulling your hair out trying to keep up with it. Enter Akismet Anti-Spam! Akismet catches blog comment and pingback spam using their algorithms. This algorithm learns from the actions of other participating sites and can then identify that kind of content as Spam.

How to set-up Akismet in WordPress

Since it is already installed and located in the Plugins that first step is done. Go to the Plugins in your admin and Activate the Plugin.

After you activate it there will be a new menu item in your admin settings for Akismet. Go to the settings and click on the “Get your API key” button. You will arrive at the akismet.com site to create an account. They will assign you an API key. Copy and paste the key into the plugin settings and then relax. They will now catch the large majority of the Spam Comments.