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Askimet - What is it and why do I need it?
By Mike | January 25, 2007
Askimet is probably my favorite plugin. It comes with the standard dwonload of WordPress for the last few versions. It will help you control spam comments.
One of the problems with blogging of late is the proliferation of these automated comment software. I just changed a blog over that was getting crushed with spam to WordPress just for the Askimet plugin. I was spnding all my time dealing with the penile enlargement, drug and porn spammers.
Haven’t had to delete one since I made the change. Askimet does the work for me. The spammers haven’t stopped but now Askimet deletes them and I can worry about providing content. The first 4 days it caught over 60 spam posts.
Now if you have a brand new blog this may not be a problem but eventually the spammers will find you. They have just started on this blog but Askimet makes my life easy.
To use Askimet you need to turn the plugin on in the plugin section. Then if you do not have a WordPress API key you will click the link on the Askimet configuration page and sign up at WordPress. They will email you the API key and all you need to do is add that key into the appropriate space and you have Askimet working for you.
It is not 100% but it will learn from posts that you mark as spam. I very rarely get garbage posts that it doesn’t catch. Take the time to add it to your blog today.
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