Activating Akismet Plugin for blocking Spam Comments

If you have got a website in wordpress, then you would be well aware about the problem spam comments. Fortunately, inside wordpress vault of plugins, there are some handy ones, which you can use to get rid of this problem. But, if you are a beginner and not interested in paying for this service, then you can utilize Akismet Plugin’s Free Plan. We will guide you the right process to activate it.

Step 1: Setup up your Akismet Account

The first step is to to setup your akismet account. You can simply go to your plugin and click on the button and in the next step it will ask you to choose a plan for yourself. Here you can simply choose the personal plan which is of the free plan.

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Step 2 : Fill the account Information

Not feeling your email address, first name, last name, website URL and on the right Insight, in the pricing section choose $0 per year.

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Step 3: Verify your account

Now you will get a confirmation code in your email. Just copy that code and paste it here.

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Step 4: Filling the API key

Now you will get the API key. Copy that key and paste it into the plugin setting. Now the free plan for or akismet plugin has been activated on your website and it will start blocking the spam comments automatically.

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