How-To
Setting Up Akismet for WordPress.org
Description
Akismet is a powerful spam filter that’s built in to WordPress.com. But what if you’re running a self-hosted WordPress blog?
This tutorial will give you the simple information you need to install and activate Akismet on your WordPress.org blog.
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Date
September 25, 2009
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Akismet (3), plugin (8), spam (2), API key
September 29, 2009 at 2:42 pm
video isn’t working properly. Only plays the first 5 seconds!!
September 29, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Please attempt to clear your cache and then reload the page. Let us know if you are still having trouble with it after doing so.
September 30, 2009 at 6:05 pm
In addition to this you may need to pause the machine in order for the buffering of files to catcxh up. You can see this actually happening in the bar at the bottom of the screen. It should only take 30 seconds or so then you can watch the complete film in one go.
This actually happens on a lot of presentations not just this one.
Good luck
Kevin Lyle
March 8, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I found this very helpful – to the point and contained all the info I needed. Thanks!
April 4, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I’m a little confused – there is no “Plugins” option on the left nav (looks like it’s located right below Appearance). Is this because I’m not doing a self-hosted blog?
April 6, 2010 at 6:14 am
Yes; plugins are not available on WordPress.com-hosted blogs, but Akismet is already running for you on WordPress.com. No configuration is needed.