Akismet Spam Protection

Akismet is an anti-spam measure

Akismet Anti-Spam

Akismet is a great way to protect your comment section from spam.

If you have a personal or non-commercial site, you can get Akismet protection for free.

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam ProtectionWordPress.org

You can download Akismet on WordPress.org

Akismet has a free plan

Akismet Settings: With the Akismet plugin installed, you can find the Akismet settings under Settings->Akismet or with Jetpack, Jetpack->Akismet.

Jetpack->Akismet

Settings->Akismet

Comment Edit Pro Akismet Options

Akismet Admin Options

Enable Akismet for Comments

Some users use Akismet for purposes other than comments. If you don't want Akismet protection for comments, you can disable this.

Enable Akismet for Logged-in Users

If you want to skip Akismet protection for logged-in users, you can disable this option.

Enable Akismet for Edited Comments

With comment editing, each edited comment is checked for spam when Akismet is enabled.

You can disable this option if you want Akismet protection turned off for edited comments.

Skip Akismet for Pingbacks/Trackbacks

You can disable Akismet from checking any new pingbacks or trackbacks.

Skip Akismet for Valid Gravatars

Gravatar is a service for hosting user avatars. If a user has a valid Gravatar, they can skip the spam check.