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September 15, 2010

Stop Spam Comments on WordPress with Akismet

Are you getting massive amounts of spam messages as comments on your blog? If so Akismet is a brilliant plugin for WordPress blogs that will virtually eliminate all of it.

You will need a WordPress API key to activate it. To find your API key follow the instructions from this blog post.

- Once you have your key log into your blog.

- On the left hand side of your dashboard click ‘Plugins’ then ‘Add New’

- Type ‘Akismet’ into the search box

- The Plugin ‘Akismet’ will appear, click ‘install now’

- Once installed click ‘Akismet Configuration’ on your sidebar under ‘Plugins’

- Add you API key and save.

It’s as simple as that! You will find that your spam is eliminated immediately. You can check your Akismet Stats to see how much spam it is catching at anytime from the sidebar of your WordPress Dashboard.

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September 8, 2010

Getting a profile pic for WordPress – Gravatar

Had you noticed that when some people comment on blog posts that a little picture or Avatar appears next to their name? Have you ever wondered how you can add your own profile pic to your posts? Gravatar allows you to do this by following a few simple steps.

Last week we showed you how to get an API for your WordPress.org blog. If you did this you have already set up a WordPress.com account, if not you can follow the instructions from last weeks post to get one.

Once you have your WordPress.com account go to the Gravatar Website.

- Click ‘Log in’ on the top left hand side.

- Use your WordPress.com account details to log in.

- Click the ‘add one by clicking here’ to add your profile image

- Choose where you wish to upload your image from and select your image, the image size doesn’t matter at the moment as you will be asked to crop it at the next stage.

- Once uploaded you can crop your image to size

- Next you will be prompted to rate your image for your audience… I think this one is a G

- Now your Gravatar will automatically update both your WordPress.com and WordPress.org accounts (as long as you have linked them with an API)

- You can add as many images as you like and alternate on a regular basis

- Now whenever you post a comment your picture will appear next to it

Next week we will be reporting on some of the WordPress plugins discussed at the KLCK Bloggers Network meeting.

Tags: Blogging,tools — Tags: api, avatar, blog, gravatar, KLCK bloggers network, picture, profile pic, wordpress, wordpress api, wordpress.com, wordpress.org —

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September 1, 2010

How do you get a WordPress API key?

This month at the KLCK bloggers network we’re going to be talking about WordPress plugins. Some of our favourite plugins including Askimet, a spam filter for your comments require you to have a WordPress API. If you have a WordPress.org blog (self hosted) this can be quite confusing so this week we are giving you a step by step guide on how to get one.

Go to www.wordpress.com and sign up for an account (even if you already have a wordpress.org blog)
Click ‘Sign up now’ on the right hand side of the page

Fill in your details and tick the box ‘just a username’ at the bottom
Click ‘Next’

You will receive an email from WordPress including a link that will confirm your email address.
Once you have done this log in.
Click the ‘My Account on the top left hand side