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1. aliencat
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I got my WordPress blog when I got my domain and hosting with Network Solutions. Everything was fine until I started receiving a lot of spam comments. I now want to install Akismet, but I don't seem to have an API key. It doesn't appear in my profile on my dashboard. I tried to sign in to wordpress.com, but my username and password aren't accepted -- I guess because I originally signed up with Network Solutions, not wordpress.com. How do I get an API key? Or is there any other anti-spam plugin that I can install?

   Thanks.

2. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

   Get a WordPress.com account. They are free. Then get your API key from them.

3. aliencat
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you! I could activate it now.

4. lancerkind
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Since I've moved to China, I haven't been able to get http://WordPress.com/profile to come up. It always times out so now I can't get access to my Akismet key.

   I don't know what the problem is. It's been consistently timing out for a month now.

   I have an older installation of WordPress that has the key. Anyone know what file I can find the key in? Or perhaps it's in the DB?

   Thanks,
   ==>Lancer---

5. lancerkind
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Registering for a new WordPress account times out as well. I'm kind of stuck here. I think I need to find the key in my old installation. My old installation is the blog which I migrated to the new installation. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to get the UI up to look at the akismet settings.

   Right now, I think the easiest thing is to retrieve the key from it's storage location. But where is it stored at? MySql?

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