admin – plugins – installed
akismet should already be there as it comes with the zip
admin – plugins – akismet configuration
where you enter your api key
Yes, but WHERE is the API key found?
If you log in to WordPress.com, and click on “My account” and “Edit Profile”, you will see it.
Tom
Hi Tom (or whoever knows the answer),
I’ve been looking at several posts and can’t get to the answer I’m looking for. I do NOT have wordpress.COM account but a wordpress.ORG account. I simply cannot find the Api Key when I log in. All post references send people to the wordpress.COM page but that doesn’t get me in because I do not have an account with them. If I get a wordpress.COM account, will the API KEY work for my wordpress.ORG account?
I am trying to connect my YouTube updates to my personal self-hosted blog but it says this: “WordPress Self-Hosted: Requires an API key and the API URL”
Please tell me exactly where to go and find it. I’ve tried but have not had much success.
I appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you,
Eduardo
Hello – the whole point is you HAVE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH WORDPRESS.COM to get an API key. You don’t need a blog there, just a user account. That is the only way to get the API key. Its just how it works – sorry for the inconvenience
Sorry, but this thing is messed up.
It’s just not logical and I’ll look for other
platform to run a blog
You can always use a different anti-spam plugin and not activate Akismet. Then you don’t need an API key.
http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/plugins/wp-spamfree
So I’ve got a WordPress.com account… now how do I associate it with my blog? Keep getting a message that:
“You are not a member of this blog.
If you have just installed the WordPress.com Stats plugin, this error probably appeared because the API key entered in the plugin belongs to a different WordPress.com user account.”
Any ideas?
Make sure you are creating a wordpress profile on wordpress.com not wordpress.org. If you don’t see the “my account” in the left hand corner, you’re probably on wordpress.org
Sorry, but this thing is messed up.
It’s just not logical and I’ll look for other
platform to run a blog.
True that. I dread asking questions on WP forums. Can anybody recommend a user friendly platform?
The forums here are great, so don’t be afriad of asking.
If you find the effort/ease/reaward ratio of using wordpress.org (self hosted and managed software platform) not to be to your liking, nothing is wrong with that!!!
I would suggest you try wordpress.com, or something like livejournal ..that is a solution where someone else does the ‘work’ part.
To be honest, after a ton of research and reading I found wordpress (self hosted) to be easy to work with. If you want to manage your own installation, I personally dont think you will find anything easier or better, but thats just my opinon.
Best of luck to you and good luck!!!
~ Dpak
If you have a wordpress.org blog and you need an API then open a wordpress.com account and use the API key from the .com account for askimet in your .org account.
You don’t have to link them (the .org & .com account), it’s all done automatically.
opening a wordpress.com account is easy, the blog is stored at wordpress.com instead of your host of choice.. but it wont affect your wordpress.org blog installation elsewhere, and your wordpress.com account is totally unrelated to your wordpress.org installation on another host, they dont link up…your just getting the wordpress.com account because it has the API KEY…
after setting up your account at wordpress.com, and logging in to WordPress.com, click on “My account” very top left of screen, and “Edit Profile”, the API KEY will be on that page in tiny text.
just as an aside, the advantage of wordpress.com is you can quickly switch between your different blogs if you have seveal, from the universal dashboard with 1 click..its very fast for me.
I have numerous WP set ups with various self hosted blogs. Can I micro manage and just use ONE API key for all?
