Title: Akismet & API
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Akismet & API

 *  Resolved [catnaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catnaps/)
 * (@catnaps)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-038-api/)
 * Okay, before anyone jumps down my throat for writing this, and the answer is 
   on the board, I did do a search and all I keep getting is ‘Page can not be found’
   Seems to be happening with a lot of the pages by the way.
 * I have tried to activate the Akismet plugin, and it is telling me I need a API
   code. Did what it told me, went to the dash board, looked for profile. All I 
   saw was my account, so I clicked on that. Then it said to look for “Your WordPress.
   com API key is:� followed by a string of 12 letters and numbers. Well I am not
   no WordPress.com, and I did not see this anywhere in my profile. Do I have to
   have my blog on wordpress.com for this to work, and if not where do I get this
   number from? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
 * Thank you,
    Cathie

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-038-api/#post-302680)
 * Head over to [http://www.wordpress.com](http://www.wordpress.com)
    Make a new
   blog there – even if you’ll never use it. Login and one of the options along 
   the top, when clicked, will show you your API key.
 *  [Les Bessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesbessant/)
 * (@lesbessant)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-038-api/#post-302682)
 * As far as I know, at present you do indeed have to sign up at wordpress.com to
   get a key.
 *  Thread Starter [catnaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catnaps/)
 * (@catnaps)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-038-api/#post-302905)
 * Thank so much. that did the trick.
    Thanks again, Cathie

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/akismet-038-api/#post-302905)
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