Title: Comment spam blocker
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Comment spam blocker

 *  [ultramegaok1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultramegaok1988/)
 * (@ultramegaok1988)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/)
 * You know those security things where you have to verify the letters and numbers
   in an image so spambots can’t pass through?
 * Is there one of those I could implement for my blog, since I get a lot of spam?
 * If so, would you mind providing a link? I Googled for a while and couldn’t find
   anything.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643407)
 * The search term you’d be after is “captcha plugin”. My experience with them has
   shown that they’re a great way to annoy commenters and get nasty-grams from visually
   impaired folks. Be sure to get one that handles audio or other non-visual means
   if you go this route.
 * You might install and activate Akismet _or_ Spam Karma 2. Then install and activate
   Bad Behavior.
 * [http://akismet.com/](http://akismet.com/)
    [http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/](http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/)
   [http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/](http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/)
 * For those who struggle with the Akismet directions: [http://wordpress.com/api-keys/](http://wordpress.com/api-keys/)
 * See also the [Combating_Comment_Spam](http://codex.wordpress.org/Combating_Comment_Spam)
   page in the Codex.
 *  Thread Starter [ultramegaok1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultramegaok1988/)
 * (@ultramegaok1988)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643414)
 * Thanks. I got Spam Karma and Akismet. Akisment asks me for an API key. It tells
   me where to find it, but I keep trying to login and it says wrong username. I’m
   using the same username/pw as I do for WordPress on my blog… any ideas?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643459)
 * I gave you a link in my previous post. Did you try it?
 * > For those who struggle with the Akismet directions: [http://wordpress.com/api-keys/](http://wordpress.com/api-keys/)
 * Tip: Read carefully — there’s a big difference between wordpress.COM, wordpress.
   ORG and your own blog user accounts.
 *  Thread Starter [ultramegaok1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultramegaok1988/)
 * (@ultramegaok1988)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643557)
 * Yeah, like I said, I followed the directions and it’s not there in my profile
   page. And when it asks me to log in, nothing I type in the form works, not even
   the account name/pw that I use for my blog.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643558)
 * OK, read it again, until you get it.
    You are dealing with 3 different things:–
   your account here, in the forum at wordpress.ORG – your own blog – your wordpress.
   COM account
 * Don’t mix them!
 *  Thread Starter [ultramegaok1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultramegaok1988/)
 * (@ultramegaok1988)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643574)
 * Ok, not sure if I should have but I just created a new account and got a new 
   API key.
 * Whatever, WordPress makes things way too confusing.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-spam-blocker/#post-643581)
 * You make it confusing by not reading carefully. At the link HandySolo gave you
   TWICE it says clearly”:
    How do I get one?
 * > **When you sign up for a WordPress.com account we will email you an API key**

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