Title: Essential
Last modified: October 22, 2024

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# Essential

 *  [gretchen2d](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gretchen2d/)
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 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/essential-347/)
 * Don’t launch a WordPress Website without Akismet installed. Just don’t. It will
   remove most of the spam without you ever knowing.

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