Skip to content
close
  • Inside Blue WhaleBlue Whale Media
    • About Us
    • AwardsAwards
    • Testimonials
    • TrainingTraining
    • EventsEvents
    • CharityCharity
    • Vacancies
    • Blog
  • Web ServicesWeb Services
    • Web Design
    • Audit
    • Hosting
    • Ecommerce
    • Development
  • ProductionProduction
    • Video Production
    • Live Shoots
    • Animation
    • Aerial Imagery
    • Photography
    • Social Media
  • MarketingMarketing
    • Marketing
    • SEO
    • Pay Per Click
    • Social Media
    • Email Marketing
  • ContentContent
    • Website Content
    • Blogging
    • Press Release
    • Product Descriptions
  • PortfoliosPortfolios
    • Website
    • Content
    • Branding
    • Marketing
  • Contact UsContact Us
  • ConsultationConsultation
  • EmailEmail
  • TelephoneTelephone
close
  • Inside Blue WhaleBlue Whale Media
    • About Us
    • AwardsAwards
    • Testimonials
    • TrainingTraining
    • EventsEvents
    • CharityCharity
    • Vacancies
    • Blog
  • Web ServicesWeb Services
    • Web Design
    • Audit
    • Hosting
    • Ecommerce
    • Development
  • ProductionProduction
    • Video Production
    • Live Shoots
    • Animation
    • Aerial Imagery
    • Photography
    • Social Media
  • MarketingMarketing
    • Marketing
    • SEO
    • Pay Per Click
    • Social Media
    • Email Marketing
  • ContentContent
    • Website Content
    • Blogging
    • Press Release
    • Product Descriptions
  • PortfoliosPortfolios
    • Website
    • Content
    • Branding
    • Marketing
  • Contact UsContact Us
  • ConsultationConsultation
  • EmailEmail
  • TelephoneTelephone
Call us Email us
Blue Whale Media Logo
  • Inside Blue WhaleBlue Whale Media
    • About Us
    • AwardsAwards
    • Testimonials
    • TrainingTraining
    • EventsEvents
    • CharityCharity
    • Vacancies
    • Blog
  • Web ServicesWeb Services
    • Web Design
    • Audit
    • Hosting
    • Ecommerce
    • Development
  • ProductionProduction
    • Video Production
    • Live Shoots
    • Animation
    • Aerial Imagery
    • Photography
    • Social Media
  • MarketingMarketing
    • Marketing
    • SEO
    • Pay Per Click
    • Social Media
    • Email Marketing
  • ContentContent
    • Website Content
    • Blogging
    • Press Release
    • Product Descriptions
  • PortfoliosPortfolios
    • Website
    • Content
    • Branding
    • Marketing
  • Contact UsContact Us
  • ConsultationConsultation
  • EmailEmail
  • TelephoneTelephone
Menu
Blue Whale Media Ltd
  • Inside Blue WhaleBlue Whale Media
    • About Us
    • AwardsAwards
    • Testimonials
    • TrainingTraining
    • EventsEvents
    • CharityCharity
    • Vacancies
    • Blog
  • Web ServicesWeb Services
    • Web Design
    • Audit
    • Hosting
    • Ecommerce
    • Development
  • ProductionProduction
    • Video Production
    • Live Shoots
    • Animation
    • Aerial Imagery
    • Photography
    • Social Media
  • MarketingMarketing
    • Marketing
    • SEO
    • Pay Per Click
    • Social Media
    • Email Marketing
  • ContentContent
    • Website Content
    • Blogging
    • Press Release
    • Product Descriptions
  • PortfoliosPortfolios
    • Website
    • Content
    • Branding
    • Marketing
  • Contact UsContact Us
  • ConsultationConsultation
  • EmailEmail
  • TelephoneTelephone
Close Menu
Use the Akismet plugin to stop spam in comments on your WordPress blog.

Stop Spam on WordPress with Akismet

WordPress plugins are ideal tools that help to extend and add functionality to WordPress. Some plugins are just great in boosting a site’s functionality and make it easy to use.

Usually, the niche of a website is the deciding factor to choose a specific plugin for a site. However, some plugins are essential and necessary for a WordPress blog. For instance, you can count SEO, security, contact form, speed, etc.

Picking the quintessential plug-in for your WordPress website

The WordPress framework has numerous convenient plugins, which are efficient in decreasing your workload. There are over 55,000 free WordPress plugins according to the official plugin repository, and it continues to mount. 

There is the availability of plugins for nearly every feature you may need for your website. It is primarily a bonus for WordPress lovers.  

You will also find that there are numerous plugins for the same feature. You can easily pick a plugin that works best for your project. 

There are both free and premium plugins available for WordPress. Although most of the plugins come loose and you can later upgrade the version to premium for cutting-edge features. 

What is the Akismet (Freemium) plugin?

Akismet is one of the pre-installed plugins out of the two, which comes with every WordPress installation.

Akismet is another one of the numerous plugins developed by WordPress. With every new WordPress core installation, Akismet comes as a default plugin of WordPress. 

It has a neat function of checking comments and filtering spam comments. Thus, it works as an anti-spam plugin.

It also helps to prevent your website from broadcasting malicious content. In your admin screen under “comments” you can analyze the spam comments it stopped from posting. 

Over the years, Akismet proved to be of great help to many people by saving time, space, and energy.

Best features of Akismet

The Akismet plugin has many popular features, such as:

  • Moderators can view the number of comments approved for each user.
  • It reveals misleading and hidden links through URLs shown in the comment body.
  • It automatically reviews every comment and cleans out the ones that pose like spam.
  • Akismet takes care of the worst spam by putting it away. This way, you get more disk space, and your site works faster.
  • It maintains a status history of all the comments. You can view the comments that Akismet cleared or caught and the spammed ones. It also allows you to see the ones unspammed by the moderator. 

Why use Akismet?

Spam comments on most popular websites can go up to about 85%. It means only 15% out of the 100 comments is legitimate. 

Akismet’s ability to find spam comments and dealing with it saves you a lot of time. The task of moderating comments is time-consuming. 

It also clears up time and energy for you to concentrate on real user comments.

Detecting spammed comments

When Akismet marks your comment as spam, you will not see the notice that says Awaiting Moderator. 

In such a situation, you must contact the site administrator and have the matter checked. They can get your comment out of the spam box. 

Call us

Call

01925 205 035
Email us

Email

[email protected]
Book a Zoom consultation

Zoom

Book a consultation today.

Client Support

Locations

Policies

Careers

Company Reg: 15890531

GDPR Data Protection Act: A8639602

By continuing to browse our site, you agree to the use of our cookies.
OK
Manage consent

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
CookieDurationDescription
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional11 monthsThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance11 monthsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy11 monthsThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Others
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
SAVE & ACCEPT