Ogni installazione di WordPress viene fornita con il plugin Akismet preinstallato, ma non è attivato in modo predefinito. Per questo motivo, molte persone ci chiedono spesso cosa sia Akismet e se sia necessario attivarlo sul proprio sito web WordPress.
È un plugin di filtraggio dello spam per WordPress creato da Automattic. In base alla nostra esperienza, raccomandiamo il plugin a chiunque voglia proteggere il proprio sito dai commenti di spam. La cosa migliore è che Akismet impara dai suoi errori e migliora il suo processo.
In questo articolo vi spiegheremo cos’è Akismet e perché dovreste iniziare a usarlo subito.
Che cos’è Akismet?
Akismet è un servizio di filtro per i commenti spam per WordPress. Automattic è la società dietro Akismet, fondata dal cofondatore di WordPress Matt Mullenweg.
Akismet analizza i commenti del blog e filtra lo spam utilizzando i suoi algoritmi. L’algoritmo impara dai suoi errori e dalle azioni intraprese da altri siti web.
Ad esempio, se diversi siti web iniziano a segnalare come spam contenuti dall’aspetto simile, Akismet imparerà a identificare quel tipo di contenuto come spam in futuro.
Oggi Akismet ha catturato più di 554 miliardi di commenti di spam e il numero continua a crescere.
Perché si dovrebbe usare Akismet?
Sui siti web WordPress più popolari, il numero di commenti spam può raggiungere l’85%. Ciò significa che su 100 commenti, solo 15 sono legittimi.
Inoltre, la moderazione dei commenti è un compito che richiede molto tempo. Dovreste passare innumerevoli ore a filtrare manualmente i commenti di spam.
È qui che Akismet può salvarvi delle ore. Il plugin di WordPress cattura automaticamente i commenti di spam prima che finiscano nella coda di moderazione in attesa. Questo vi permette di concentrare le vostre energie sulla moderazione dei commenti degli utenti reali.
Quando un commento viene contrassegnato come spam da Akismet, non viene visualizzato l’avviso di attesa di moderazione come avviene normalmente per gli altri commenti. Al contrario, i commenti vengono spostati automaticamente nella cartella spam.
Vediamo ora come configurare Akismet sul vostro sito web.
Come impostare Akismet in WordPress
La prima cosa da fare è installare e attivare il plugin Akismet Spam Protection per WordPress. Per maggiori dettagli, consultate la nostra guida su come installare un plugin per WordPress.
Dopo l’attivazione, è possibile navigare in Impostazioni ” Akismet Anti-Spam dalla propria dashboard di WordPress. Quindi, fate clic sul pulsante “Imposta il tuo account Akismet”.
A questo punto, si aprirà una nuova scheda o finestra nel browser e si vedrà la pagina dei prezzi di Akismet. Akismet offre piani tariffari gratuiti e premium.
Se il vostro sito non ha scopi commerciali, ad esempio non contiene annunci pubblicitari, potete scegliere il piano Personale. Altrimenti, dovrete scegliere uno dei piani commerciali.
Per questo tutorial, utilizzeremo il piano Personal.
Per impostazione predefinita, il prezzo sarà di 36 dollari all’anno. Tuttavia, è possibile spostare il cursore dei prezzi sotto la voce “Quanto vale Akismet per te” su qualsiasi prezzo compreso tra 0 e 120 dollari all’anno.
In digressione, Akismet vi chiederà anche di selezionare le caselle che indicano che non state gestendo annunci, vendendo prodotti e servizi o promuovendo un’attività commerciale sul vostro sito.
Nello schermo successivo, dovrete completare il processo di paga e scegliere il prezzo che desiderate pagare per il vostro account.
Una volta fatto questo, fai clic sul pulsante “Completa la paga”.
Successivamente, verrà visualizzata la chiave API di Akismet da inserire sul sito web.
Copiare la chiave.
Per completare la configurazione, si può tornare alla dashboard di WordPress del sito e navigare nella pagina Impostazioni ” Akismet Anti-Spam “.
Ora fate clic sul pulsante “Inserisci manualmente una chiave API”.
Facendo clic sul pulsante, apparirà un nuovo campo in cui inserire la chiave API.
Una volta collegata la chiave API, Akismet inizierà a proteggere il vostro sito web dai commenti di spam.
È inoltre possibile modificare le impostazioni di Akismet. Ad esempio, il plugin consente di visualizzare il numero di commenti approvati accanto a ciascun autore, di controllare i commenti di spam o di scartarli automaticamente e di mostrare un avviso sulla privacy nei moduli di commento.
Una volta apportate le modifiche, fare clic sul pulsante “Salva modifiche”.
È poi possibile esaminare i commenti spam navigando su Commenti dalla dashboard di WordPress e selezionando la scheda “Spam”.
Se si ritiene che un commento legittimo sia stato contrassegnato come spam, è sufficiente fare clic sul pulsante “Non spam” sotto il commento.
È anche possibile eliminare definitivamente i commenti o fare clic sul pulsante “Svuota spam” per svuotare la cartella dello spam.
Speriamo che questo articolo vi abbia aiutato a capire cos’è Akismet e perché dovreste iniziare a usarlo subito. Potete anche selezionare la nostra guida su come bloccare il referrer spam di WordPress in Google Analytics e su come porre fine al trackback spam di WordPress.
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Moinuddin Waheed
This is one of the most widely known plugin among wordpress users and yet not all the users have been able to enable it and prevent spam comments.
I have witnessed this plugin with every new wordpress installations and never bothered to activate and setup due to the mindset that it would be difficult to set it up.
infact it should be activated for wpforms spam prevention to act.
Thanks for all these steps to setup the Akismat plugin and helping us know how to use it.
Egbah Ikpomwosa Andrew
I just want to say thank you for this information. Initially one would be happy seeing 50000 comments in the comment box, but Askimet surely helps you to identify real comments. Nice write-up.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad you liked our guide
Admin
Jamal Aezaz
I have created my first WordPress blog. as of your step by step guide. i’ve activated Akismet plugin. but I can’t see Akimest Stats in my Wordpress dashboard menu. there are only two options Home and Updates.
WPBeginner Support
They may have modified the plugin’s interface since this article was created, we’ll certainly take a look
Admin
Lydia
I have it and I was just looking at the date as of today it hasn’t been updated in two months…that to me is a very long time for a plugin not to update.
This is why I was searching for something better.
WPBeginner Support
If you feel that that is too long between updates you can certainly look for a plugin you would prefer. As a word of warning, not all plugins need constant updates so the updated date is not always the best indicator of quality
Admin
Scott Ramadge
Hi
This may be a silly question but now that I beleive I have this downloaded on my wordpress.com site will this mean that inappropriate language is stopped from being posted in the comments section of my blog(that is once I actually write a blog) Or do I need a seperate thing to stop profanity and if so can you suggest somthing for Wordpress.com as all I seemed to find was things for wordpress.org.
thanks
WPBeginner Support
Hi Scott,
Akismet will block spam comments containing links to bad websites, comment bots, and many more. It may not consider profanity as spam. The best way to filter that out is by turning on comment moderation for all comments on your website.
Admin
Dhiraj Thapa
Thanks to you, now i am using Akismet anti-spam. I got spam comments during the initial days of my blogging few months ago and I didnt know about that.
Dhiraj
Daniel Cornelius
I am trying to activate Akismet. I have an kismet key, but I don’t know what to do with it.
Sandeep Kumar
Thank very much for this information.
Shumaila
it is not free any more
WPBeginner Support
Hi Shumaila,
It is still free. It is set to select your own price model. You can select your price to be zero when signing up.
Admin
Alex
I just activated this on my blog but there’s no Stats. Anywhere. The plugin is activated and it has just two options and that’s all. Is that ok…? Or what?
Bikas Gurung
I got 5K+ comment everyday with 90% above spam and automated pingback system into my blog. At first I was glad thinking that my blog is having higher amount of traffic but later I found that they are spam while tracing with Akistmet Plugin recommend by you. Thank you so much. Anyway, which captcha plugin are best, please give me some hints.
Sanjiv
Do I need to install the Akismet plugin if I haver blocked all comments on my site?
In other words, I do not allow comments on my site.
Hoping for a reply
Thank you
WPBeginner Support
No you don’t need Akismet then.
Admin
KAIZER
It is really helpful as I have just started using Wordpress.
John Rajesh
What are the Pros and Cons of Akismet Plugin?
Jeffrey
If my web doesn’t have comment and registeration section, do I still need Akismet?
WPBeginner Support
No.
Admin
kalpesh
HI Admin, I have one doubt is it a paid version or available for free of cost??
WPBeginner Support
It is available for free and optionally if you like it you can choose to pay for it.
Admin
Ralph Musgrave
Akismet is a pain in the whatsit. It keeps classifying me as spam.
WPBeginner Support
On WPBeginner Akismet didn’t mark you as spam
Admin
KristiGarrett
What does Akismet look like to the user? Can they sign in using multiple options (Disqus, Facebook, Twitter, Google+) like you do here?
WPBeginner Staff
Akismet is a spam filtering system not a commenting system. It works in the backgrouns and not visible to your users.
RW
Akismet is an awesome plugin. I do agree with some of the other posters here that it’s worth pointing out that it is not free. The Editors point out that it’s free for personal, non-business blogs, but I don’t believe the majority of your readers are interested in personal, non-business websites.
I was saddened when Akismet went the paid route, but I understand. It’s a great plugin if you have the budget for it…
John Brinkley
What does the ‘Filter’ button do between ‘Show all comments’ dropdown box and ‘Empty Spam’ button?
Justagurlinseattle
This Akismet is marking almost every reply I write as spam.
It is getting rather frustrating. I see that they like to keep a running count as to how
much spam it is blocking, however, if 8 out of 10 of my replies are being marked as spam,
this is a highly inflated number of comments that are not spam.
I tried using my wordpress account to log in and make my comments, this did not work,
so I tried logging in via my Twitter account, this also did not work.
The Admins inform me that they are not able to retrieve my comments.
Can you help me???
any suggestions as to what I should do????
any suggestions as to how the Admins of that blog can release my comments????
WPBeginner Support
Contact Akismet support. Your comment is not marked spam for no reason. For example, if you comment on example.com and a moderator thinks that your comment is spammy and marks it as spam. Then your future comments on example.com will automatically go to spam. Until an admin or moderator on example.com looks into spam and unmarks your comment.
Admin
Dineen Miller
I made a query at the Akismet site but didn’t get an answer so maybe you can answer my question? I’m looking at the Pro plan for my site but I want to know if commenters will be required to answer some kind of security question. Is this standard on Akismet? A feature we can turn on or off? Or does this plug in work completely in the background of the site? Thank you!
WPBeginner Support
It works completely in the background.
Admin
Abdullah Munir
Its not free which was worth mentioning.
Editorial Staff
It’s free for personal blog users.
Admin
Abdullah Munir
Yes, but do you really think that it would provide that professional level service for spamming?
Debra
if it is free why do I have to give Credit Card info? It says an amount I will have to pay next year, am I committed to that, what if I don’t like it.
WPBeginner Support
Hi Debra,
You don’t need to pay anything if you don’t want to. On the pricing page, select ‘Name your price’ option and then slide your price to $0.
Betsy
Does it bother anyone else that Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org are used interchangeably? I’m trying to figure out if Akismet works with Wordpress.com but all I can find is that it’s a plugin available for .org. Meanwhile, you need to register in .com to get an API account. I have a blog through wordpress.com but since they don’t allow plugins, I can’t figure out how or if Akismet runs on Wordpress.com. Does anyone have the answer to this? Am I missing something?
I know there is a widget that I can put on wordpress.com for Akismet but all it does is allow you to show it on your sidebar but it doesn’t actually do anything. Very frustrating!
Editorial Staff
WordPress.com automatically runs Akismet. But if you want to register an API, there are more than one ways available now. You can go to the official Akismet site to apply for an API. Furthermore, you can also register a WordPress.com account without a blog, and get an API as well.
WordPress.org although, the plugin must be enabled for it to run. It does not run by default like WordPress.com site does.
Admin
Matt
Its not free, though, which is important to mention.
Ethan
There’s some changes with akismet. Now you can actually apply directly from akismet website.
http://akismet.com/personal/
Ryan
83% spam seems low to me. I would have guessed mid to upper 90s for the percentage of spam comments. But that would just be a guess and Akismet has the data to back it up.
I’m always amazed how many people don’t know about Akismet when they setup a blog. Almost seems like it should be on by defaults and signing up for an API key should be part of the process setting up a new blog.
Editorial Staff
Yeah even though Akismet comes bundled with WordPress, Many bloggers continue to ignore it because they do not know how to get this API.
Admin
Caitlin Dundon
The thing that is currently confusing me is that I switched from wordpress.com to wordpress.org and I downloaded the plugin – but when I go to the Askimet site it asks for my wordpress.com login…which I still have, but I am not using that blog anymore since I am now selfhosted…Will that key still work with my selfhosted blog?
Editorial Staff
This is a recent change that they made. The answer to your question is yes it will still work.
Tim Live Chat
Fighting spam is a must. My previous company has a forum. Guess PHPBB is too popular, we need to spend several hours per day to clean up the spam posts.
Sergej Müller
Please test anti-spam bee – the simple antispam plugin for wordpress. It’s easy.
Jamie
Is this comment about another product an example of SPAM since this feed is about Askimet?
If it is, should ASKIMET have caught it?
When is something considered SPAM?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Jamie,
No it wasn’t spam.
Admin