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Marcello S.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Reduces Spam in Comments in No Time"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet does what it is advertise. It reduces spam drastically and putting them into the spam section directly. Great plugin, easy to implement, just need to create an account at Akismets website, get the API, activate the plugin and paste the api on the plugin settings and you are good to go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Everything is working fine and akismet helped me a lot in freeing some time scanning every comment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Colin L.
Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great For Preventing Wordpress Spam Comments"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet catches spam comments on our wordpress site. Akismet save us some time by manually checking every comment whether it is a spam or not as the spam comments are held in spam moderation.

I like how Akismet is cloud based and is not affecting our website much when it is active. Its huge database is a big help in determining whether the comment is spam or not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Akismet is not 100% accurate. Sometimes, even real comments are marked as spam and even spam comments pass through their filter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Benedict T.
Wordpress Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best Comment Anti Spam for Wordpress"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet is still the best anti spam comment plugin for Wordpress as wordpress developed the plugin itself. It is already included on any wordpress installations. Just create an Akismet account, activate the plugin, then input the api.

Akismet stopped most of the spam that is bothering us. No more manual checking of each comment whether it is spam or not. Spam goes directly to the spam directory and you just have to delete it in bulk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

I think the pro plan is way overpriced for new business websites who does not have enough traffic at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jimmy D.
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Stop Spams on Comment Reliably"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet works with API which connects to its database to filter out spam coming from bad ip's and other bad factors. With Akismet, it automatically sends spam comments to spam section of the wordpress comment admin section. A good thing to lessen the time spent browsing to each comments at a time.

Akismet is easy to implement. It is already included within the wordpress installation. Just activate it on the plugins page and create an account at Akismet website and get your API and set it and you are done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

You still need to check every comment that is not directed to the spam comments section as new ip's are being used by spam bots to comment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Carl L.
Wordpress Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Prevents Spam on your Comments on Wordpress Installations"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet prevents spam on wordpress install comments. Gives you a chart on how many spams are stopped within a day, month and so on. Also, gives you accuracy on how many real spams have been stopped. Akismet is a plugin developed by Wordpress itself and it is included on any wordpress install. You just need to activate it and register an account at akismet.com to get the api. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Everything akismet has given us when we started using it are all positive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nunzia G.
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Nunzia G.
Wordpress Developer
Consumer Electronics
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Spam Free Wordpress Website"
5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Since Akismet is created for Wordpress, and by the founder of Wordpress, it never gave me a thought to doubt of not using it. It is plain simple to install. Just create an akismet account and get the api. Then install Akismet plugin on our site and input the API key then it's all set up.

Akismet is the leading antispam protection for Wordpress, and with that reason alone, for sure they have a huge database of spammers. Without Akismet, our site always gets around 10 to 20 average spam comments for every single post. But now that Akismet is in action, all spam comments from spam bots are gone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Human spammers can still get through even with Akismet or recaptcha but the good thing is you can set to block that spammer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jj L.
Wordpress Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Seriously Stops Spam"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

I like how Akismet is pre installed in any wordpress installation, you just need to activate it then put your account api from akismet website. It stops spam 90% of the time. This is a huge percentage, and its just a proof that akismet database is always updated with the recent spam ips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Currently, akismet is really awesome. I can not see any negative sides of using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carrol D.
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Carrol D.
Web Developer
Entertainment
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Stops SPAM On Wordpress Site"
5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

Akismet is a staple when it comes to Wordpress. It is a very important piece of Wordpress for stopping all annoying spam directed towards Wordpress sites. Their database for spam is huge so it is a necessary tool to make your site secure and better.

It is easy to implement Akismet on your Wordpress website. You just have to sign up to Akismet.com and get the API key, then on your Wordpress site, just activate or install the Akismet plugin and input your API key on the Akismet plugin settings.

There are actually other tools out there to stop spam, but with Akismet's huge database to track down spam, it is your best choice to go with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

Akismet does its job pretty well, and at the moment, we are liking it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Stelios D.
Junior Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Limits Comment Spam"
4/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

I like how Wordpress includes Akismet on their installation. You just need to activate it within your plugin page to get it rolling and input the API key you have from Akismet.com.

It does stop comment spam and I am glad I activated it to reduce the work hours of manually deleting all spams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

It does stop spam, but mostly from bot. Human spam sneaks through so you still have to manually check your comments for spam. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diane S.
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Diane S.
Wordpress Developer
Entertainment
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Protect Your Site From Spammers"
5/5
What do you like best about Akismet?

There are a lot of automated bots out there that spam websites continously, and especially, if you are using Wordpress, spam bots are more frustrating. So, here comes Akismet!, It definitely does it's job to eliminate spam comments from your site.

Akismet is easy to use, just register to their site, submit your site and it will provide you with an api key.

Now on your wordpress site, just install the Akismet plugin and set your api key and you are now protected from spam bots. It's that easy, and makes your life maintaining your site easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Akismet?

I hope they also have an option for manual spammers. Human spammers who keeps on spamming with their links in the comment section. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.