Delete blog – Keep Akismet Key

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  jonic · Member · Oct 17, 2006 at 10:12 pm

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  Hi,

  Now that WordPress.com allow people to sign up to just get an Akismet key without creating a blog, I was wondering if it was possible to delete my WordPress.com hosted blog but keep my key?

  Thanks…

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  podz · Member · Oct 17, 2006 at 10:41 pm

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  It certainly is, yes :)

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  nosysnoop · Member · Oct 18, 2006 at 10:34 pm

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  Dumb question but what is an Akismet key and what does it do outside of not having a blog here anymore? What else can I do with this key?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 18, 2006 at 10:39 pm

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  dashboard -> users -> your profile
  Your Profile and Personal Options
  -> look to the right hand side right at the top
  Your WordPress.com API key is:
  Don’t share your API key, it’s like a password.
  This key is used to secure a copy of akismet for use on a self-hosted or web hosted blog.

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  drmike · Member · Oct 18, 2006 at 10:41 pm

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  It allows you to use Akismet elsewhere besides the wp.com servers. It’s like the code you had to put into windows when you installed it.

  It’s actually a deep dark conspiracy of Matt’s to track usage and…

  :)

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  podz · Member · Oct 18, 2006 at 10:48 pm

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  “It’s like the code you had to put into windows when you installed it.”
  Nah… we aren’t that popular yet. I’ve yet to come across akismet torrents ;)