Where can I see my API Key?

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  caitchock · Member · Sep 7, 2011 at 1:11 am

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  I am probably an idiot, but I’m completely confused on the whole API Key thing. Basically, I own my own site: caitchock.com but have imported a WordPress Theme. I belong to wordpress.com and signed up for a blog there, but don’t have anything posted.

  At my website, caitchock.com, I want to activate the Askimet Plug-in and it’s asking for an API Key. I have two questions:

  1) Where would I find my API Key, I looked at the FAQ section and all they say is that it’s secret and personal, but where can I see mine?

  2) I see something about ‘Changing the API Key for an Externally Hosted Blog,’ do I need to do that if my website is using WordPress format and I blog? If I need to do that I’m still a bit confused how to do that.

  Thanks so much for anyone who doesn’t mind helping!
  Blog url: http://caitchock.wordpress.com/

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  evarlese · Member · Sep 7, 2011 at 12:20 pm

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  Hi there,

  If you log into your WordPress.com account and visit http://apikey.wordpress.com, your API key will appear on the screen. You can then use this API key to activate both Akismet and Jetpack.

  Let us know if you need any other assistance!