Bouquet

Thanks, Charle97!
I wasn’t aware of the WordPress.com site.

And Wow! this seems to do the trick! I had already deleted 98 today, before I found this answer, and followed the instructions. Between that and activating Akismet another 4 spam comments had come in, but they were already quarantined!

I think I can breathe again.

Blessings & Many Thanks, Charle97!
Bouquet

Excuse me, but did this API number only show up in a version after 1.5?

I’ve just been inundated with this comment spam too over the last couple of days. Today I got 163! So I came looking for advice, and found the simple instructions here at the forum. Only I couldn’t find that API in my Profile. After checking realized that my version was only 1.5 so I went to my Fantastico, and upgraded. Still, no API.

I tried hitting register on my login, thinking maybe my WordPress wasn’t official, but I got a message that my user name was invalid.
Huh? It’s worked fine for about two years.

The newer version does allow me to activate the Akismet in the Plugin section, but then I get notices telling me that it still needs the API number. If only I could find it!

That’s why I’m wondering if perhaps my installation is from before that came to be.

Blessings & Thanks,
Bouquet

P.S. I should add that I have WordPress on two different sites. I checked in Dashboard=> Account=> Profile AND a number of other places, and no sign of the API at either one.