About Akismet
This option adds an Akismet Spam Filter to your form's processing.
When someone submits a response, Akismet will automatically check that response for spam. If the response is flagged as spam, FormAssembly will mark the response as invalid.
Requirements
You'll need an Essentials plan or higher with FormAssembly. This includes Team, Enterprise, and Government plans.
Setup
To enable the Akismet filter for your FormAssembly instance, follow these steps:
- Sign up for an Akismet account. Note: A paid subscription may be required.
- Grab the API key. (You'll be automatically redirected to get a key after you sign up for the account.)
- Email support@formassembly.com or open a support request, and tell us (a) your FormAssembly account and (b) your API key.
- We'll configure your instance and email you when it's ready.
Next Steps
Once we have configured your instance, you'll need to enable this in the Admin Dashboard in your account.
- Go to Admin Dashboard
- Click on All Forms
- Click on Edit Properties
- Enable Akismet
Once enabled, Akismet will appear on the Processing page for your forms.
Manual Spam Reporting
In cases where spam responses are not automatically flagged as spam by Akismet, a response can be manually reported with the "Mark response as spam" button within the Metadata section of the individual response.
Similarly, in cases where responses are marked as spam in error, a response can be de-flagged with the "Mark as not spam" button.