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http://www.karenmcintyre.net/wp-admin(example of comment spam)

Install the Akismet plugin

Click on the plugins tab in your dashboard

How to protect against spam

Click “activate” on Akismet plugin

Click “Activate your Akismet account”

Click “Create a new Akismet key”

Click “Get an Akismet API key”

Click “I already have a WP account”

Click “Sign up” for “Personal” key

Slide $ to 0. Continue.

Copy API key

In WP, go to Plugins Akismet

Enter key. Save.

Auto delete old spam comments

How to put your nav items in order Add an “order” number to each page

Click on “Pages” tab in WP dashboard

Click on the page you want to display first

Give it an “order” number of 1

Assign each one a subsequent number Update Refresh your site Your nav items should now be in the order

you assigned them

Go to each of your other pages

Widgets are little pieces of code that you can add or delete from your site’s sidebar to control what your users see.

Examples include recent posts, archives, or recent comments.

Click on “Appearance Widgets” in your WP dashboard

How to control your widgets

Drag widgets to activate them

Add your own widget: text, video, img