Title: where do I get a WordPress.com API key from?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# where do I get a WordPress.com API key from?

 *  [belenenses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belenenses/)
 * (@belenenses)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/)
 * Hi Guys,
 * I’ve just set up wordpress through a hosting company and didnt get a WordPress.
   com API key during the process.
 * where do I get one from?
 * Thanks,
 * B.

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 *  [Anna Meurer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/almstudio/)
 * (@almstudio)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/#post-884618)
 * Hi,
 * the key is in your profile here on this site.
 * Greets
    Achim
 *  [Jeremy Clark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/)
 * (@jeremyclark13)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/#post-884623)
 * No it’s not.
    You have to signup for a wordpress.COM account and then they give
   you the API key you need. Resource: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Akismet#Setting_Up_Akismet](http://codex.wordpress.org/Akismet#Setting_Up_Akismet)
 *  Thread Starter [belenenses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belenenses/)
 * (@belenenses)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/#post-884624)
 * Hi Achim,
 * That may be the case on your site, but there’s nothing in my profile that is 
   called, looks remotely like, an API key – if I knew what it looked like of course!
 * What should I do?
 * Thanks,
 * B.
 *  [Anna Meurer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/almstudio/)
 * (@almstudio)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/#post-884633)
 * [@jeremyclark13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremyclark13/):
    Hi, that’s
   what I ment 😉
 * [@belenenses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belenenses/)
    You have to signup
   for an wordpress**.com** account. It’s enough to have only the account without
   a wordpress.com-blog.
 * SignUp here: [http://wordpress.com/signup/](http://wordpress.com/signup/)
 * Greetz
    Achim
 *  Thread Starter [belenenses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belenenses/)
 * (@belenenses)
 * [17 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/where-do-i-get-a-wordpresscom-api-key-from/#post-884638)
 * Okay Guys,
 * Thanks to both for your help.
 * B.

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