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wordpress.com API key? October 18, 2005

Posted by Ben in wordpress.com.
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If you’re on wordpress.com you probably know about this already but I figure I’ll blog about it anyway.

On the profile pages on wordpress.com there is now an ‘API key’, apparently this is good for people who have standalone wordpress blogs (um… me!)

Will be interesting to see what is rolled out in the coming weeks – maybe this means we will be seeing the next update to wordpress soon as well?

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1. Wordpress.com API key » Binary Moon - October 24, 2005

[...] If you have a wordpress.com blog (like me) you will have a wp.com api key. This is a key that can be used for… something. [...]

2. binarymoon » Wordpress.com API key - I know what it does - October 24, 2005

[...] I know what the wordpress.com API key is for – at least one of it’s uses. I’m sure it’ll be used for other things in the future. It’s quite a nice idea and something I hadn’t considered. I will be setting it up on my blog later today. [...]

3. Akismet - comment spam hell » Binary Moon - October 26, 2005

[...] For WordPress users like myself it’s incredibly simple to set everything up. Just download and install the Akismet plugin, enter your api key into the interface that appears in the control panel, and you’re set. No mess, no fuss, simplicity itself (much like WordPress really). [...]

4. Daniel Massicotte - October 22, 2008

Any ideas where the API key can be found? I deleted the initial post that had it in my control panel…where else can I find it?