Christopher Finke
@cfinke on WordPress.org, @Christopher Finke - Akismet on Slack
Bio
- Member Since: June 19th, 2007
- Website: chrisfinke.com
- Job Title: Spam Assassin
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Christopher Finke’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Bypass logged in users, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We'll keep it in mind as an official feature, but in the meantime, you could… -
Posted a reply to Still receiving lots of spam, no reply from Pro support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Alright. I'm going to mark this as resolved, but if you do need help with… -
Posted a reply to Askimet is blocking one of my Contact 7 forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I used legit data from past form submissions to populate my test submissions. For example,… -
Posted a reply to Askimet is blocking one of my Contact 7 forms, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I looked through our logs for your site this week, and there didn't appear to… -
Committed [3027494] to Plugins SVN:
Add support for webhooks. This commit contains all of the necessary ... -
Committed [3019568] to Plugins SVN:
Ensure that the appropriate input field name prefix is used when ... -
Committed [3016639] to Plugins SVN:
Add the akismet_request_args filter to allow request args in Akismet ... -
Posted a reply to Webmentions flagged as spam?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with your API key or website URL so we… -
Posted a reply to Does nothing for contact form spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Some contact forms need to be specially configured after installing Akismet. If you message us… -
Posted a reply to disable_functions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet should function fine with all of those functions disabled (inasmuch as WordPress itself will… -
Posted a reply to issues with broken internal JavaScript and CSS files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved; if you're still having issues, let us know. -
Posted a reply to disable_functions, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure I understand; these are all PHP functions that, if you have appropriate… -
Posted a reply to Creates fake comments – not recommended!, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does not create fake comments. The source code is available and anyone is welcome… -
Posted a reply to Latest Php Version, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes. -
Committed [2947882] to Plugins SVN:
Cleaning up whitespace and formatting. -
Posted a reply to Content security policy inclusions when using this plugin?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The Akismet plugin only loads JavaScript and CSS that are shipped with the plugin, so… -
Committed [2891559] to Plugins SVN:
WordPress coding standards: single quotes, spacing, and braces. -
Posted a reply to confict with vendor dashboad support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello, Can you email us at support@akismet.com with your website URL or API key so… -
Posted a reply to hidden akismet form field showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Noting that we're now working through this over email; I'll update this thread when it's… -
Posted a reply to hidden akismet form field showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Or if you prefer, you can email support@akismet.com if you'd rather keep working on this… -
Posted a reply to hidden akismet form field showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which version of Contact Form 7 are you using? And do you have any special… -
Posted a reply to hidden akismet form field showing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It appears that something is modifying the HTML that Akismet adds to contact forms; what… -
Committed [2883790] to Plugins SVN:
Version 5.1. -
Posted a reply to False Positives, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I checked the logs and found one user who was caught as a false positive… -
Committed [2876110] to Plugins SVN:
Don't use the API key as a URL parameter for the stats iframes. ... -
Posted a reply to Dequeue Scripts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try this; as long as it is in your child theme's functions.php file or in… -
Posted a reply to Dequeue Scripts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Something like this should work: add_action( 'comment_form', 'dequeue_akismet_js', 99 ); function dequeue_akismet_js() { wp_dequeue_script( 'akismet-frontend'… -
Committed [2869672] to Plugins SVN:
Send the tags and categories of the parent post to Akismet when a ... -
Posted a reply to Why Akismet don’t clear data after deleting?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the full path of the directory that didn't get deleted? The removal of… -
Posted a reply to they won’t send you a verification code if you do not pay, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I assure you that this is not intentional; there is no requirement to pay in… -
Created a topic, Footer scripts are minified (with patch), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello, An Akismet user who was using Siteground Optim… -
Committed [2827210] to Plugins SVN:
Version 5.0.2. -
Committed [2814872] to Plugins SVN:
Stop using API key subdomains. Send the key as part of the request ... -
Committed [2813973] to Plugins SVN:
Tested up to 6.1. -
Committed [2803607] to Plugins SVN:
Add localization for this string. -
Posted a reply to Improve interaction observing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've committed this change here for version 5.0.2: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2803597/akismet/trunk -
Committed [2803597] to Plugins SVN:
Improve compatibility with themes that have menus that hide/appear ... -
Posted a reply to akismet-frontend.js – Unminified js issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm speaking more of the trust that a developer can have that the code has… -
Posted a reply to akismet-frontend.js – Unminified js issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We appreciate the feedback, but we will not be shipping minified JavaScript in the plugin… -
Posted a reply to Improve interaction observing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think that will be the official fix in the next version, so you can… -
Posted a reply to Improve interaction observing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Before doing that, can you check if you change the 250 in the Akismet event… -
Posted a reply to Improve interaction observing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I'm looking into this, although I don't have access to a copy of that… -
Posted a reply to Improve interaction observing, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you happen to be using the Listable theme? If not, what theme are you… -
Posted a reply to PHP Warning: Undefined array key “comment_post_ID”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like wpDiscuz will be addressing this; I'll watch for their fix and check… -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great! Thanks for the update. -
Posted a reply to PHP Warning: Undefined array key “comment_post_ID”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'll do some testing to see if I can reproduce this, but can you tell… -
Posted a reply to PHP Warning: Undefined array key “comment_post_ID”, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Given that you're also getting warnings from core code, I don't think Akismet is the… -
Posted a reply to Make Akismet touch and scroll events passive in akismet-frontend.js, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks; this fix is in version 5.0.1, which is being released right now. -
Posted a reply to Interaction observing breaks Westpac & St. George PayWay NET Payment Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It will be in version 5.0.1, which will be available in the next hour. -
Committed [2791405] to Plugins SVN:
Version 5.0.1.
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