Christopher Finke
Director of Keyword Blacklists at Automattic
@cfinke joined Jun 2007
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Director of Keyword Blacklists
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WordPress releases
Contributed to 13 releases
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- 6.1
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- 4.2
- 4.1
- 4.0
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June 2026
Jun 01
Mon · 16:26
Forums
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Posted a reply to Automatic deletion of old spam folder?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet automatically deletes spam comments once they’re 15 days old.
Akismet automatically deletes spam comments once they’re 15 days old.
May 2026
May 29
Fri · 21:11
Forums
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Posted a reply to Auto-delete spam immediately?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no setting for that, but you can change the value with a filter, if…
There's no setting for that, but you can change the value with a filter, if…
May 21
Thu · 15:57
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Posted a reply to Whitelist specific email addresses?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Not technically, but if you mark the comments as "not spam", that will teach Akismet…
Not technically, but if you mark the comments as "not spam", that will teach Akismet…
May 18
Mon · 20:14
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Posted a reply to Does spam folder auto-clear after some time?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet should auto-delete comments from the spam folder after 15 days. If that's not happening,…
Akismet should auto-delete comments from the spam folder after 15 days. If that's not happening,…
May 15
Fri · 15:58
Forums
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Posted a reply to Spam folder auto-delete time?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet deletes spam comments once they're 15 days old.
Akismet deletes spam comments once they're 15 days old.
May 13
Wed · 16:29
Forums
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Posted a reply to Regular reader’s comments keep getting flagged as spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with your site URL and the reader's username or…
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with your site URL and the reader's username or…
May 11
Mon · 15:46
Forums
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Posted a reply to Auto-delete spam folder?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet automatically deletes spam older than 15 days.
Akismet automatically deletes spam older than 15 days.
May 07
Thu · 15:05
Forums
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Posted a reply to Question about the spam statistics delay, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Stats update about once per day, so you should see them change soon.
Stats update about once per day, so you should see them change soon.
April 2026
Apr 09
Thu · 20:49
Plugins
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Committed [3502846] to Plugins SVN:
Rename _inc/connectors.js to _inc/akismet-connectors.js to follow the naming practices of the other files in _inc.
Rename _inc/connectors.js to _inc/akismet-connectors.js to follow the naming practices of the other files in _inc.
Apr 08
Wed · 16:50
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Developer
7 plugins-
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
6+ million active installs -
Formategory
10+ active installs -
IM-porter
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Inline Preview
300+ active installs -
Reddit for Keyring
Less than 10 active installs -
Social Traffic Monitor
10+ active installs -
Unpredictable Image Filenames
Less than 10 active installs
Contributor
2 plugins-
Jetpack - WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
3+ million active installs -
Keyring Social Importers
80+ active installs