Christopher Finke
@cfinke on WordPress.org, @Christopher Finke - Akismet on Slack
- Member Since: June 19th, 2007
- Website: chrisfinke.com
- Job Title: Spam Assassin
- Employer: Automattic
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Contribution History
Christopher Finke’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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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. -
Committed [2791393] to Plugins SVN:
Disable interaction observation on forms that post to third parties, ... -
Posted a reply to Interaction observing breaks Westpac & St. George PayWay NET Payment Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you're interested in trying a fix right now, you could paste this chunk of… -
Posted a reply to Interaction observing breaks Westpac & St. George PayWay NET Payment Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using the "Direct Post" integration method in the payment plugin? -
Posted a reply to Make Akismet touch and scroll events passive in akismet-frontend.js, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've committed this change to Akismet trunk; are you able to install it (from http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.zip)… -
Committed [2791010] to Plugins SVN:
Mark some event listeners as passive to improve performance in newer ... -
Committed [2790889] to Plugins SVN:
Including "Requires at least" in readme for backwards compatibility ... -
Posted a reply to Make Akismet touch and scroll events passive in akismet-frontend.js, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report; I'm looking into this now. -
Committed [2790882] to Plugins SVN:
Moving "Requires at least" to akismet.php, as per ... -
Posted a reply to WooLentor template builder makes templates that can’t be found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think this question would be better suited to the WooLentor forum: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woolentor-addons/ -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At this point, without cooperation from Listable, I don't think we can fix this, so… -
Mentioned in [54146] on Core SVN:
General: Correct path replacement regex in `wp_guess_url`. -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm curious -- if you add a Login link somewhere in the page so that… -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I forgot to mention that I think you can downgrade Akismet again to fix this… -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm still looking into it, but signs are pointing towards it being primarily due to… -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I can reproduce it now, and I'm working on determining the root cause. -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I wasn't able to reproduce this on a test site. If you're ok with temporarily… -
Posted a reply to Akismet 5.0 not compatible with Ajax login, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report; I'll investigate this today. -
Posted a reply to No API field to add number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Great, I'm glad I was able to help. -
Posted a reply to No API field to add number, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you go to the URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=akismet-key-config for that site, do you see a form… -
Posted a reply to getting 403 error on, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for confirming; I'll direct anyone else with this issue to try that as well. -
Posted a reply to getting 403 error on, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check that your .htaccess file in the akismet directory got updated? Line 15… -
Posted a reply to How to disable interaction observing in version 5, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Laurence, Try adding this in mu-plugins; it worked on my site. It should remove… -
Committed [2761923] to Plugins SVN:
Version 5.0. -
Committed [2754640] to Plugins SVN:
Version 4.2.5. -
Posted a reply to I don’t think Akismet’s checkSpam is working properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's actually pretty hard to intentionally create something that looks like real spam unless you're… -
Posted a reply to I don’t think Akismet’s checkSpam is working properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you want to guarantee a true response, send akismet-guaranteed-spam as the content or akismet-guaranteed-spam@example.com… -
Posted a reply to Ha ocurrido un error crítico en esta web., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best thing to do would be to check your server's error log and see… -
Posted a reply to Where is the Spam Folder, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In your WordPress dashboard, click on "Comments" and then the "Spam" link at the top… -
Committed [2724833] to Plugins SVN:
Improve translator comments for comment history code. -
Posted a reply to Old contact form being spammed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is this spam coming from an actual form or is it being emailed to you… -
Committed [2714494] to Plugins SVN:
Version 4.2.3.
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