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 Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To save spam submissions in Contact Form 7, you'll need to install the Flamingo plugin. -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jane4jane I don't see any record of those two sites registering with Akismet. If you… -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved. -
Posted a reply to Your Akismet subscription is suspended., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for confirming; I've unsuspended the key and Akismet on your other sites should start… -
Posted a reply to Your Akismet subscription is suspended., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those sites look fine, but the key is also being used on https://libertyhijab.com/, which is… -
Posted a reply to Your Akismet subscription is suspended., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The gist of the original email was this: I checked your site and I can… -
Posted a reply to Your Akismet subscription is suspended., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the response email to your support ticket failed to send in April.… -
Posted a reply to Internal Server Error with update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks; we'll continue the conversation there, and I'll post a follow-up in this thread once… -
Posted a reply to Internal Server Error with update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, could you please send the error log to support@akismet.com? -
Posted a reply to Internal Server Error with update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have access to the error log, or could you ask your host for… -
Committed [3289308] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 5.4 * The stats pages now use the user's locale instead of ... -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been unable to reproduce it by installing those extensions. What I'd recommend next is… -
Committed [3288063] to Plugins SVN:
Audit the localization function usage in the compatible plugins ... -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks, I'll investigate. -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you're able to just post a list of the plugins you have installed, I… -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
So going to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=akismet-key-config still shows you the "Sorry, [...]" error message? -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you have any other plugins installed that modify the menus, that might be the… -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Oh, I just noticed the URL is plugins.php instead of admin.php, which explains the error.… -
Posted a reply to Unable to access akismet settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That would imply that you're logged in with a user account that is not an… -
Committed [3282153] to Plugins SVN:
When the "Check for Spam" button is automatically triggered, only ... -
Posted a reply to Gravity Form redirect with Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm going to mark this as resolved for now, but if you find that redirections… -
Posted a reply to Gravity Form redirect with Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think that is Gravity Forms's intended behavior so that spam messages don't trigger the… -
Posted a reply to Conflict Between Akismet Plugin and CAPTCHA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In order to help us monitor which tickets still need attention, I'm going to mark… -
Posted a reply to Akismet and Multi Step Gravity Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In order to help us monitor which tickets still need attention, I'm going to mark… -
Posted a reply to Fatal error with 5.3.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm going to mark this as resolved, but if you're still having any issues with… -
Posted a reply to MySQL 8.4 and PHP 8.3 support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, the Akismet plugin is compatible with PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8.4. -
Committed [3265240] to Plugins SVN:
Version 3.2. -
Posted a reply to Fatal error with 5.3.7, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think it's likely that either the permissions changed on class.akismet-widget.php or the file was… -
Committed [3240769] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet v5.3.7 * Simplify the logic used during a comment-check ... -
Committed [3240750] to Plugins SVN:
Simplify the logic used to compare two comments during the comment ... -
Posted a reply to Concerned about censorship, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does not filter comments based on political (or any) viewpoints. If you contact us… -
Committed [3235020] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet v5.3.6 * Improve the utility of submit-spam and submit-ham ... -
Committed [3221851] to Plugins SVN:
Add output escaping for two strings. The input to these strings is ... -
Committed [3217995] to Plugins SVN:
Begin including the original comment-check response in submit-ham and ... -
Committed [3203261] to Plugins SVN:
Update the Playground blueprint to automatically set a dummy API key ... -
Posted a reply to Conflict Between Akismet Plugin and CAPTCHA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure I understand; can you post a screenshot here or send it to… -
Posted a reply to Akismet and Multi Step Gravity Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure exactly what issue that would be (although I can think of a… -
Posted a reply to Akismet and Multi Step Gravity Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, I don't see any missed spam reports from your site; can you mark some… -
Posted a reply to Conflict Between Akismet Plugin and CAPTCHA, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What error or issue are you seeing specifically? -
Mentioned in [59267] on Core SVN:
Comments: Validate new comments before and after comment data is filtered. -
Posted a reply to Massive spam in French language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm going to mark this as resolved, since I don't think there's anything else we… -
Posted a reply to Massive spam emails coming through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You should be able to enter the same key you're using on washingtonsquareparkblog.com for cathrynsworld.com,… -
Posted a reply to Massive spam emails coming through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're welcome, have a great day. -
Posted a reply to Massive spam emails coming through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi, it looks like your key was suspended due to a bug on our end,… -
Posted a reply to Massive spam in French language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've been looking at your missed spam reports, and I'm not sure that there's much… -
Posted a reply to Massive spam in French language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, we'll continue to watch for any missed spam and make adjustments accordingly. -
Created ticket #61827 on Core Trac:
wp_check_comment_disallowed_list() can't be used to match unprocessed HTML -
Posted a reply to PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class “Akismet” not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If something tried to access [yoursite.com]/wp-content/plugins/akismet/views/config.php directly, this would be an expected error. If that… -
Posted a reply to woocommerce user accounts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, it's not intended as a defense against unwelcome user signups. -
Posted a reply to Duplicate Field – Latest Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The duplicate alt_s field is not added by Akismet. Based on this thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-email-field-visible/ I…
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