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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Posted a reply to High increase in spam comments (that previously were sorted out), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Let's say it was definitely the changes I made. :-) Glad to hear it's working…2 days ago
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Committed [2484523] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.9.3 days ago
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Posted a reply to Performance Issues, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Performance issues are hard to diagnose without direct access to the website, but can you…4 days ago
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Committed [2483638] to Plugins Trac:
Improve Akismet's handling of pingbacks in XML-RPC multicalls.4 days ago
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Posted a reply to High increase in spam comments (that previously were sorted out), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's no way to report them, but I'll take a look at our settings for…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to High increase in spam comments (that previously were sorted out), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The bar for what is discarded automatically is pretty high so as not to automatically…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to High increase in spam comments (that previously were sorted out), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is the issue that spam comments are being approved by Akismet or that they're being…1 week ago
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Posted a reply to About subscription, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can either log in at akismet.com/account/ and cancel your subscription, or email us at…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The simplest fix would probably be to add :visible to the selector, so you're only…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I agree with your assessment. If this proves to be an issue with more…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What are you using to require that all fields are filled in? Is it a…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Or how the form was customized?2 months ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give me an example of a form that this is happening to?2 months ago
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Committed [2451422] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.8.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What's happening is that you have a file named wp-content/plugins/color/akismet.php that is trying to load…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the issue here is that your color plugin is incomplete. Try uninstalling…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed in https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/24496822 months ago
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Committed [2449682] to Plugins Trac:
Stopped using jQuery.fn.click in favor of jQuery.fn.on( 'click' ) See ...2 months ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Never mind; I didn't have the right settings enabled in jQuery Migrate. I see it…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you clarify where exactly you saw this notice? I can update the code to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads-up; we'll fix that in the next version.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet Spam Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you getting an error message? At what point is the installation failing?2 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #52196, in Core Trac:
wp_get_attachment_metadata() is broken if no first argument is passed in.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error in akismet.php on line 33, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @onurkaplan34, plugin_dir_url() is a core WordPress function that should always be available, unless someone…3 months ago
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Committed [2434713] to Plugins Trac:
Ensure that all fields are included in submit-spam and submit-ham ...3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Terrible False Positive Rate – How to Fix, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with the URL of the website and/or your API…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is that a personal or commercial site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @gianluca72, Because the site is advertising a business, it would be considered commercial.3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet is not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shazibsohail, That sounds like a file permissions error. Your web host will be able to…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Change when spam is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you put this code in a file called reduce-akismet-auto-delete-time.php in wp-content/mu-plugins/, it should have…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Change when spam is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To reduce the time to 5 days, you'd have to write a small plugin to…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet is not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Frederick, Can you contact us at support@akismet.com so we can figure out what's going…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet won’t uninstall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know. Which files do you not have permission to change, and what are…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet won’t uninstall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @mhales86, If the permissions don't allow you to uninstall, then it is a hosting…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Cannot delete or update plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like a file permissions issue with the folder; you may have "read" permissions…4 months ago
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Committed [2404899] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.7.4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet .htaccess created or edited, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those are the correct contents of .htaccess, so nothing has changed there (unless you or…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The German translation has been updated, so this issue should be fixed soon.5 months ago
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Committed [2402753] to Plugins Trac:
Adding comments and fixing code formatting to pass linter checks. No ...5 months ago
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Committed [2402693] to Plugins Trac:
Don't use the deprecated function wp_blacklist_check when the new ...5 months ago
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Posted a reply to File change warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can ignore this. We just updated our readme to add more details and FAQs…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you mean that you checked the box labeled "Silently discard the worst and most…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report; I'll be looking into this today.5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How is it not working? Is there an error message?5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Getting slammed by vouchersort.co.uk BBpress topic spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looking at your missed spam reports, it appears that these would all be caught if…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to CLI Integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does already have a WP-CLI integration for checking comments and retrieving stats, but to…5 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #3400, in bbPress Trac:
Sending wrong date to Akismet6 months ago
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Posted a reply to wp_blacklist_check: Deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads up; we'll update the plugin to only use that function if…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to How to Auto Move all Comments with a Link to Trash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you want to move any comments containing links to the trash, you could add…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to xmlrpc.php xml-rpc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, Akismet does not use xmlrpc.php, so you should be free to disable it.6 months ago
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Posted a reply to My keys wiped out every now and then, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that is not intentional. The key is stored in the wordpress_api_key option in your…7 months ago
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