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
Bio
Contribution History
Christopher Finke’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Committed [2345017] to Plugins Trac:
Use "Anti-Spam Settings" instead of "Akismet Settings." It's more ...3 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #50683, in Core Trac:
Parse content for shortcodes instead of using regex3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Page load speed slowed after plugin uppate?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you ever get a definitive answer on whether Akismet was slowing your site?1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Askimet Anti-Spam Seems Broken?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved, since the rest will be handled via our customer support system.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Excellent Spam Protection Plugin For WordPress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jqz, here's a link to the terms of service agreed to when signing up…1 month ago
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Posted a reply to not working without payment, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not need, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In that case, you'll need to raise the issue in the support forum for the…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Show Useragent Info on Comment Editing Page in Admin Area, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you elaborate on how the user agent would be helpful information when viewing comments…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not need, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you using any non-standard update system? If you uninstall or disable Akismet, it shouldn't…2 months ago
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Committed [2320447] to Plugins Trac:
Show the "Set up your Akismet account" banner on the comments admin ...2 months ago
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Committed [2309873] to Plugins Trac:
Remove unnecessary markup from the "Check for Spam" button. We can ...3 months ago
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Committed [2309871] to Plugins Trac:
Remove unnecessary URL condition that checks for Jetpack. The ...3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great to hear; I'm glad it worked out.3 months ago
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Posted a reply to AH01630: client denied by server configuration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I believe this means that someone tried to access wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php, and your server (correctly) denied…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Elby, At this point, I think you will need to contact your webhost for…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The code says that it's looking for a file in the Akismet Privacy Policies plugin…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to ‘Check for Spam’ button acting weirdly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can reproduce this, but only if I click on "Check for Spam" before the…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet is only for paid version?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet is free for non-commercial use. In short, if your site does not bring in…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Page load speed slowed after plugin uppate?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The latest version of Akismet shouldn't affect pagespeed at all. If you can share specific…5 months ago
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Committed [2262774] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.4.5 months ago
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Committed [2262767] to Plugins Trac:
Update the "Tested up to" to 5.4.5 months ago
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Posted a reply to Works OK But Spammers Still Get Through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com so we can check why so much spam is…5 months ago
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Committed [2260152] to Plugins Trac:
Do some pre-checks to ensure that all necessary plugins and constants ...5 months ago
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Committed [2260133] to Plugins Trac:
Switching to an up-to-date simpletest copy rather than the external ...5 months ago
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Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I've been testing the latest version with PHP 7.4 and have found no issues.5 months ago
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Committed [2253897] to Plugins Trac:
Don't modify the frontend comment form if no API key has been set and ...5 months ago
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Committed [2253881] to Plugins Trac:
If a user has entered an Akismet API key but then removes it or ...5 months ago
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Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 Fatal Error: Too few arguments to function Akismet::set_form_js_async(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Goce, I'm unable to reproduce with the latest WordPress release, Akismet 4.1.3, and PHP…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Jetpack contact form with akismet, high number of false positives, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This conversation has moved to email, so I’m marking it as resolved so we can…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet warning regarding PHP 7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Additionally, Akismet 4.1.3 is the current latest version, so the update notice is for sure…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Text overflow issue in akismet plugin on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sumit, I'm sorry, I don't know how this ticket went unnoticed for this long.…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet – WordPress.com Account Closed, unable to download on WordPress.org site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved.6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Spam continues to arrive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This conversation has moved to email, so I'm marking it as resolved so we can…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Free account api limit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved, as the conversation has moved to email.6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check if you have a file in your wp-content/ folder called debug.log? If…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have both the latest version of Jetpack and the latest version of Akismet?…6 months ago
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Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you post a screenshot of the error just so I'm sure we're both on…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you disable all plugins except Akismet, do you still get the error? IF you…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Working not Properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Roshan, While the submissions don't look entirely relevant to your site, they don't appear…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to akismet blocking initial admin experience, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing? I just followed your steps, and…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to set up account disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with the email address you're trying to sign up…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At this point, I think you'll need to contact your webhost. I'm not sure why…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the file /nas/content/live/kcitech/wp-content/plugins/akismet/class.akismet-widget.php exist? If so, what are the permissions on it?9 months ago
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Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you remove both wp-content/plugins/akismet.old/ and wp-content/plugins/akismet/? What's the exact error you're seeing?9 months ago
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Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you used core's standard update process, I would recommend opening a bug with them…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have a directory named /nas/content/live/kcitech/wp-content/plugins/akismet.old/ referencing the directory /nas/content/live/example/wp-content/plugins/akismet/. Those look like they're for…9 months ago
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Posted a reply to New user is created, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does not filter out user signups, so the increase in "New user is created"…10 months ago
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Posted a reply to Messages marked as spam do not appear to be training your filter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because of the changing nature of spam, sending old comments to Akismet will not always…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Contact Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It would be up to the contact form developer to add support for Akismet, and…1 year ago
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Posted a reply to Is Akismet anti-spam compatible with the REST API?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, Akismet should be compatible, since the REST API uses the standard WordPress comment functions,…1 year ago
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