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Derek Springer

Code Wrangler at Automattic

@derekspringer San Elijo Hills, CA joined May 2012

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    Interests

    Beer & Web development 🙂

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    CODE
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    Core Contributor '24 Plugin Developer
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    WordCamp Organizer '14 WordCamp Speaker '14
    PRACTICE
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    Support Contributor '26

    Current Job

    Code Wrangler
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    Automattic

    Recent impact

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    Last 90 days
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    Last 12 months
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    WordPress releases

    Contributed to 1 release
    • 6.5

    Contributions

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    July 2026
    Jul 17 Fri · 16:26
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Is this plugin compatible with PHP 8.4?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes, Akismet is compatible with PHP 8.4. The plugin requires PHP 7.2 or higher runs…
    April 2026
    Apr 30 Thu · 15:05
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Need small setup advice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, great question. Akismet's default settings work well for most sites, so you're in good…
    Apr 29 Wed · 20:16
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Akismet field not working in form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy Roghithsam,Thanks for reaching out! The akismet:author form-tag option is actually a feature of Contact…
    Apr 28 Tue · 16:24
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to New User Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes! Go to Settings → Akismet Anti-spam and make sure the option to "Silently discard…
    Apr 27 Mon · 16:28
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Spam check setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes! When you mark a comment as "Not Spam," Akismet learns from that correction. It…
    March 2026
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:32
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Akismet Flagging Gravity Forms Submissions as Spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, Thanks for the detailed info! Why those submissions were flagged The emails you mentioned…
    September 2025
    Sep 04 Thu · 18:54
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Will Akismet block Mailchimp from access to RSS feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, Akismet will not block Mailchimp from accessing your RSS feed. It is probable your…
    April 2025
    Apr 29 Tue · 20:04
    Plugins high
    Committed [3284373] to Plugins SVN:
    0.8 release
    Apr 29 Tue · 20:01
    Plugins high
    Committed [3284372] to Plugins SVN:
    SSRF Hardening / Yeast parse error fixes
    May 2024
    May 31 Fri · 16:57
    Plugins high
    Committed [3095776] to Plugins SVN:
    Updating 'Tested up to' to 6.5.3

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