Josh Smith
@procifer on WordPress.org, @Josh Smith on Slack
- Member Since: May 2nd, 2008
- Location: Saint Johns, FL
- Employer: Automattic
Contribution History
Josh Smith’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to Strange forwarding, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, it appears that Akismet did mark the message as spam, but that message… -
Posted a reply to Massive spam in French language, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We'd be happy to help investigate that, but we'll need a bit more… -
Posted a reply to Uses Akismet Anti-spam Jetpack?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We may have used the Jetpack plugin in the past, I don’t use… -
Posted a reply to 1000s of spam got through on multiple Gravity Forms despite having Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We'd be happy to help look into that and see why those were… -
Posted a reply to Increase in the volume of SPAM and API calls, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We'd be happy to help investigate that recent increase in volume. But to… -
Posted a reply to Too many redirects after activating, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, what versions of WordPress and the Akismet plugin are you currently running? Are… -
Posted a reply to Godaddy plugin corruption, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds good! I'll mark this thread resolved for now as we work through things there. -
Posted a reply to Godaddy plugin corruption, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Deleting the Akismet directory and reinstalling would have been our recommendation as well. But if… -
Posted a reply to Akismet Will Not Install on WordPress 6.5.2, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you receiving an error when attempting to install? Or could you share more details… -
Posted a reply to issues with broken internal JavaScript and CSS files, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, that 403 error indicates that your hosting provider or web server is blocking… -
Posted a reply to Woocommerce protection, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Akismet does not currently protect WooCommerce checkout, but yes it can definitely help… -
Posted a reply to Receives SPAMS, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We'd be happy to help look into that. Due to the sensitive nature… -
Posted a reply to Can’t Activate Free Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, due to the sensitive nature of payments and your account, could you please… -
Committed [2851437] to Plugins SVN:
Remove unnecessary limit notices from admin page. -
Posted a reply to WP – Admin page issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
We don't have concrete plans to protect registration forms so we can't currently share a… -
Posted a reply to WP – Admin page issue, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, That's correct, the Akismet plugin automatically checks for comment and contact form spam,… -
Posted a reply to WordPress access problem with askimet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Thanks for the updates on things. That's great news that it appears to… -
Posted a reply to Bug: Fatal errors due to action hook params mismatch., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We'll take a closer look and will report… -
Posted a reply to Your site can’t connect to the Akismet servers, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, We'd be happy to help debug that connection issue, but due to the… -
Committed [2606384] to Plugins SVN:
Improve API usage buttons for clarity on what upgrade is needed, ... -
Committed [2598952] to Plugins SVN:
Add links to additional information on API usage notifications. -
Committed [2587292] to Plugins SVN:
Version 4.1.11. -
Committed [2586158] to Plugins SVN:
Improve code readability of alert codes for API usage notices. -
Committed [2585639] to Plugins SVN:
Improve the wording of API usage notifications for clarity. -
Committed [2580537] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 4.1.11a1: Added support for Akismet API usage notifications on ... -
Posted a reply to Best user id to use with Akismet?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Akismet and Jetpack both use WordPress.com accounts so you'll need to login with… -
Committed [2513580] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 4.1.10a2: Updated Plus plan terminology in notices to match ... -
Posted a reply to Spam comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you please contact us directly using the form on this page, including your API… -
Posted a reply to Email spaming, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sounds good; happy to help! Let us know if you have any other questions. Cheers! -
Posted a reply to Email spaming, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, Yes, could you confirm the plugin you're using for that form? It appears… -
Posted a reply to Email spaming, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you receiving those spam emails through a form submitted on your website, or directly… -
Committed [2431656] to Plugins SVN:
Update "Tested up to" to WordPress version 5.6 -
Created ticket #3410 on bbPress Trac:
Topics held in moderation are not checked with Akismet -
Posted a reply to More spam comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@ste_95, sorry to hear about the low accuracy lately. I think it would be best… -
Posted a reply to Bugs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @augusta11, we'd be happy to help investigate with you, but we try to avoid… -
Posted a reply to More spam comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @geckoroutes, I don't believe anything has changed that would suddenly prevent those from being… -
Committed [2400383] to Plugins SVN:
Updates to readme plugin information and changelog -
Committed [2400378] to Plugins SVN:
Removing FAQ Section from readme.txt -
Committed [2398953] to Plugins SVN:
Updating Akismet readme.txt with updated plugin information, a FAQ ... -
Committed [2354800] to Plugins SVN:
Update the "Tested up to" to 5.5. -
Mentioned in [48322] on Core SVN:
XML-RPC: Explicitly unset the reference to the parser resource after calling `xml_parser_free()` to avoid memory leaks in PHP 7.0.0 or higher. -
Posted a reply to How to disable mShots service?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @yet-another-wp-user, mshots can be disabled by adding a filter named akismet_enable_mshots and returning false… -
Posted a reply to ‘Check for Spam’ button acting weirdly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Version 4.1.6 of the plugin has now been released and contains fixes for those issues… -
Posted a reply to How to disable mShots service?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Terence, Version 4.1.6 of the plugin has now been released with that mshots filter… -
Committed [2318372] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 4.1.6 -
Committed [2316988] to Plugins SVN:
Remove href attribute from Check for Spam link when no direct link is ... -
Committed [2314692] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 4.1.6a4: Re-add Jetpack specific Akismet admin page URLs -
Posted a reply to How to disable mShots service?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Terence, We can definitely support turning those off. I've just committed a change in… -
Committed [2309704] to Plugins SVN:
Akismet 4.1.6a2: * Add filter "akismet_enable_mshots" to allow ... -
Posted a reply to ‘Check for Spam’ button acting weirdly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Jason, We have a fix ready for that behavior that's now in version 4.1.6a1.…
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