Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Changelog (registro delle modifiche)

5.3.2

Release Date – 21 March 2024

• Improve the empty state shown to new users when no spam has been caught yet.
• Update the message shown to users without a current subscription.
• Add foundations for future webhook support.

5.3.1

Release Date – 17 January 2024

• Make the plugin more resilient when asset files are missing (as seen in WordPress Playground).
• Add a link to the ‘Account overview’ page on akismet.com.
• Fix a minor error that occurs when another plugin removes all comment actions from the dashboard.
• Add the akismet_request_args filter to allow request args in Akismet API requests to be filtered.
• Fix a bug that causes some contact forms to include unnecessary data in the comment_content parameter.

five point three

Release Date – 14 September 2023

• Improve display of user notices.
• Add stylesheets for RTL languages.
• Remove initial disabled state from ‘Save changes’ button.
• Improve accessibility of API key entry form.
• Add new filter hooks for Fluent Forms.
• Fix issue with PHP 8.1 compatibility.

five point two

Release Date – 21 June 2023

• Visual refresh of Akismet stats.
• Improve PHP 8.1 compatibility.
• Improve appearance of plugin to match updated stats.
• Change minimum supported PHP version to 5.6 to match WordPress.
• Drop IE11 support and update minimum WordPress version to 5.8 (where IE11 support was removed from WP Core).

five point one

Release Date – 20 March 2023

• Removed unnecessary limit notices from admin page.
• Improved spam detection by including post taxonomies in the comment-check call.
• Removed API keys from stats iframes to avoid possible inadvertent exposure.

5.0.2

Release Date – 1 December 2022

• Improved compatibility with themes that hide or show UI elements based on mouse movements.
• Increased security of API keys by sending them in request bodies instead of subdomains.

5.0.1

Release Date – 28 September 2022

• Added an empty state for the Statistics section on the admin page.
• Fixed a bug that broke some admin page links when Jetpack plugins are active.
• Marked some event listeners as passive to improve performance in newer browsers.
• Disabled interaction observation on forms that post to other domains.

five

Release Date – 26 July 2022

• Added a new feature to catch spammers by observing how they interact with the page.

4.2.5

Release Date – 11 July 2022

• Fixed a bug that added unnecessary comment history entries after comment rechecks.
• Added a notice that displays when WP-Cron is disabled and might be affecting comment rechecks.

4.2.4

Release Date – 20 May 2022

• Improved translator instructions for comment history.
• Bumped the “Tested up to” tag to WP 6.0.

4.2.3

Release Date – 25 April 2022

• Improved compatibility with Fluent Forms
• Fixed missing translation domains
• Updated stats URL.
• Improved accessibility of elements on the config page.

4.2.2

Release Date – 24 January 2022

• Improved compatibility with Formidable Forms
• Fixed a bug that could cause issues when multiple contact forms appear on one page.
• Updated delete_comment and deleted_comment actions to pass two arguments to match WordPress core since 4.9.0.
• Added a filter that allows comment types to be excluded when counting users’ approved comments.

4.2.1

Release Date – 1 October 2021

• Fixed a bug causing AMP validation to fail on certain pages with forms.

four point two

Release Date – 30 September 2021

• Added links to additional information on API usage notifications.
• Reduced the number of network requests required for a comment page when running Akismet.
• Improved compatibility with the most popular contact form plugins.
• Improved API usage buttons for clarity on what upgrade is needed.

For older changelog entries, please see the additional changelog.txt file delivered with the plugin.