Changelog

4.1.6

Release Date – 4 June 2020

• Disable “Check for Spam” button until the page is loaded to avoid errors with clicking through to queue recheck endpoint directly.
• Add filter “akismet_enable_mshots” to allow disabling screenshot popups on the edit comments admin page.

4.1.5

Release Date – 29 April 2020

• Based on user feedback, we have dropped the in-admin notice explaining the availability of the “privacy notice” option in the AKismet settings screen. The option itself is available, but after displaying the notice for the last 2 years, it is now considered a known fact.
• Updated the “Requires at least” to WP 4.6, based on recommendations from https://wp-info.org/tools/checkplugini18n.php?slug=akismet
• Moved older changelog entries to a separate file to keep the size of this readme reasonable, also based on recommendations from https://wp-info.org/tools/checkplugini18n.php?slug=akismet

4.1.4

Release Date – 17 March 2020

• Only redirect to the Akismet setup screen upon plugin activation if the plugin was activated manually from within the plugin-related screens, to help users with non-standard install workflows, like WP-CLI.
• Update the layout of the initial setup screen to be more readable on small screens.
• If no API key has been entered, don’t run code that expects an API key.
• Improve the readability of the comment history entries.
• Don’t modify the comment form HTML if no API key has been set.

4.1.3

Release Date – 31 October 2019

• Prevented an attacker from being able to cause a user to unknowingly recheck their Pending comments for spam.
• Improved compatibility with Jetpack 7.7+.
• Updated the plugin activation page to use consistent language and markup.
• Redirecting users to the Akismet connnection/settings screen upon plugin activation, in an effort to make it easier for people to get setup.

4.1.2

Release Date – 14 May 2019

• Fixed a conflict between the Akismet setup banner and other plugin notices.
• Reduced the number of API requests made by the plugin when attempting to verify the API key.
• Include additional data in the pingback pre-check API request to help make the stats more accurate.
• Fixed a bug that was enabling the “Check for Spam” button when no comments were eligible to be checked.
• Improved Akismet’s AMP compatibility.

4.1.1

Release Date – 31 January 2019

• Fixed the “Setup Akismet” notice so it resizes responsively.
• Only highlight the “Save Changes” button in the Akismet config when changes have been made.
• The count of comments in your spam queue shown on the dashboard show now always be up-to-date.

4.1

Release Date – 12 November 2018

• Added a WP-CLI method for retrieving stats.
• Hooked into the new “Personal Data Eraser” functionality from WordPress 4.9.6.
• Added functionality to clear outdated alerts from Akismet.com.

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