| === Akismet Anti-spam === | |
| == Archived Changelog Entries == | |
| This file contains older changelog entries, so we can keep the size of the standard WordPress readme.txt file reasonable. | |
| For the latest changes, please see the "Changelog" section of the [readme.txt file](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/readme.txt). | |
| = 4.1.12 = | |
| *Release Date - 3 September 2021* | |
| * Fixed "Use of undefined constant" notice. | |
| * Improved styling of alert notices. | |
| = 4.1.11 = | |
| *Release Date - 23 August 2021* | |
| * Added support for Akismet API usage notifications on Akismet settings and edit-comments admin pages. | |
| * Added support for the deleted_comment action when bulk-deleting comments from Spam. | |
| = 4.1.10 = | |
| *Release Date - 6 July 2021* | |
| * Simplified the code around checking comments in REST API and XML-RPC requests. | |
| * Updated Plus plan terminology in notices to match current subscription names. | |
| * Added `rel="noopener"` to the widget link to avoid warnings in Google Lighthouse. | |
| * Set the Akismet JavaScript as deferred instead of async to improve responsiveness. | |
| * Improved the preloading of screenshot popups on the edit comments admin page. | |
| = 4.1.9 = | |
| *Release Date - 2 March 2021* | |
| * Improved handling of pingbacks in XML-RPC multicalls | |
| = 4.1.8 = | |
| *Release Date - 6 January 2021* | |
| * Fixed missing fields in submit-spam and submit-ham calls that could lead to reduced accuracy. | |
| * Fixed usage of deprecated jQuery function. | |
| = 4.1.7 = | |
| *Release Date - 22 October 2020* | |
| * Show the "Set up your Akismet account" banner on the comments admin screen, where it's relevant to mention if Akismet hasn't been configured. | |
| * Don't use wp_blacklist_check when the new wp_check_comment_disallowed_list function is available. | |
| = 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. | |
| * Added 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. | |
| = 4.0.8 = | |
| *Release Date - 19 June 2018* | |
| * Improved the grammar and consistency of the in-admin privacy related notes (notice and config). | |
| * Revised in-admin explanation of the comment form privacy notice to make its usage clearer. | |
| * Added `rel="nofollow noopener"` to the comment form privacy notice to improve SEO and security. | |
| = 4.0.7 = | |
| *Release Date - 28 May 2018* | |
| * Based on user feedback, the link on "Learn how your comment data is processed." in the optional privacy notice now has a `target` of `_blank` and opens in a new tab/window. | |
| * Updated the in-admin privacy notice to use the term "comment" instead of "contact" in "Akismet can display a notice to your users under your comment forms." | |
| * Only show in-admin privacy notice if Akismet has an API Key configured | |
| = 4.0.6 = | |
| *Release Date - 26 May 2018* | |
| * Moved away from using `empty( get_option() )` to instantiating a variable to be compatible with older versions of PHP (5.3, 5.4, etc). | |
| = 4.0.5 = | |
| *Release Date - 26 May 2018* | |
| * Corrected version number after tagging. Sorry... | |
| = 4.0.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 26 May 2018* | |
| * Added a hook to provide Akismet-specific privacy information for a site's privacy policy. | |
| * Added tools to control the display of a privacy related notice under comment forms. | |
| * Fixed HTML in activation failure message to close META and HEAD tag properly. | |
| * Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent Akismet from being correctly auto-configured. | |
| = 4.0.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 19 February 2018* | |
| * Added a scheduled task to remove entries in wp_commentmeta that no longer have corresponding comments in wp_comments. | |
| * Added a new `akismet_batch_delete_count` action to the batch delete methods for people who'd like to keep track of the numbers of records being processed by those methods. | |
| = 4.0.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 18 December 2017* | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to recheck a comment that has already been manually approved or marked as spam. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to claim that some comments are still waiting to be checked when no comments are waiting to be checked. | |
| = 4.0.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 6 November 2017* | |
| * Fixed a bug that could prevent some users from connecting Akismet via their Jetpack connection. | |
| * Ensured that any pending Akismet-related events are unscheduled if the plugin is deactivated. | |
| * Allow some JavaScript to be run asynchronously to avoid affecting page render speeds. | |
| = 4.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 19 September 2017* | |
| * Added REST API endpoints for configuring Akismet and retrieving stats. | |
| * Increased the minimum supported WordPress version to 4.0. | |
| * Added compatibility with comments submitted via the REST API. | |
| * Improved the progress indicator on the "Check for Spam" button. | |
| = 3.3.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 3 August 2017* | |
| * Disabled Akismet's debug log output by default unless AKISMET_DEBUG is defined. | |
| * URL previews now begin preloading when the mouse moves near them in the comments section of wp-admin. | |
| * When a comment is caught by the Comment Blacklist, Akismet will always allow it to stay in the trash even if it is spam as well. | |
| * Fixed a bug that was preventing an error from being shown when a site can't reach Akismet's servers. | |
| = 3.3.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 13 July 2017* | |
| * Reduced amount of bandwidth used by the URL Preview feature. | |
| * Improved the admin UI when the API key is manually pre-defined for the site. | |
| * Removed a workaround for WordPress installations older than 3.3 that will improve Akismet's compatibility with other plugins. | |
| * The number of spam blocked that is displayed on the WordPress dashboard will now be more accurate and updated more frequently. | |
| * Fixed a bug in the Akismet widget that could cause PHP warnings. | |
| = 3.3.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 10 May 2017* | |
| * Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in some browsers. | |
| = 3.3.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 2 May 2017* | |
| * Improve performance by only requesting the akismet_comment_nonce option when absolutely necessary. | |
| * Fixed two bugs that could cause PHP warnings. | |
| * Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit." | |
| * Fixed a bug that was preventing the URL preview feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit." | |
| = 3.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 23 February 2017* | |
| * Updated the Akismet admin pages with a new clean design. | |
| * Fixed bugs preventing the `akismet_add_comment_nonce` and `akismet_update_alert` wrapper functions from working properly. | |
| * Fixed bug preventing the loading indicator from appearing when re-checking all comments for spam. | |
| * Added a progress indicator to the "Check for Spam" button. | |
| * Added a success message after manually rechecking the Pending queue for spam. | |
| = 3.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 6 September 2016* | |
| * Added a WP-CLI module. You can now check comments and recheck the moderation queue from the command line. | |
| * Stopped using the deprecated jQuery function `.live()`. | |
| * Fixed a bug in `remove_comment_author_url()` and `add_comment_author_url()` that could generate PHP notices. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause an infinite loop for sites with very very very large comment IDs. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause the Akismet widget title to be blank. | |
| = 3.1.11 = | |
| *Release Date - 12 May 2016* | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause the "Check for Spam" button to skip some comments. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could prevent some spam submissions from being sent to Akismet. | |
| * Updated all links to use https:// when possible. | |
| * Disabled Akismet debug logging unless WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG are both enabled. | |
| = 3.1.10 = | |
| *Release Date - 1 April 2016* | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could have resulted in comments that were caught by the core WordPress comment blacklist not to have a corresponding History entry. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could have caused avoidable PHP warnings in the error log. | |
| = 3.1.9 = | |
| *Release Date - 28 March 2016* | |
| * Add compatibility with Jetpack so that Jetpack can automatically configure Akismet settings when appropriate. | |
| * Fixed a bug preventing some comment data from being sent to Akismet. | |
| = 3.1.8 = | |
| *Release Date - 4 March 2016* | |
| * Fixed a bug preventing Akismet from being used with some plugins that rewrite admin URLs. | |
| * Reduced the amount of bandwidth used on Akismet API calls | |
| * Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the database | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue. | |
| = 3.1.7 = | |
| *Release Date - 4 January 2016* | |
| * Added documentation for the 'akismet_comment_nonce' filter. | |
| * The post-install activation button is now accessible to screen readers and keyboard-only users. | |
| * Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working in WordPress 4.4 | |
| = 3.1.6 = | |
| *Release Date - 14 December 2015* | |
| * Improve the notices shown after activating Akismet. | |
| * Update some strings to allow for the proper plural forms in all languages. | |
| = 3.1.5 = | |
| *Release Date - 13 October 2015* | |
| * Closes a potential XSS vulnerability. | |
| = 3.1.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 24 September 2015* | |
| * Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from automatically connecting using Jetpack if they didn't have a current Akismet subscription. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue. | |
| * Error messages and instructions have been simplified to be more understandable. | |
| * Link previews are enabled for all links inside comments, not just the author's website link. | |
| = 3.1.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 6 July 2015* | |
| * Notify users when their account status changes after previously being successfully set up. This should help any users who are seeing blank Akismet settings screens. | |
| = 3.1.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 7 June 2015* | |
| * Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the commentmeta table. | |
| * Fixed a bug where some comments with quotes in the author name weren't getting history entries | |
| * Pre-emptive security improvements to ensure that the Akismet plugin can't be used by attackers to compromise a WordPress installation. | |
| * Better UI for the key entry field: allow whitespace to be included at the beginning or end of the key and strip it out automatically when the form is submitted. | |
| * When deactivating the plugin, notify the Akismet API so the site can be marked as inactive. | |
| * Clearer error messages. | |
| = 3.1.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 17th March, 2015* | |
| * Improvements to the "Remove comment author URL" JavaScript | |
| * Include the pingback pre-check from the 2.6 branch. | |
| = 3.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 11th March, 2015* | |
| * Use HTTPS by default for all requests to Akismet. | |
| * Fix for a situation where Akismet might strip HTML from a comment. | |
| = 3.0.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 11th December, 2014* | |
| * Fix to make .htaccess compatible with Apache 2.4. | |
| * Fix to allow removal of https author URLs. | |
| * Fix to avoid stripping part of the author URL when removing and re-adding. | |
| * Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the "Trash" and "Approved" queues, where it would have no effect. | |
| * Allow automatic API key configuration when Jetpack is installed and connected to a WordPress.com account | |
| = 3.0.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 3rd November, 2014* | |
| * Fix for sending the wrong data to delete_comment action that could have prevented old spam comments from being deleted. | |
| * Added a filter to disable logging of Akismet debugging information. | |
| * Added a filter for the maximum comment age when deleting old spam comments. | |
| * Added a filter for the number per batch when deleting old spam comments. | |
| * Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the Spam folder. | |
| = 3.0.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 18th August, 2014* | |
| * Performance improvements. | |
| * Fixed a bug that could truncate the comment data being sent to Akismet for checking. | |
| = 3.0.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 9th July, 2014* | |
| * Removed dependency on PHP's fsockopen function | |
| * Fix spam/ham reports to work when reported outside of the WP dashboard, e.g., from Notifications or the WP app | |
| * Remove jQuery dependency for comment form JavaScript | |
| * Remove unnecessary data from some Akismet comment meta | |
| * Suspended keys will now result in all comments being put in moderation, not spam. | |
| = 3.0.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 15th April, 2014* | |
| * Move Akismet to Settings menu | |
| * Drop Akismet Stats menu | |
| * Add stats snapshot to Akismet settings | |
| * Add Akismet subscription details and status to Akismet settings | |
| * Add contextual help for each page | |
| * Improve Akismet setup to use Jetpack to automate plugin setup | |
| * Fix "Check for Spam" to use AJAX to avoid page timing out | |
| * Fix Akismet settings page to be responsive | |
| * Drop legacy code | |
| * Tidy up CSS and Javascript | |
| * Replace the old discard setting with a new "discard pervasive spam" feature. | |
| = 2.6.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 18th March, 2014* | |
| * Add ajax paging to the check for spam button to handle large volumes of comments | |
| * Optimize javascript and add localization support | |
| * Fix bug in link to spam comments from right now dashboard widget | |
| * Fix bug with deleting old comments to avoid timeouts dealing with large volumes of comments | |
| * Include X-Pingback-Forwarded-For header in outbound WordPress pingback verifications | |
| * Add pre-check for pingbacks, to stop spam before an outbound verification request is made | |
| = 2.5.9 = | |
| *Release Date - 1st August, 2013* | |
| * Update 'Already have a key' link to redirect page rather than depend on javascript | |
| * Fix some non-translatable strings to be translatable | |
| * Update Activation banner in plugins page to redirect user to Akismet config page | |
| = 2.5.8 = | |
| *Release Date - 20th January, 2013* | |
| * Simplify the activation process for new users | |
| * Remove the reporter_ip parameter | |
| * Minor preventative security improvements | |
| = 2.5.7 = | |
| *Release Date - 13th December, 2012* | |
| * FireFox Stats iframe preview bug | |
| * Fix mshots preview when using https | |
| * Add .htaccess to block direct access to files | |
| * Prevent some PHP notices | |
| * Fix Check For Spam return location when referrer is empty | |
| * Fix Settings links for network admins | |
| * Fix prepare() warnings in WP 3.5 | |
| = 2.5.6 = | |
| *Release Date - 26th April, 2012* | |
| * Prevent retry scheduling problems on sites where wp_cron is misbehaving | |
| * Preload mshot previews | |
| * Modernize the widget code | |
| * Fix a bug where comments were not held for moderation during an error condition | |
| * Improve the UX and display when comments are temporarily held due to an error | |
| * Make the Check For Spam button force a retry when comments are held due to an error | |
| * Handle errors caused by an invalid key | |
| * Don't retry comments that are too old | |
| * Improve error messages when verifying an API key | |
| = 2.5.5 = | |
| *Release Date - 11th January, 2012* | |
| * Add nonce check for comment author URL remove action | |
| * Fix the settings link | |
| = 2.5.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 5th January, 2012* | |
| * Limit Akismet CSS and Javascript loading in wp-admin to just the pages that need it | |
| * Added author URL quick removal functionality | |
| * Added mShot preview on Author URL hover | |
| * Added empty index.php to prevent directory listing | |
| * Move wp-admin menu items under Jetpack, if it is installed | |
| * Purge old Akismet comment meta data, default of 15 days | |
| = 2.5.3 = | |
| *Release Date - 8th Febuary, 2011* | |
| * Specify the license is GPL v2 or later | |
| * Fix a bug that could result in orphaned commentmeta entries | |
| * Include hotfix for WordPress 3.0.5 filter issue | |
| = 2.5.2 = | |
| *Release Date - 14th January, 2011* | |
| * Properly format the comment count for author counts | |
| * Look for super admins on multisite installs when looking up user roles | |
| * Increase the HTTP request timeout | |
| * Removed padding for author approved count | |
| * Fix typo in function name | |
| * Set Akismet stats iframe height to fixed 2500px. Better to have one tall scroll bar than two side by side. | |
| = 2.5.1 = | |
| *Release Date - 17th December, 2010* | |
| * Fix a bug that caused the "Auto delete" option to fail to discard comments correctly | |
| * Remove the comment nonce form field from the 'Akismet Configuration' page in favor of using a filter, akismet_comment_nonce | |
| * Fixed padding bug in "author" column of posts screen | |
| * Added margin-top to "cleared by ..." badges on dashboard | |
| * Fix possible error when calling akismet_cron_recheck() | |
| * Fix more PHP warnings | |
| * Clean up XHTML warnings for comment nonce | |
| * Fix for possible condition where scheduled comment re-checks could get stuck | |
| * Clean up the comment meta details after deleting a comment | |
| * Only show the status badge if the comment status has been changed by someone/something other than Akismet | |
| * Show a 'History' link in the row-actions | |
| * Translation fixes | |
| * Reduced font-size on author name | |
| * Moved "flagged by..." notification to top right corner of comment container and removed heavy styling | |
| * Hid "flagged by..." notification while on dashboard | |
| = 2.5.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 7th December, 2010* | |
| * Track comment actions under 'Akismet Status' on the edit comment screen | |
| * Fix a few remaining deprecated function calls ( props Mike Glendinning ) | |
| * Use HTTPS for the stats IFRAME when wp-admin is using HTTPS | |
| * Use the WordPress HTTP class if available | |
| * Move the admin UI code to a separate file, only loaded when needed | |
| * Add cron retry feature, to replace the old connectivity check | |
| * Display Akismet status badge beside each comment | |
| * Record history for each comment, and display it on the edit page | |
| * Record the complete comment as originally submitted in comment_meta, to use when reporting spam and ham | |
| * Highlight links in comment content | |
| * New option, "Show the number of comments you've approved beside each comment author." | |
| * New option, "Use a nonce on the comment form." | |
| = 2.4.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 23rd August, 2010* | |
| * Spell out that the license is GPLv2 | |
| * Fix PHP warnings | |
| * Fix WordPress deprecated function calls | |
| * Fire the delete_comment action when deleting comments | |
| * Move code specific for older WP versions to legacy.php | |
| * General code clean up | |
| = 2.3.0 = | |
| *Release Date - 5th June, 2010* | |
| * Fix "Are you sure" nonce message on config screen in WPMU | |
| * Fix XHTML compliance issue in sidebar widget | |
| * Change author link; remove some old references to WordPress.com accounts | |
| * Localize the widget title (core ticket #13879) | |
| = 2.2.9 = | |
| *Release Date - 2nd June, 2010* | |
| * Eliminate a potential conflict with some plugins that may cause spurious reports | |
| = 2.2.8 = | |
| *Release Date - 27th May, 2010* | |
| * Fix bug in initial comment check for ipv6 addresses | |
| * Report comments as ham when they are moved from spam to moderation | |
| * Report comments as ham when clicking undo after spam | |
| * Use transition_comment_status action when available instead of older actions for spam/ham submissions | |
| * Better diagnostic messages when PHP network functions are unavailable | |
| * Better handling of comments by logged-in users | |
| = 2.2.7 = | |
| *Release Date - 17th December, 2009* | |
| * Add a new AKISMET_VERSION constant | |
| * Reduce the possibility of over-counting spam when another spam filter plugin is in use | |
| * Disable the connectivity check when the API key is hard-coded for WPMU | |
| = 2.2.6 = | |
| *Release Date - 20th July, 2009* | |
| * Fix a global warning introduced in 2.2.5 | |
| * Add changelog and additional readme.txt tags | |
| * Fix an array conversion warning in some versions of PHP | |
| * Support a new WPCOM_API_KEY constant for easier use with WordPress MU | |
| = 2.2.5 = | |
| *Release Date - 13th July, 2009* | |
| * Include a new Server Connectivity diagnostic check, to detect problems caused by firewalls | |
| = 2.2.4 = | |
| *Release Date - 3rd June, 2009* | |
| * Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature in WordPress MU | |
| * Provide additional blog information in Akismet API calls | |