New Plugin Version 2.1.2
3 am, December 17th, 2007
To celebrate Akismet day we have a new version of the WordPress plugin for y’all.
Version 2.1 main new addition is the ability to filter by comment type, as seen here:
There’s also a new hook so other plugins could add addition tabs to the sub-nav as well — I’m curious to see what people end up putting there. If you use that hook for a plugin, be sure to let me know so we can blog about it.
Update: There were two small bugs, if you have 2.1.2 all errors (headers sent, etc) should be fixed.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:18 am
i already upgrade my askimet 5 minutes ago
December 17th, 2007 at 4:55 am
Just want to say THANK YOU for the great work!
This plugin in is one of the most important for my blog!
December 17th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Thankx. Without Akismet, blogging would be a nightmare.
December 17th, 2007 at 6:03 am
cool man thanx for sharing
December 17th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Great stuff! I like the new features a lot.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:27 am
Thank you
December 17th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Great thanks for the new release.
December 17th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Really cant imagine bloggin’ life without Akismet. Thanks!
December 17th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Wow.. Great. I have downloaded and upgraded my akismet.. You helped me alot to kill spammers.. Thank you akismet
December 17th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Filtering by comment type sounds like a perfect adaptation. We’ve recently been discussing how to make the most of all the comment spam that we get by leveraging the keywords used and even just simply writing about some of the weirder stuff. This will aid and abet us in that effort.
db
December 17th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Be careful: it doesn’t work right on 2.0.X installations. I’ve e-mailed the guys at support to see if they can provide the old 2.0 version for us who still use the 2.0.X WordPress version.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I upgraded mine too. Working great,
December 17th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Great work and thanks for the updates
December 17th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
anyway you could implement a whitelist
December 17th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Thanks =)
December 17th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Thanks for fixing the bugs!
Akismet is really my most important plugin.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:42 am
Its the most important plugin in my wordpress setup. Probably saved me countless hours of spam filtering.
Thanks!
December 18th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I’m using 2.2 wordpress and 2.0 akismet but the upgrade to 2.1.2 isn’t overwriting the older version… I tried deactivating it but still it doesn’t work… any ideas how to make it work? thanks…
December 18th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Thanks for releasing the update in relation to our Spam Filter Free Day experiment.
Will this release add a possibility to check comments for spam in retrospect? I feel this would be a major improvement — especially for new Akismet users that suddenly get overwhelmed by spam and afterwards decide to try out Akismet.
By rechecking comments for spam, there would be a success introduction for them to Akismet.
I posted about this and other tiny findings here:
Justaddwater.dk: Cleanup Time — Spam Filter Free Day
December 19th, 2007 at 2:08 am
No one can think blogging life without Akismet.
A true watch-dog.
Thanks for great stuff and sharing for blogging community.
December 19th, 2007 at 7:12 am
Awesome! Thanks guys
December 19th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
great work…noticed some…how shall we say, … ‘creativity’ in some of the new crapola from the spam world like:
“Basically not much exciting going on. Whatever. I’ve just been staying at home doing nothing, but oh well. I’ve just been letting everything wash over me , but I don’t care. Such is life. Maybe tomorrow.”
funny thing is, none i.e NONE have managed to slip by Akismet…by the way please dont delete this as it goes to giving super refined butter to rich people in the hollywood hills
December 20th, 2007 at 2:32 am
Good stuff bro
December 20th, 2007 at 2:33 am
Thanks man…
December 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
I really liked Akismet until it started flagging me as spam based on my new domain. Using all the same information and my other web site URL everything works fine, but if I use the current domain, it bins me. I’m a little unhappy with that, and Akismet’s success (yaaay!) means that on most WP blogs I’m automatically locked out, or worse confirmed as a spammer if no one looks through their queue and realizes it’s a false positive (noooo!). That’s kind of a bummer.
Heck, I haven’t even been using it long enough to spam anyone! I wonder if maybe somebody previously had that domain and they weren’t net-friendly?
December 24th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Just a few hours after my post up there, my problem got resolved. Great response by Matt and the WordPress.com support team. Thanks!
December 27th, 2007 at 2:54 am
Out of curiosity, what’s new in 2.1.3?
December 29th, 2007 at 12:17 am
I’ve got the same problem as Robert. All of the sudden my comments to my friends blogs (and to my own if not logged in) goes directly to the spam bin. And I’ve never spammed. How do I get out of that situation again?
December 29th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Just a small bugfix.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:47 am
@Rosenstand – you should be okay now, but any problems use the contact form (link at the top) and I’ll take care of it.
January 1st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I’m just migrating to wordpress, and akismet really save my precious time
Thanks and happy new year 
February 6th, 2008 at 11:12 am
is it possible to keep posting the same thing over and over again across the web and it not be spam? check this out
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I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Jason Whitmen
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I googled this guys name and the same comment keeps popping up all over the web. he has a link to a blog of sorts as well…any noticing this as well?
February 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
I just wanted you to know how much I love Akismet. I’m new to WordPress, and I’m so impressed by how easy Akismet is to use and how effective it is.
Thank you so much!
February 16th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
2.1.4 is out. Is it another non-important bugfix or is it an upgrade which will be explained in a new post?
February 20th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I update my Aksimet. Works good, thanks.
At this time 93 spam (in 2 weeks).
Sorry my bad English.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
thanks for the pluging y gracias por la traduccion español
I strongly recommend
April 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Thank you very much for the plugin. I love you guys. If I didn’t have Akismet, I don’t know if I would have a blog, because of all the spam.
So Thanks again…
May 30th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Thank you, thank you Akismet! My blog- http://www.sacredandtheprofane.com – would not exist without your plugin. I was getting so many spams a day AND being notified about each one on my blackberry. You saved the day!
September 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Updated, saves me so much trouble !
May 26th, 2009 at 9:32 am
I think that there is a severe problem with askimet showing high volumes of false positive spam. You should do something about it soon.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Thomas,
The link you provided in your comment (which we removed) is to an advertisement for a penis enlargement product. I think it’s fair to say that Akismet is doing its job if it catches your comments as spam.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I’m just migrating to wordpress, and akismet really save my ass :p