If you regularly check your Akismet stats page – that’s in the Dashboard menu of wp‑admin if you use WordPress – you might notice some changes soon. That’s because we’re working on some improvements to the way spam stats are recorded and displayed. We plan to make stats more useful for those who need it most, particularly those who use Akismet to monitor forum posts, tweets and so on.
We’ll announce new features here on the Akismet blog and on Twitter, so if you haven’t already, subscribe or follow to keep up.
If you’re the developer of an application, plugin or module that uses Akismet, now is a great time to get in touch via our contact form. We’d love to hear from you and we can help you take advantage of some of our forthcoming improvements.
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I’ve heard that Akismet will soon no longer be free. Is there any truth to this?
Any truth to the rumour that Akismet isn’t or won’t be free? Absolutely none.
Akismet has always had free and paid options, and that will always be the case.