Christopher Finke
@cfinke on WordPress.org, @Christopher Finke - Akismet on Slack
- Member Since: June 19th, 2007
- Website: chrisfinke.com
- Job Title: Spam Assassin
- Employer: Automattic
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Contribution History
Christopher Finke’s badges:- bbPress Contributor
- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Plugin Developer
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The simplest fix would probably be to add :visible to the selector, so you're only…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yeah, I agree with your assessment. If this proves to be an issue with more…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What are you using to require that all fields are filled in? Is it a…3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Or how the form was customized?3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to v4.1.8 breaks comment form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you give me an example of a form that this is happening to?3 weeks ago
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Committed [2451422] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.8.3 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What's happening is that you have a file named wp-content/plugins/color/akismet.php that is trying to load…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like the issue here is that your color plugin is incomplete. Try uninstalling…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Fixed in https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/24496824 weeks ago
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Committed [2449682] to Plugins Trac:
Stopped using jQuery.fn.click in favor of jQuery.fn.on( 'click' ) See ...4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Never mind; I didn't have the right settings enabled in jQuery Migrate. I see it…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you clarify where exactly you saw this notice? I can update the code to…4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to jQuery.fn.click() event shorthand is deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads-up; we'll fix that in the next version.4 weeks ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet Spam Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you getting an error message? At what point is the installation failing?4 weeks ago
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Created a new ticket, #52196, in Core Trac:
wp_get_attachment_metadata() is broken if no first argument is passed in.1 month ago
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Posted a reply to Fatal error in akismet.php on line 33, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @onurkaplan34, plugin_dir_url() is a core WordPress function that should always be available, unless someone…2 months ago
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Committed [2434713] to Plugins Trac:
Ensure that all fields are included in submit-spam and submit-ham ...2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Terrible False Positive Rate – How to Fix, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with the URL of the website and/or your API…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Is that a personal or commercial site?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @gianluca72, Because the site is advertising a business, it would be considered commercial.2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet is not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shazibsohail, That sounds like a file permissions error. Your web host will be able to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Change when spam is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you put this code in a file called reduce-akismet-auto-delete-time.php in wp-content/mu-plugins/, it should have…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Change when spam is removed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
To reduce the time to 5 days, you'd have to write a small plugin to…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet is not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Frederick, Can you contact us at support@akismet.com so we can figure out what's going…2 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet won’t uninstall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't know. Which files do you not have permission to change, and what are…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet won’t uninstall, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @mhales86, If the permissions don't allow you to uninstall, then it is a hosting…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Cannot delete or update plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like a file permissions issue with the folder; you may have "read" permissions…3 months ago
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Committed [2404899] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.7.3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Akismet .htaccess created or edited, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those are the correct contents of .htaccess, so nothing has changed there (unless you or…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The German translation has been updated, so this issue should be fixed soon.3 months ago
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Committed [2402753] to Plugins Trac:
Adding comments and fixing code formatting to pass linter checks. No ...3 months ago
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Committed [2402693] to Plugins Trac:
Don't use the deprecated function wp_blacklist_check when the new ...3 months ago
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Posted a reply to File change warning, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can ignore this. We just updated our readme to add more details and FAQs…3 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you mean that you checked the box labeled "Silently discard the worst and most…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Still deleting spam after 15 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the report; I'll be looking into this today.4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How is it not working? Is there an error message?4 months ago
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Posted a reply to Getting slammed by vouchersort.co.uk BBpress topic spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looking at your missed spam reports, it appears that these would all be caught if…4 months ago
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Posted a reply to CLI Integration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does already have a WP-CLI integration for checking comments and retrieving stats, but to…4 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #3400, in bbPress Trac:
Sending wrong date to Akismet5 months ago
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Posted a reply to wp_blacklist_check: Deprecated, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thanks for the heads up; we'll update the plugin to only use that function if…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to How to Auto Move all Comments with a Link to Trash, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you want to move any comments containing links to the trash, you could add…5 months ago
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Posted a reply to xmlrpc.php xml-rpc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, Akismet does not use xmlrpc.php, so you should be free to disable it.5 months ago
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Posted a reply to My keys wiped out every now and then, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, that is not intentional. The key is stored in the wordpress_api_key option in your…6 months ago
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Committed [2356342] to Plugins Trac:
Updating the "Tested up to" on the latest version in addition to the ...6 months ago
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Committed [2345017] to Plugins Trac:
Use "Anti-Spam Settings" instead of "Akismet Settings." It's more ...6 months ago
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Created a new ticket, #50683, in Core Trac:
Parse content for shortcodes instead of using regex7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Page load speed slowed after plugin uppate?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you ever get a definitive answer on whether Akismet was slowing your site?7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Askimet Anti-Spam Seems Broken?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved, since the rest will be handled via our customer support system.7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Excellent Spam Protection Plugin For WordPress., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @jqz, here's a link to the terms of service agreed to when signing up…7 months ago
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Posted a reply to not working without payment, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes.7 months ago
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Posted a reply to Not need, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
In that case, you'll need to raise the issue in the support forum for the…8 months ago
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