Christopher Finke

Member Since: June 19th, 2007
Website: chrisfinke.com
Job Title: Spam Assassin
Employer: Automattic
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Bio

I am an engineer at Automattic working on Akismet. I like to code.

Contribution History

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Core Contributor
Documentation Contributor
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Committed [2309873] to Plugins Trac:
Remove unnecessary markup from the "Check for Spam" button. We can ...

1 week ago
Committed [2309871] to Plugins Trac:
Remove unnecessary URL condition that checks for Jetpack. The ...

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That's great to hear; I'm glad it worked out.

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to AH01630: client denied by server configuration, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I believe this means that someone tried to access wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php, and your server (correctly) denied…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Elby, At this point, I think you will need to contact your webhost for…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Is my website dead?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The code says that it's looking for a file in the Akismet Privacy Policies plugin…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to ‘Check for Spam’ button acting weirdly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I can reproduce this, but only if I click on "Check for Spam" before the…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Akismet is only for paid version?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet is free for non-commercial use. In short, if your site does not bring in…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Page load speed slowed after plugin uppate?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The latest version of Akismet shouldn't affect pagespeed at all. If you can share specific…

2 months ago
Committed [2262774] to Plugins Trac:
Version 4.1.4.

2 months ago
Committed [2262767] to Plugins Trac:
Update the "Tested up to" to 5.4.

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Works OK But Spammers Still Get Through, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com so we can check why so much spam is…

3 months ago
Committed [2260152] to Plugins Trac:
Do some pre-checks to ensure that all necessary plugins and constants ...

3 months ago
Committed [2260133] to Plugins Trac:
Switching to an up-to-date simpletest copy rather than the external ...

3 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 support, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, I've been testing the latest version with PHP 7.4 and have found no issues.

3 months ago
Committed [2253897] to Plugins Trac:
Don't modify the frontend comment form if no API key has been set and ...

3 months ago
Committed [2253881] to Plugins Trac:
If a user has entered an Akismet API key but then removes it or ...

3 months ago
Committed [2253878] to Plugins Trac:
If Akismet isn't configured, still keep track of comment history when ...

3 months ago
Committed [2253875] to Plugins Trac:
Ignore comment status changes when no API key has been entered.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to PHP 7.4 Fatal Error: Too few arguments to function Akismet::set_form_js_async(), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Goce, I'm unable to reproduce with the latest WordPress release, Akismet 4.1.3, and PHP…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Jetpack contact form with akismet, high number of false positives, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This conversation has moved to email, so I’m marking it as resolved so we can…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Akismet warning regarding PHP 7.3, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Additionally, Akismet 4.1.3 is the current latest version, so the update notice is for sure…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Text overflow issue in akismet plugin on mobile device, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Sumit, I'm sorry, I don't know how this ticket went unnoticed for this long.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Akismet – WordPress.com Account Closed, unable to download on WordPress.org site, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Spam continues to arrive, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This conversation has moved to email, so I'm marking it as resolved so we can…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Free account api limit, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Marking as resolved, as the conversation has moved to email.

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you check if you have a file in your wp-content/ folder called debug.log? If…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Do you have both the latest version of Jetpack and the latest version of Akismet?…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you post a screenshot of the error just so I'm sure we're both on…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When you disable all plugins except Akismet, do you still get the error? IF you…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Working not Properly, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi Roshan, While the submissions don't look entirely relevant to your site, they don't appear…

5 months ago
Posted a reply to akismet blocking initial admin experience, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you post a screenshot of what you're seeing? I just followed your steps, and…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to set up account disabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you email us at support@akismet.com with the email address you're trying to sign up…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
At this point, I think you'll need to contact your webhost. I'm not sure why…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does the file /nas/content/live/kcitech/wp-content/plugins/akismet/class.akismet-widget.php exist? If so, what are the permissions on it?

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Did you remove both wp-content/plugins/akismet.old/ and wp-content/plugins/akismet/? What's the exact error you're seeing?

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you used core's standard update process, I would recommend opening a bug with them…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Receiving a Fatal Error After Update, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You have a directory named /nas/content/live/kcitech/wp-content/plugins/akismet.old/ referencing the directory /nas/content/live/example/wp-content/plugins/akismet/. Those look like they're for…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to New user is created, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Akismet does not filter out user signups, so the increase in "New user is created"…

7 months ago
Posted a reply to Messages marked as spam do not appear to be training your filter, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Because of the changing nature of spam, sending old comments to Akismet will not always…

10 months ago
Posted a reply to Contact Form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It would be up to the contact form developer to add support for Akismet, and…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to Is Akismet anti-spam compatible with the REST API?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, Akismet should be compatible, since the REST API uses the standard WordPress comment functions,…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to Mailchimp Signup form and Woocommerce, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, it doesn't sound like you need Akismet right now. If you do ever add…

12 months ago
Posted a reply to Akismet allows possible vulnerability in links in comments, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The popup you see from CNN.com in your example is just a screenshot, taken by…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Uninstalling Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Once you've deactivated the plugin, you'll see a "Delete" link. Click that and follow the…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to “Silently Discard…” not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Those are obvious spam and were correctly marked as such, so imagine how terrible and…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Akismet fatal errors, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best solution would be to ask your host to just delete the akismet/ folder…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Third party contact form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, not unless mycontactform.com is checking form submissions with Akismet. Their page about spam (https://www.mycontactform.com/spamfree.php)…

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Not work for WordPress 5.03, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How exactly does it not work? Are you seeing an error?

1 year ago
Posted a reply to Uninstalling Akismet, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You'll need to contact your Web host. It sounds like it was pre-installed for you…

1 year ago