johnpbloch/wordpress-core

Release Date - 3 September 2021

• Fixed "Use of undefined constant" notice.
• Improved styling of alert notices.

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.

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.

Release Date - 2 March 2021

• Improved handling of pingbacks in XML-RPC multicalls

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.