johnpbloch/wordpress-core

Release Date - 13 July 2017

• Reduced amount of bandwidth used by the URL Preview feature.
• Improved the admin UI when the API key is manually pre-defined for the site.
• Removed a workaround for WordPress installations older than 3.3 that will improve Akismet's compatibility with other plugins.
• The number of spam blocked that is displayed on the WordPress dashboard will now be more accurate and updated more frequently.
• Fixed a bug in the Akismet widget that could cause PHP warnings.

Release Date - 10 May 2017

• Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in some browsers.

Release Date - 2 May 2017

• Improve performance by only requesting the akismet_comment_nonce option when absolutely necessary.
• Fixed two bugs that could cause PHP warnings.
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."
• Fixed a bug that was preventing the URL preview feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."

Release Date - 24 September 2015

• Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from automatically connecting using Jetpack if they didn't have a current Akismet subscription.
• Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
• Error messages and instructions have been simplified to be more understandable.
• Link previews are enabled for all links inside comments, not just the author's website link.

Release Date - 6 July 2015

• Notify users when their account status changes after previously being successfully set up. This should help any users who are seeing blank Akismet settings screens.

Release Date - 7 June 2015

• Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the commentmeta table.
• Fixed a bug where some comments with quotes in the author name weren't getting history entries
• Pre-emptive security improvements to ensure that the Akismet plugin can't be used by attackers to compromise a WordPress installation.
• Better UI for the key entry field: allow whitespace to be included at the beginning or end of the key and strip it out automatically when the form is submitted.
• When deactivating the plugin, notify the Akismet API so the site can be marked as inactive.
• Clearer error messages.

Release Date - 17th March, 2015

• Improvements to the "Remove comment author URL" JavaScript
• Include the pingback pre-check from the 2.6 branch.

Release Date - 11th December, 2014

• Fix to make .htaccess compatible with Apache 2.4.
• Fix to allow removal of https author URLs.
• Fix to avoid stripping part of the author URL when removing and re-adding.
• Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the "Trash" and "Approved" queues, where it would have no effect.
• Allow automatic API key configuration when Jetpack is installed and connected to a WordPress.com account

Release Date - 3rd November, 2014

• Fix for sending the wrong data to delete_comment action that could have prevented old spam comments from being deleted.
• Added a filter to disable logging of Akismet debugging information.
• Added a filter for the maximum comment age when deleting old spam comments.
• Added a filter for the number per batch when deleting old spam comments.
• Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the Spam folder.

Release Date - 18th August, 2014

• Performance improvements.
• Fixed a bug that could truncate the comment data being sent to Akismet for checking.

Release Date - 9th July, 2014

• Removed dependency on PHP's fsockopen function
• Fix spam/ham reports to work when reported outside of the WP dashboard, e.g., from Notifications or the WP app
• Remove jQuery dependency for comment form JavaScript
• Remove unnecessary data from some Akismet comment meta
• Suspended keys will now result in all comments being put in moderation, not spam.

Release Date - 15th April, 2014

• Move Akismet to Settings menu
• Drop Akismet Stats menu
• Add stats snapshot to Akismet settings
• Add Akismet subscription details and status to Akismet settings
• Add contextual help for each page
• Improve Akismet setup to use Jetpack to automate plugin setup
• Fix "Check for Spam" to use AJAX to avoid page timing out
• Fix Akismet settings page to be responsive
• Drop legacy code
• Tidy up CSS and Javascript
• Replace the old discard setting with a new "discard pervasive spam" feature.