Title: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Author: Automattic
Published: <strong>20 Oktoobar, 2005</strong>
Last modified: 23 Abriil, 2026

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# Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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## Sharraxaad

The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form.
The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.

Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database
of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the
comment spam it catches on your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.

Major features in Akismet include:

 * Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
 * Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were 
   caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
 * URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links.
 * Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user.
 * A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space 
   and speeding up your site.

PS: You’ll be prompted to get an Akismet.com API key to use it, once activated. 
Keys are free for personal blogs; paid subscriptions are available for businesses
and commercial sites.

## Rakibaad

Upload the Akismet plugin to your blog, activate it, and then enter your Akismet.
com API key.

1, 2, 3: You’re done!

## Dibu-eegisyo

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae844af38cb9e4b1190c9937ca4169795b27a774f6d2d7bad608ae1bc97e0cca?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Spam Just Stopped](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-just-stopped/)󠁿

 [Jace](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jacejace/) 25 Maajo, 2026

Checked my spam folder after 1 wk n it had already caught 300+ junk comments lmao.
Was getting absolutely wrecked b4 this. Slight annoyance setting up the API key 
bt after that zero issues.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dda159a70512f2214911e408ac7a3ac21a286b0d9030a0cb820321a051c1a375?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Saved my inbox lol](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/saved-my-inbox-lol/)󠁿

 [johnathon0](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnathon0/) 21 Maajo, 2026

was drowning in fake comments everyday, literally hundreds. active this & spam stopped
instantly. only reason for 4 stars is u gotta sign up for an api key which was a
bit of a pain, but overall saved me tons of time. tnkz

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee7cec9ff6a6ee7ba39c5823e547c5346593093e2aec8c1feea351852bb0cfa2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Spam? Wt Spam?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-wt-spam/)󠁿

 [dandre0](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dandre0/) 18 Maajo, 2026

was getting 50+ spam comments daily, now its like 0. set it up once & forgot abt
it cz it just runs itself. API key setup is meh bt overall no complaints.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cbd1cd18b05ed14f55f87e330011f627855f160f0b83a20bdb7fd076e2276019?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Spam? Gone.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-gone-3/)󠁿

 [Karleigh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karleigh2/) 15 Maajo, 2026

bro the amount of spam comments i was getting was insane installed akismet n they
just vanished overnight. works silently in bg wic i luv. only thing is free plan
has limits bt still does a gd job

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works Silently Well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-silently-well/)󠁿

 [homer47](https://profiles.wordpress.org/homer47/) 13 Maajo, 2026

Honestly didnt expect much bt this thing actually works lol. Spam went down like
crazy after install. Set it up once n forgot abt it. Cud use better free limits 
tho ngl

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3892858045f874f606990e46376031aeb0343ef4134312c6931c3d61e483e91a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[No more spam](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-more-spam-32/)󠁿

 [kiah58](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kiah58/) 12 Maajo, 2026

Rly tired of deleting fake comments manually but this fixed it. caught almost everything
so far. setup was fast cz it’s straightforward. A few real ones got blocked tho,
but still a life saver. thnx

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## Ka-qaybgalayaasha & Horumariyayaasha

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“Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection” waxaa lagu tarjumay 74 luqadood. Way ku mahadsan
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## Isbeddellada

#### 5.7

_Release Date – 23 April 2026_

 * Add Abilities API support for stats and comment checking, including MCP tool 
   integration.
 * Add support for the new Connectors page in the upcoming WordPress 7.0.
 * Improve detection of automated spam submissions on the front end.
 * Make comment history sorting more resilient when called with invalid data.
 * Use wp_get_inline_script_tag() for safer inline script output, and other small
   security enhancements.
 * Add action hooks to allow customization of the admin page header and footer.
 * Accessibility improvements.

#### 5.6

_Release Date – 12 November 2025_

 * Improve caching of compatible plugins.
 * Explain the key features of Akismet more clearly on the setup page.
 * Improve the configuration process to better explain errors when they occur.
 * Setup UI cleanup and refresh.
 * Improve messaging related to usage limits.

#### 5.5

_Release Date – 15 July 2025_

 * Enable webhooks so that Akismet can process comments asynchronously to detect
   more types of spam.
 * Only include the Akismet widget CSS when the Akismet widget is present
 * Improve contrast/readability for certain UI elements

#### 5.4

_Release Date – 7 May 2025_

 * The stats pages now use the user’s locale instead of the site’s locale if they’re
   different.
 * Adds a ‘Compatible plugins’ section that will show installed and active plugins
   that are compatible with Akismet.
 * Akismet now requires PHP version 7.2 or above.

#### 5.3.7

_Release Date – 14 February 2025_

 * Simplify the logic used during a comment-check request to compare comments.

#### 5.3.6

_Release Date – 4 February 2025_

 * Improve the utility of submit-spam and submit-ham requests.
 * Modernize styles for the Akismet classic widget.

#### 5.3.5

_Release Date – 18 November 2024_

 * Address compatibility issues with < PHP 7.3 in v5.3.4 release.

#### 5.3.4

_Release Date – 18 November 2024_

 * Improve activation notice on Comments for users who haven’t set up their API 
   key yet.
 * Improve notice about commercial site status.

#### 5.3.3

_Release Date – 10 July 2024_

 * Make setup step clearer for new users.
 * Remove the stats section from the configuration page if the site has been revoked
   from the key.
 * Skip the Akismet comment check when the comment matches something in the disallowed
   list.
 * Prompt users on legacy plans to contact Akismet support for upgrades.

#### 5.3.2

_Release Date – 21 March 2024_

 * Improve the empty state shown to new users when no spam has been caught yet.
 * Update the message shown to users without a current subscription.
 * Add foundations for future webhook support.

#### 5.3.1

_Release Date – 17 January 2024_

 * Make the plugin more resilient when asset files are missing (as seen in WordPress
   Playground).
 * Add a link to the ‘Account overview’ page on akismet.com.
 * Fix a minor error that occurs when another plugin removes all comment actions
   from the dashboard.
 * Add the akismet_request_args filter to allow request args in Akismet API requests
   to be filtered.
 * Fix a bug that causes some contact forms to include unnecessary data in the comment_content
   parameter.

#### 5.3

_Release Date – 14 September 2023_

 * Improve display of user notices.
 * Add stylesheets for RTL languages.
 * Remove initial disabled state from ‘Save changes’ button.
 * Improve accessibility of API key entry form.
 * Add new filter hooks for Fluent Forms.
 * Fix issue with PHP 8.1 compatibility.

#### 5.2

_Release Date – 21 June 2023_

 * Visual refresh of Akismet stats.
 * Improve PHP 8.1 compatibility.
 * Improve appearance of plugin to match updated stats.
 * Change minimum supported PHP version to 5.6 to match WordPress.
 * Drop IE11 support and update minimum WordPress version to 5.8 (where IE11 support
   was removed from WP Core).

#### 5.1

_Release Date – 20 March 2023_

 * Removed unnecessary limit notices from admin page.
 * Improved spam detection by including post taxonomies in the comment-check call.
 * Removed API keys from stats iframes to avoid possible inadvertent exposure.

#### 5.0.2

_Release Date – 1 December 2022_

 * Improved compatibility with themes that hide or show UI elements based on mouse
   movements.
 * Increased security of API keys by sending them in request bodies instead of subdomains.

#### 5.0.1

_Release Date – 28 September 2022_

 * Added an empty state for the Statistics section on the admin page.
 * Fixed a bug that broke some admin page links when Jetpack plugins are active.
 * Marked some event listeners as passive to improve performance in newer browsers.
 * Disabled interaction observation on forms that post to other domains.

#### 5.0

_Release Date – 26 July 2022_

 * Added a new feature to catch spammers by observing how they interact with the
   page.

For older changelog entries, please see the [additional changelog.txt file](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/changelog.txt)
delivered with the plugin.

## Commercial plugin

This plugin is free but offers additional paid commercial upgrades or support. [View support](https://akismet.com/getting-started/free-or-paid)

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## Taageero

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