1 === Akismet ===

     2 Contributors: matt, ryan, andy, mdawaffe, tellyworth, automattic

     3 Tags: akismet, comments, spam

     4 Requires at least: 2.0

     5 Tested up to: 2.8.5

     6 

     7 Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.

     8 

     9 == Description ==

    10 

    11 Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you

    12 review the spam it catches under your blog's "Comments" admin screen.

    13 

    14 Want to show off how much spam Akismet has caught for you? Just put `<?php akismet_counter(); ?>` in your template.

    15 

    16 See also: [WP Stats plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/).

    17 

    18 PS: You'll need a [WordPress.com API key](http://wordpress.com/api-keys/) to use it.

    19 

    20 == Installation ==

    21 

    22 Upload the Akismet plugin to your blog, Activate it, then enter your [WordPress.com API key](http://wordpress.com/api-keys/).

    23 

    24 1, 2, 3: You're done!

    25 

    26 == Changelog ==

    27 

    28 = 2.2.7 =

    29 

    30 * Add a new AKISMET_VERSION constant

    31 * Reduce the possibility of over-counting spam when another spam filter plugin is in use

    32 * Disable the connectivity check when the API key is hard-coded for WPMU

    33 

    34 = 2.2.6 =

    35 

    36 * Fix a global warning introduced in 2.2.5

    37 * Add changelog and additional readme.txt tags

    38 * Fix an array conversion warning in some versions of PHP

    39 * Support a new WPCOM_API_KEY constant for easier use with WordPress MU

    40 

    41 = 2.2.5 =

    42 

    43 * Include a new Server Connectivity diagnostic check, to detect problems caused by firewalls

    44 

    45 = 2.2.4 =

    46 

    47 * Fixed a key problem affecting the stats feature in WordPress MU

    48 * Provide additional blog information in Akismet API calls