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{{ infobox website
| name = Akismet
| logo = Akismet logo.svg
| url = [http://www.akismet.com/ akismet.com]
| commercial = Yes
| registration = Required
| author = {{hlist |[[Matt Mullenweg]]}}
| owner = [[Automattic]]
| launch date = {{Start date and age|2005|10|25|df=yes/no}}
| alexa = {{DecreasePositive}} 4,398 ({{as of|2014|4|1|alt=April 2014}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/akismet.com |title= Akismet.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2014-04-01 }}</ref>
| current status = Online
}}

'''Akismet''' is a [[spam filter]]ing service that filters spam from comments, trackbacks, and contact form messages. The filter works by combining information about spam captured on all participating sites, and then using those spam rules to block future spam. Akismet is offered by [[Automattic]], the company behind [[WordPress.com]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://automattic.com/|title=Automattic.com|publisher=Automattic| deadurl= no}}</ref>

Launched on October 25, 2005,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.akismet.com/2005/10/25/live-live/|title=Live Live|publisher=Akismet|accessdate=15 July 2015}}</ref> Akismet is said to have captured over 100 billion spam comments and pings as of October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/akismet/status/395313998280667137|title=Akismet blocked its 100,000,000,000th spam today.|publisher=Akismet|accessdate=2014-10-31| deadurl= no}}</ref>

== History ==

The founder of Automattic, [[Matt Mullenweg]] decided to create Akismet so that his mother could blog in safety.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Biography Of WordPress – With Matt Mullenweg|url=http://mixergy.com/interviews/the-biography-of-wordpress-with-matt-mullenweg/|website=Mixergy|accessdate=15 July 2015}}</ref> In 2005, there were ongoing discussions about how to deal with comment spam and a few plug-ins were available. Mullenweg's first attempt was a JavaScript plug-in which modified the comment form and hid fields, but within hours of its launch, spammers downloaded it, figured out how it worked, and bypassed it. This is a common pitfall for anti-spam plug-ins; once they get traction, spammers pay attention and quickly figure out how to bypass them.

In late 2005, Mullenweg launched the Akismet plug-in for WordPress. Akismet (which stands for Automattic kismet) is a way of dealing with spam in aggregate, a crowd-sourced spam-fighting tool.<ref name="WordPress book">{{cite web|title=WordPress book|url=https://github.com/WordPress/book/blob/master/Content/Part%203/17-akismet.md|website=GitHub|accessdate=15 July 2015}}</ref> Each time someone posts a comment to a participating website, Akismet checks it against all the comments in the database. If it's spam, it's deleted. If spam gets through and a user marks it as spam, the comment is added to the database so the pool of spam comments widens, making Akismet increasingly effective over time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matt Mullenweg talks about Automattic and the commercial side of WordPress.|url=http://archive.wordpress.org/interviews/2014_04_17_Mullenweg.html#L97|website=WordPress.org|accessdate=15 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="WordPress book"/>

== Using Akismet ==

Akismet was originally developed to integrate with a [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-in]] for WordPress. The Akismet plug-in has been included by default in all WordPress builds since version 2.0<ref>{{cite web|title=WordPress 2.0|url=https://wordpress.org/news/2005/12/wp2/|website=WordPress.org|accessdate=15 July 2015}}</ref> and activated in all [[WordPress.com]]-hosted blogs.

A public Akismet [[API]] has resulted in third-party plug-ins for other platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://akismet.com/development/api/#use-a-library|title=Other Application Plugins|publisher=Akismet|accessdate=2015-06-15 | deadurl= no}}</ref> One is an official Akismet plug-in release for the open source internet forum software [[Discourse (software)|Discourse]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Discourse 1.2 released|url=http://blog.discourse.org/2015/02/discourse-1-2-released/|website=Discourse}}</ref>

To use Akismet, it is necessary to obtain an [[API key]]. This key is necessary for a site to communicate with the Akismet servers.

== Development and distribution ==

Released under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svn.wp-plugins.org/akismet/trunk/|title=Akismet plugin source in GPL WordPress plugin directory}}</ref> the Akismet plug-in is [[free software]], although the code to the Akismet system itself (and the nature of the algorithm used) has not been released. The Akismet service is free for personal use and, as of March 2016, commercial plans start at $5/month.<ref>{{cite web|title=Akismet Plans|url=https://akismet.com/plans/|website=Akismet|accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://akismet.com/ }}

[[Category:Spam filtering]]
[[Category:WordPress]]
[[Category:Anti-spam]]
[[Category:Automattic]]

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