Autor: Bob Dunn

On October 25, Akismet turns 21. We’re celebrating with a few new guests: an official Drupal module, a PHP SDK, and another year of improvements to our WordPress plugin. Spam still isn’t on the list. Akismet launched in October 2005 to help people spend less time dealing with comment spam and more time enjoying their blogs. The web has changed a lot since then. People build communities, collect inquiries, accept donations, and create applications on all kinds of platforms. Each of those places gives people a way to contribute. It also gives spammers somewhere to try their luck. Since then,…

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Howdy, Before anything else: check which version of PHP your sites run. On October 21, the PHP project released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, and they affect any server running a PHP application, not only WordPress. You’ll find your version under Tools → Site Health → Info → Server in your WordPress admin. If you manage your own server and are still on a version older than 8.2, I highly recommend updating. While many hosts have patched older PHP versions that are end of life, it’s best to stay on versions that PHP officially supports. On a happier note, I’m…

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