Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Name: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
Rating: 4.7
Author: Automattic

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

v5.6

Automattic

Updated 12.11.2025, 16:31:00

Scanned 19.11.2025, 13:05:26

anti-spam antispam comments contact-form spam

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Warnings

Installs

Security63

Repo38

Performance5

General4

Accessibility0

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Top Issues by File

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Issues Details

110 issues found in latest scan

	Code	Message	Location	Category
ERROR	`hidden_files`	Hidden files are not permitted.	`.htaccess`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`badly_named_files`	File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.	`_inc/img/akismet-refresh-logo@2x.png`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound`	Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "delete_comment".	`class.akismet.php:735:28`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared`	Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $format_string	`class.akismet.php:742:91`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared`	Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $format_string	`class.akismet.php:743:94`	Security
ERROR	`WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound`	Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "deleted_comment".	`class.akismet.php:746:28`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand`	mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.	`class.akismet.php:754:51`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand`	mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.	`class.akismet.php:787:51`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand`	mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.	`class.akismet.php:827:51`	Plugin Repo
ERROR	`WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared`	Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $comment_type_where	`class.akismet.php:862:136`	Security

110 total row(s)


19.11.2025, 13:05:26	17s	78	41	69
19.11.2025, 09:05:47	23s	78	41	69
19.11.2025, 07:02:48	16s	78	41	69
18.11.2025, 21:54:54	17s	78	41	69
18.11.2025, 13:57:02	19s	78	41	69
17.11.2025, 07:54:05	16s	78	41	69
16.11.2025, 21:29:18	20s	78	41	69
16.11.2025, 14:55:47	19s	78	41	69

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

Security59

Plugin Repository40

Performance5

class.akismet.php50 issues in this fileTotal: 50Errors: 11Warnings: 39

class.akismet-admin.php25 issues in this fileTotal: 25Errors: 2Warnings: 23

views/notice.php7 issues in this fileTotal: 7Errors: 5Warnings: 2

views/config.php6 issues in this fileTotal: 6Errors: 6

views/get.php6 issues in this fileTotal: 6Errors: 6

views/compatible-plugins.php6 issues in this fileTotal: 6Errors: 5Warnings: 1

wrapper.php2 issues in this fileTotal: 2Errors: 2

class.akismet-rest-api.php2 issues in this fileTotal: 2Warnings: 2

_inc/img/akismet-refresh-logo@2x.png1 issue in this fileTotal: 1Errors: 1

.htaccess1 issue in this fileTotal: 1Errors: 1