* Based on user feedback, we have dropped the in-admin notice explaining the availability of the "privacy notice" option in the AKismet settings screen. The option itself is available, but after displaying the notice for the last 2 years, it is now considered a known fact.
* Updated the "Requires at least" to WP 4.6, based on recommendations from https://wp-info.org/tools/checkplugini18n.php?slug=akismet
* Moved older changelog entries to a separate file to keep the size of this readme reasonable, also based on recommendations from https://wp-info.org/tools/checkplugini18n.php?slug=akismet
= 4.1.4 =
*Release Date - 17 March 2020*
* Only redirect to the Akismet setup screen upon plugin activation if the plugin was activated manually from within the plugin-related screens, to help users with non-standard install workflows, like WP-CLI.
* Update the layout of the initial setup screen to be more readable on small screens.
* If no API key has been entered, don't run code that expects an API key.
* Improve the readability of the comment history entries.
* Don't modify the comment form HTML if no API key has been set.
= 4.1.3 =
*Release Date - 31 October 2019*
* Prevented an attacker from being able to cause a user to unknowingly recheck their Pending comments for spam.
* Improved compatibility with Jetpack 7.7+.
* Updated the plugin activation page to use consistent language and markup.
* Redirecting users to the Akismet connnection/settings screen upon plugin activation, in an effort to make it easier for people to get setup.
= 4.1.2 =
*Release Date - 14 May 2019*
* Fixed a conflict between the Akismet setup banner and other plugin notices.
* Reduced the number of API requests made by the plugin when attempting to verify the API key.
* Include additional data in the pingback pre-check API request to help make the stats more accurate.
* Fixed a bug that was enabling the "Check for Spam" button when no comments were eligible to be checked.
* Improved Akismet's AMP compatibility.
= 4.1.1 =
*Release Date - 31 January 2019*
* Fixed the "Setup Akismet" notice so it resizes responsively.
* Only highlight the "Save Changes" button in the Akismet config when changes have been made.
* The count of comments in your spam queue shown on the dashboard show now always be up-to-date.
= 4.1 =
*Release Date - 12 November 2018*
* Added a WP-CLI method for retrieving stats.
* Hooked into the new "Personal Data Eraser" functionality from WordPress 4.9.6.
* Added functionality to clear outdated alerts from Akismet.com.
* Added `rel="nofollow noopener"` to the comment form privacy notice to improve SEO and security.
= 4.0.7 =
*Release Date - 28 May 2018*
* Based on user feedback, the link on "Learn how your comment data is processed." in the optional privacy notice now has a `target` of `_blank` and opens in a new tab/window.
* Updated the in-admin privacy notice to use the term "comment" instead of "contact" in "Akismet can display a notice to your users under your comment forms."
* Only show in-admin privacy notice if Akismet has an API Key configured
* Corrected version number after tagging. Sorry...
= 4.0.4 =
*Release Date - 26 May 2018*
* Added a hook to provide Akismet-specific privacy information for a site's privacy policy.
* Added tools to control the display of a privacy related notice under comment forms.
* Fixed HTML in activation failure message to close META and HEAD tag properly.
* Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent Akismet from being correctly auto-configured.
= 4.0.3 =
*Release Date - 19 February 2018*
* Added a scheduled task to remove entries in wp_commentmeta that no longer have corresponding comments in wp_comments.
* Added a new `akismet_batch_delete_count` action to the batch delete methods for people who'd like to keep track of the numbers of records being processed by those methods.
= 4.0.2 =
*Release Date - 18 December 2017*
* Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to recheck a comment that has already been manually approved or marked as spam.
* Fixed a bug that could cause Akismet to claim that some comments are still waiting to be checked when no comments are waiting to be checked.
= 4.0.1 =
*Release Date - 6 November 2017*
* Fixed a bug that could prevent some users from connecting Akismet via their Jetpack connection.
* Ensured that any pending Akismet-related events are unscheduled if the plugin is deactivated.
* Allow some JavaScript to be run asynchronously to avoid affecting page render speeds.
= 4.0 =
*Release Date - 19 September 2017*
* Added REST API endpoints for configuring Akismet and retrieving stats.
* Increased the minimum supported WordPress version to 4.0.
* Added compatibility with comments submitted via the REST API.
* Improved the progress indicator on the "Check for Spam" button.
= 3.3.4 =
*Release Date - 3 August 2017*
* Disabled Akismet's debug log output by default unless AKISMET_DEBUG is defined.
* URL previews now begin preloading when the mouse moves near them in the comments section of wp-admin.
* When a comment is caught by the Comment Blacklist, Akismet will always allow it to stay in the trash even if it is spam as well.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing an error from being shown when a site can't reach Akismet's servers.
= 3.3.3 =
*Release Date - 13 July 2017*
* Reduced amount of bandwidth used by the URL Preview feature.
* Improved the admin UI when the API key is manually pre-defined for the site.
* Removed a workaround for WordPress installations older than 3.3 that will improve Akismet's compatibility with other plugins.
* The number of spam blocked that is displayed on the WordPress dashboard will now be more accurate and updated more frequently.
* Fixed a bug in the Akismet widget that could cause PHP warnings.
= 3.3.2 =
*Release Date - 10 May 2017*
* Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in some browsers.
* Improve performance by only requesting the akismet_comment_nonce option when absolutely necessary.
* Fixed two bugs that could cause PHP warnings.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the URL preview feature from working after a comment was edited using "Quick Edit."
= 3.3 =
*Release Date - 23 February 2017*
* Updated the Akismet admin pages with a new clean design.
* Fixed bugs preventing the `akismet_add_comment_nonce` and `akismet_update_alert` wrapper functions from working properly.
* Fixed bug preventing the loading indicator from appearing when re-checking all comments for spam.
* Added a progress indicator to the "Check for Spam" button.
* Added a success message after manually rechecking the Pending queue for spam.
= 3.2 =
*Release Date - 6 September 2016*
* Added a WP-CLI module. You can now check comments and recheck the moderation queue from the command line.
* Stopped using the deprecated jQuery function `.live()`.
* Fixed a bug in `remove_comment_author_url()` and `add_comment_author_url()` that could generate PHP notices.
* Fixed a bug that could cause an infinite loop for sites with very very very large comment IDs.
* Fixed a bug that could cause the Akismet widget title to be blank.
= 3.1.11 =
*Release Date - 12 May 2016*
* Fixed a bug that could cause the "Check for Spam" button to skip some comments.
* Fixed a bug that could prevent some spam submissions from being sent to Akismet.
* Updated all links to use https:// when possible.
* Disabled Akismet debug logging unless WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG are both enabled.
= 3.1.10 =
*Release Date - 1 April 2016*
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
* Fixed a bug that could have resulted in comments that were caught by the core WordPress comment blacklist not to have a corresponding History entry.
* Fixed a bug that could have caused avoidable PHP warnings in the error log.
= 3.1.9 =
*Release Date - 28 March 2016*
* Add compatibility with Jetpack so that Jetpack can automatically configure Akismet settings when appropriate.
* Fixed a bug preventing some comment data from being sent to Akismet.
= 3.1.8 =
*Release Date - 4 March 2016*
* Fixed a bug preventing Akismet from being used with some plugins that rewrite admin URLs.
* Reduced the amount of bandwidth used on Akismet API calls
* Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the database
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
= 3.1.7 =
*Release Date - 4 January 2016*
* Added documentation for the 'akismet_comment_nonce' filter.
* The post-install activation button is now accessible to screen readers and keyboard-only users.
* Fixed a bug that was preventing the "Remove author URL" feature from working in WordPress 4.4
= 3.1.6 =
*Release Date - 14 December 2015*
* Improve the notices shown after activating Akismet.
* Update some strings to allow for the proper plural forms in all languages.
= 3.1.5 =
*Release Date - 13 October 2015*
* Closes a potential XSS vulnerability.
= 3.1.4 =
*Release Date - 24 September 2015*
* Fixed a bug that was preventing some users from automatically connecting using Jetpack if they didn't have a current Akismet subscription.
* Fixed a bug that could cause comments caught as spam to be placed in the Pending queue.
* Error messages and instructions have been simplified to be more understandable.
* Link previews are enabled for all links inside comments, not just the author's website link.
= 3.1.3 =
*Release Date - 6 July 2015*
* Notify users when their account status changes after previously being successfully set up. This should help any users who are seeing blank Akismet settings screens.
= 3.1.2 =
*Release Date - 7 June 2015*
* Reduced the amount of space Akismet uses in the commentmeta table.
* Fixed a bug where some comments with quotes in the author name weren't getting history entries
* Pre-emptive security improvements to ensure that the Akismet plugin can't be used by attackers to compromise a WordPress installation.
* Better UI for the key entry field: allow whitespace to be included at the beginning or end of the key and strip it out automatically when the form is submitted.
* When deactivating the plugin, notify the Akismet API so the site can be marked as inactive.
* Clearer error messages.
= 3.1.1 =
*Release Date - 17th March, 2015*
* Improvements to the "Remove comment author URL" JavaScript
* Include the pingback pre-check from the 2.6 branch.
= 3.1 =
*Release Date - 11th March, 2015*
* Use HTTPS by default for all requests to Akismet.
* Fix for a situation where Akismet might strip HTML from a comment.
= 3.0.4 =
*Release Date - 11th December, 2014*
* Fix to make .htaccess compatible with Apache 2.4.
* Fix to allow removal of https author URLs.
* Fix to avoid stripping part of the author URL when removing and re-adding.
* Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the "Trash" and "Approved" queues, where it would have no effect.
* Allow automatic API key configuration when Jetpack is installed and connected to a WordPress.com account
= 3.0.3 =
*Release Date - 3rd November, 2014*
* Fix for sending the wrong data to delete_comment action that could have prevented old spam comments from being deleted.
* Added a filter to disable logging of Akismet debugging information.
* Added a filter for the maximum comment age when deleting old spam comments.
* Added a filter for the number per batch when deleting old spam comments.
* Removed the "Check for Spam" button from the Spam folder.
= 3.0.2 =
*Release Date - 18th August, 2014*
* Performance improvements.
* Fixed a bug that could truncate the comment data being sent to Akismet for checking.
= 3.0.1 =
*Release Date - 9th July, 2014*
* Removed dependency on PHP's fsockopen function
* Fix spam/ham reports to work when reported outside of the WP dashboard, e.g., from Notifications or the WP app
* Remove jQuery dependency for comment form JavaScript
* Remove unnecessary data from some Akismet comment meta
* Suspended keys will now result in all comments being put in moderation, not spam.
= 3.0.0 =
*Release Date - 15th April, 2014*
* Move Akismet to Settings menu
* Drop Akismet Stats menu
* Add stats snapshot to Akismet settings
* Add Akismet subscription details and status to Akismet settings
* Add contextual help for each page
* Improve Akismet setup to use Jetpack to automate plugin setup
* Fix "Check for Spam" to use AJAX to avoid page timing out
* Fix Akismet settings page to be responsive
* Drop legacy code
* Tidy up CSS and Javascript
* Replace the old discard setting with a new "discard pervasive spam" feature.
= 2.6.0 =
*Release Date - 18th March, 2014*
* Add ajax paging to the check for spam button to handle large volumes of comments
