Akismet WordPress Plugin 2.0
Filed in: WordPress Plugins — January 24th, 2007
Along with the release of WordPress 2.1, the Akismet 2.0 (read previous review) is also available now. Here are some of the new features of Akismet 2.0:
Paged navigation and search box for caught spams.- Recheck messages in “Awaiting Moderation” for spam.
New Akismet counter widget.- Option to discard spams on posts older than a month.
Akismet 2.0 review
The paged navigation and search box are great, Akismet should have included them earlier!
In fact, I have not been using the Akismet plugin for over a month. The main reason was the increasing number of escaped spam comments. I switched to Spam Karma 2 (SK2) with Akismet check plugin(a plugin for a plugin). Overall, the combination of two most powerful WordPress anti-spam plugins work very well.
I tested Akismet 2.0. Many spam comments managed to escape. I was quite disappointed. I will keep it on for two more days before switching back to SK2+Akismet.
