Title: Plugin Updated: Akismet 4.1.8
Author: WordPress VIP Documentation
Published: January 13, 2021
Last modified: August 5, 2025

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# Plugin Updated: Akismet 4.1.8

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 13 January 2021

20:52:40 GMT+0000

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We upgraded Akismet to v4.1.8 (previously 4.1.7)

This release includes two fixes:

 * Fixed missing fields in submit-spam and submit-ham calls that could lead to reduced
   accuracy.
 * Fixed usage of deprecated jQuery function.

https://github.com/Automattic/vip-go-mu-plugins/pull/1928