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Derek Springer

Code Wrangler at Automattic

@derekspringer San Elijo Hills, CA joined May 2012

fivebladesbrewing.com Slack: @derekspringer

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    Beer & Web development 🙂

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    • 6.5

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    April 2026
    Apr 30 Thu · 15:05
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Need small setup advice, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, great question. Akismet's default settings work well for most sites, so you're in good…
    Apr 29 Wed · 20:16
    Forums med
    Posted a reply to Akismet field not working in form, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy Roghithsam,Thanks for reaching out! The akismet:author form-tag option is actually a feature of Contact…
    Apr 29 Wed · 17:10
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    Posted a reply to Spam check question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    When you're getting started with Akismet it's worth reviewing the spam folder every few days,…
    Apr 28 Tue · 16:24
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    Posted a reply to New User Question, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes! Go to Settings → Akismet Anti-spam and make sure the option to "Silently discard…
    Apr 27 Mon · 16:28
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    Posted a reply to Spam check setting, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Yes! When you mark a comment as "Not Spam," Akismet learns from that correction. It…
    March 2026
    Mar 12 Thu · 16:32
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    Posted a reply to Akismet Flagging Gravity Forms Submissions as Spam, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, Thanks for the detailed info! Why those submissions were flagged The emails you mentioned…
    September 2025
    Sep 04 Thu · 18:54
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    Posted a reply to Will Akismet block Mailchimp from access to RSS feed, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy, Akismet will not block Mailchimp from accessing your RSS feed. It is probable your…
    February 2024
    Feb 12 Mon · 23:24
    Core high
    Mentioned in [57607] on WordPress SVN:
    Media: enable control of progressive image output.
    April 2021
    Apr 27 Tue · 15:55
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    Posted a reply to Options Don’t Work, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Howdy @blacklodgebeer, thanks for the report. It might be possible that the recipe was cached…
    July 2020
    Jul 30 Thu · 16:46
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    Posted a reply to Updates?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
    Perhaps! :) Is there anything in particular you're interested in?

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