Akismet 2.2.1 released, now shows you stats

Akismet is the WordPress comment anti-spam plugin developed by Automattic, the same company behind WordPress.  And now with the release of Akismet 2.2.1 it includes stats to show you how well it is working on your blog.

If you are not using Akismet yet…

If you’re not using Akismet yet and spam comments are a problem for you then you should definitely consider enabling it.  I recommend enabling Akismet as one of the first things to do with any new blog.  Check out my post here to see how to enable Akismet.

If you are using Akismet, time to upgrade!

If you log in to your WordPress dashboard it will notify you of the availability of the updated plugin (assuming you’re running version 2.6 or above – if you’re not, check out my post here).

Click on the little red alert balloon to go to your plugin admin page, and then click the link below Akismet to upgrade automatically.  It only takes a few seconds.

New Akismet stats

Your blog dashboard will now have a link to your Akismet stats.

The stats will include the entire history of the plugin’s operation on your blog, so you can see straight away what it has been doing for you since you first enabled it.  Here is the graph from one of my blogs showing how effective Akismet can be.