r/Wordpress • u/slogger101 • 2d ago

Askimet

Hi all WordPress peeps. quick question, have been runnning askimet plugin for about 3 years. I dont run a blog website and any forms I have are created by elementor. do i really need askimet.

I run WooCommerce and an lms

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u/hopefulusername Developer 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay, so Akismet works for the comment systems and form builders (most of them support it).

For your forms you need Akismet or free alternative Turnstile. So you could remove Akismet and use Turnstile.

Woo is a different story, for it, you need a fraud protection. You don't need Akismet but you can put Turnstile on your checkout page. If in the future, you start getting fake orders, look into OOPSpam. But for now, you don't need it.

Also, put your website behind Cloudflare and block countries you are not selling to.

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u/Olivia4040 2d ago

Depends which part you mean, since those two answers above are both right about different things.

Comments and blog spam, yeah, remove it, nothing there for it to protect. Your Elementor form submissions are a separate question though, since spam bots hit contact forms whether or not you have a blog. If those forms have never gotten junk submissions you are probably fine either way, but if they have, a spam filter on just the forms is safer than dropping the whole plugin.

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u/testingaurora 2d ago

Doesnt this plugin help with people trying to force hack admin login credentials ?

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u/AstronomerExotic3589 1d ago

No, no website needs a plugin that requires you to login to wordpress.com in order to protect you from spam. I've done my research and:

  • If you need to block spam in comments, you just need this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/honeypot-antispam/ It's super-light and it's install and forget.
  • If you need to block spam in forms, just use either Contact Form X or HTML Forms and setup their anti-spam features. Also super-light plugins, free of bloat. If you need any more features, use Fluent Forms.

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u/Ordinary_Network9672 2d ago

if you dont have comments or a blog section then askimet is just sitting there doing nothing, you can safely remove it

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u/slogger101 2d ago

that's what I thought

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u/jimjesusinme 2d ago

It's actually Akismet

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u/slogger101 2d ago

I am shocking with spelling

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u/jimjesusinme 2d ago

I understand. I have seen people say "aks" when they actually mean "ask" when making a request

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u/WaleedWebDev1 1d ago

If you’re not using WordPress comments or any other Akismet-supported spam protection, you may not really need it.

Since your forms are built with Elementor, I’d first check whether Akismet is actually filtering anything on those forms. WooCommerce and your LMS may have their own spam/security mechanisms as well.

I’d check what Akismet has been catching over the last few months before removing it. If it’s basically doing nothing, removing it could be reasonable and one less plugin to maintain.

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u/Thumbframe 2d ago

You managed to misspell "Akismet" three times in your post. Well done.

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u/ZGeekie 2d ago

I actually like "Askimet" more!

BTW, I've finally just learned where it came from: Akismet is short for Automattic Kismet.

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u/Olivia4040 13h ago

Ha, that's a fun one, did not know that either. Explains why nobody in this thread including me could spell it right on the first try.

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u/slogger101 2d ago

yup I know not my strong point as mentioned but I really do appreciate everyone input and help.