What features would you like to see in a WordPress Akismet plugin that are not included in the default plugin? I have an expanded version that I created for my own use that has the following:
- Select what types of comments (trackback, pingback, comment) Akismet will filter
- Change the number of comments shown on the “Manage” screen
- Improved options page
Let me know if you can think of anything else. I’ll likely release the modified plugin in a week or two.
Service agnostic setting – The ability to specify a server other than Akismet.com.
I’d love better error handling when the server isn’t able to contact Akismet, be it because of local firewall issues or downtime. (Hopefully the former.)
Manage->Comments should have ‘mark as spam’ kind of an option(perhaps with a shorter name); clicking “Edit”, selecting “Spam” and then clicking a button is too laborious. This is for spam that Akismet COULD NOT catch, of course.
Maybe users can submit comments and their sources to a certain akismet url with their custom rating? Like if I think that a comment is SURELY a spam, I will mark it as spam with rating 10. If I am doubtful, I will use a rating of 1.
I’d love to have an RSS feed of comments awaiting moderation!
WordPress moderation, or Akismet’s “caught spam” list?
I’m impressed! You’ve managed the almost impsobisle.