Report - Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5.6

Does "Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection" work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-11 15:58:08 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 125.19 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	6.9.4
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-04-23T22:34:00+00:00
Active installs	6,000,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
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Pages 4

Akismet Anti-spam ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=akismet-key-config&view=start
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=akismet%2Fakismet.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=2f2085f746
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.572 s
Memory usage	3.85 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Akismet Anti-spam

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=akismet-key-config
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.425 s
Memory usage	3.82 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.190 s
Memory usage	4.18 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.265 s
Memory usage	6.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.979 s	0.543 s	-0.436 s	3.78 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 122.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.538 s	0.329 s	-0.209 s	3.79 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 115.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.790 s	1.209 s	+0.419 s	6.31 MiB	6.51 MiB	+ 204.52 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.489 s	0.473 s	-0.016 s	3.74 MiB	3.84 MiB	+ 103.53 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.334 s	0.304 s	-0.030 s	3.71 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 107.52 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.500 s	0.616 s	+0.116 s	3.7 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 115.72 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.749 s	0.409 s	-0.340 s	3.72 MiB	3.84 MiB	+ 126.39 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.090 s	0.715 s	-0.375 s	6.3 MiB	6.49 MiB	+ 198.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.389 s	0.572 s	+0.183 s	3.71 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 107.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.332 s	0.408 s	+0.076 s	3.73 MiB	3.84 MiB	+ 106.97 KiB
/	0.309 s	0.244 s	-0.065 s	4.11 MiB	4.18 MiB	+ 68.66 KiB
Average	0.591 s	0.529 s	-0.062 s	4.24 MiB	4.36 MiB	+ 125.19 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	63.2%	4,469	1,156	22
	CSS	29.0%	2,048	28	5
	JavaScript	7.8%	548	95	3
	SVG	0.0%	2	0	2
Total			7,067	1,279	32

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	3,460
Total complexity	868
Median class complexity	43.0
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Akismet
Most complex function	Akismet::auto_check_comment()

Classes	6
Methods	156
Functions	62

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options `wp_options` 1

widget_akismet_widget

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
akismet_widget	Akismet Widget

Meta Boxes

{
    "comment": {
        "akismet-status": {
            "title": "Comment History",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5.6