Akismet Plugins Archive
Published on Feb 27, 2008 (updated Oct 31, 2023), filed under misc. (Share this post, e.g. on Mastodon or on Bluesky.)
Since no older versions of famous WordPress spam protection plugin Akismet seem to be available anymore, I decided to preserve the collection of Akismet plugins I could get my hands on. Get your API key all excited.
- Akismet 1.14 (ZIP, 4 KB)
- Akismet 1.15 (ZIP, 8 KB)
- Akismet 1.2.1 (ZIP, 9 KB)
- Akismet 2.0 (ZIP, 10 KB)
- Akismet 2.0.2 (ZIP, 11 KB)
- Akismet 2.1.3 (ZIP, 11 KB)
- Akismet 2.1.4 (ZIP, 12 KB)
- Akismet 2.1.6 (ZIP, 12 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.1 (ZIP, 13 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.5 (ZIP, 15 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.6 (ZIP, 15 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.7 (ZIP, 16 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.8 (ZIP, 17 KB)
- Akismet 2.2.9 (ZIP, 16 KB)
- Akismet 2.3.0 (ZIP, 17 KB)
- Akismet 2.4.0 (ZIP, 19 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.0 (ZIP, 27 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.1 (ZIP, 27 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.2 (ZIP, 28 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.3 (ZIP, 28 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.4 (ZIP, 30 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.5 (ZIP, 30 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.6 (ZIP, 31 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.7 (ZIP, 32 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.8 (ZIP, 34 KB)
- Akismet 2.5.9 (ZIP, 38 KB)
- Akismet 2.6.0 (ZIP, 40 KB)
- Akismet 3.0.0 (ZIP, 43 KB)
- Akismet 3.0.1 (ZIP, 45 KB)
- Akismet 3.0.2 (ZIP, 45 KB)
- Akismet 3.0.3 (ZIP, 45 KB)
- Akismet 3.0.4 (ZIP, 46 KB)
- Akismet 3.1 (ZIP, 47 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.1 (ZIP, 48 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.2 (ZIP, 49 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.3 (ZIP, 49 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.4 (ZIP, 57 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.5 (ZIP, 56 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.6 (ZIP, 55 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.7 (ZIP, 56 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.8 (ZIP, 56 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.9 (ZIP, 57 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.10 (ZIP, 57 KB)
- Akismet 3.1.11 (ZIP, 57 KB)
- Akismet 3.2 (ZIP, 59 KB)
- Akismet 3.3 (ZIP, 64 KB)
- Akismet 3.3.1 (ZIP, 61 KB)
- Akismet 3.3.2 (ZIP, 61 KB)
- Akismet 3.3.3 (ZIP, 61 KB)
- Akismet 3.3.4 (ZIP, 62 KB)
- Akismet 4.0 (ZIP, 64 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.1 (ZIP, 65 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.2 (ZIP, 65 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.3 (ZIP, 66 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.4 (ZIP, 68 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.5 (ZIP, 68 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.6 (ZIP, 68 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.7 (ZIP, 68 KB)
- Akismet 4.0.8 (ZIP, 68 KB)
- Akismet 4.1 (ZIP, 70 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.1 (ZIP, 70 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.2 (ZIP, 70 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.3 (ZIP, 73 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.4 (ZIP, 74 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.5 (ZIP, 74 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.6 (ZIP, 74 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.7 (ZIP, 75 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.8 (ZIP, 75 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.9 (ZIP, 76 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.10 (ZIP, 77 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.11 (ZIP, 79 KB)
- Akismet 4.1.12 (ZIP, 79 KB)
- Akismet 4.2 (ZIP, 80 KB)
- Akismet 4.2.1 (ZIP, 79 KB)
- Akismet 4.2.2 (ZIP, 80 KB)
- Akismet 4.2.3 (ZIP, 80 KB)
- Akismet 4.2.4 (ZIP, 81 KB)
- Akismet 4.2.5 (ZIP, 81 KB)
- Akismet 5.0 (ZIP, 84 KB)
- Akismet 5.0.1 (ZIP, 85 KB)
- Akismet 5.3 (ZIP, 102 KB)
While I plan to maintain this archive unless Matt puts in a veto until 2023, all files are provided without guarantee or liability, either. They look fine though. Versions 1.14 and 1.2.1 have been in use on this site. [Ages ago!]
The reason to post this collection was that I still use used an older version of WordPress that current Akismet doesn’t didn’t work with. Searching for former Akismet releases turned out to be a little frustrating. Interestingly, a few people did not only leave their plugin folders unprotected but even their original plugin archives (have a look at the respective Google results). This investigation resulted in the files listed above—and a slightly newer Akismet version that worked for my site.
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