Akismet sends guest comments to spam
With Akismet active, legitimate guest comments show a not acceptable error and get sent to the spam folder.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 21 June 2026 · last reported 4 September 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners report that once Akismet is active, guest comments are rejected with a this comment is not acceptable message.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.