[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #65012: Fix: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector

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#65012: Fix: Register Akismet Anti-Spam as a connector
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 Reporter:  jorgefilipecosta          |       Owner:  jorgefilipecosta
     Type:  feature request           |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  Plugins                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jorgefilipecosta):

 Hi @jorbin, thanks for following up on this!

 Replying to [comment:38 jorbin]:
 > Replying to [comment:32 jorgefilipecosta]:
 >
 > > the connector only appear on the UI if Akismet is installed.
 >
 > The current code shows the akismet connector for all users, not just
 those that have Akismet installed. Seeing that there are now six
 committers (seven based off of @matveb's comments) that are supporting the
 revert, that seems like the best immediate path.

 I think there might be a small misunderstanding. As I mentioned in
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/65012#comment:32, the connector
 only appears when Akismet is installed. If it helps, you can see this in
 action using [https://playground.wordpress.net/wordpress.html?pr=11460
 Playground] (PR [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/11460
 wordpress-develop#11460] is just there to support this Playground demo).

 I also recorded a quick video walking through the behavior:
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/files/2026/04/Akismet-connector.mov
 Akismet-connector.mov]. You can see the connector appearing when Akismet
 is installed and disappearing once it's deleted.

 That said, if you've run into a case where the connector showed up without
 Akismet being installed, that would be really useful to know about. It
 could point to a bug that might also affect third-party connectors, so any
 details about the setup where you saw this would be a big help in tracking
 it down.

 > Seeing that there are now six committers (seven based off of @matveb's
 comments) that are supporting the revert, that seems like the best
 immediate path.

 I interpreted @matveb's comments a bit differently. I took him to be
 saying that Akismet should be shown even when not installed, which is what
 the original commit was doing, in line with what the infrastructure
 supported at the time, rather than supporting a revert.

 Whatever direction we land on next, working through the Akismet
 integration has been a great opportunity to stress-test the connectors
 infrastructure and ship some improvements along the way, like fixes for
 assumptions about constants and settings sharing the same naming, and the
 bug @peterwilsoncc reported at
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/76984 gutenberg#76984].
 Really appreciate the suggestions and issues reported.

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