Version 5.3.5 of the Akismet plugin for WordPress is now available for download.

There are a number of bug fixes and improvements and we recommend upgrading if you’re using an earlier version of the plugin.

This new version of the plugin replaces v5.3.4, which was briefly available from wordpress.org earlier today. This version contained code that had compatibility issues with versions of PHP earlier than 7.3. If you were affected by errors on installing this version, we’re very sorry for any difficulties this may have caused. We are adding extra automated testing to prevent this from happening again in the future. These issues are addressed in the current version, v5.3.5.

To upgrade, visit the Updates page of your WordPress dashboard and follow the instructions. If you need to download the plugin zip file directly, links to all versions are available in the WordPress plugins directory.