Contact Form 7 is compatible with Akismet and no other users have reported this kind of trouble so far.
Make sure you are using legitimate Contact Form 7 and if you continue to see the issue, try deactivating all other plugins and switching to the default theme in order to rule out cases of conflicting with them.
Something was changed since the last update.
In the last version it was fine to end with akismet:author after the placeholder. I had to move akisment in front of the placeholder, that fixed it. I believe this could potentially become a problem with several websites.
DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE (worked in last version):
[text* text-415 class:register placeholder “Full Name” akismet:author]
[email email-897 class:register placeholder “Email Address” akismet:author_email]
WORKS:
[text* text-415 class:register akismet:author placeholder “Full Name”]
[email email-897 class:register akismet:author_email placeholder “Email Address”]
[text* text-415 class:register placeholder “Full Name” akismet:author]
This breaks tag syntax. It can’t work in any version of the plugin.
At least I know that these fields would show up in previous versions, whether or not the akismet was functioning properly, I did not test it. I love Contact Form 7 is by far my favorite WP form plugin, thank you.
I have the same problem. This works just fine:
<p>[text* your-name watermark “Your Name” ]</p>
<p>[text* your-email watermark “Your Email” ]</p>
<p>[textarea* your-message x5 watermark “Your Message”]</p>
<p>[submit class:button “Send”]</p>
But after akismet:author is added, that field doesn’t display anymore. And the form stops functioning:
<p>[text* your-name watermark “Your Name” akismet:author]</p>
<p>[text* your-email watermark “Your Email” ]</p>
<p>[textarea* your-message x5 watermark “Your Message”]</p>
<p>[submit class:button “Send”]</p>
I tried switching to the WordPress theme and disabling all the plug-ins – doesn’t work anyways.
Here is the website:
http://www.4ndesign.com
Have run into the same problem, and what I did was put the akismet code before the placeholder code.
