Title: Using Basic Mode AND Akismet
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Using Basic Mode AND Akismet

 *  [bkwineper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bkwineper/)
 * (@bkwineper)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-basic-mode-and-akismet/)
 * Is it possible to configure Conditional Captcha to use Basic Mode AND Akismet?
 * Akismet is catching a lot of spam (some 10,000 in September so far) but there
   is still quite a few spam that get through. Some 5-10 per day.
 * Therefore it would be good to be able to serve a Captcha for any user that has
   not already at least one approved comment.
 * Obvioiusly I do not want to disable Akismet since it is catching a lot of spam,
   but I would still like Conditional Captcha to serve a captcha for anyone who 
   has not at least one approved comment.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-conditional-captcha/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-conditional-captcha/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Samir Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solarissmoke/)
 * (@solarissmoke)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-basic-mode-and-akismet/#post-5323715)
 * Hi bkwinekeeper,
 * This isn’t possible – because it wouldn’t be useful.
 * Basic mode is far more aggressive at blocking comments than Akismet mode, and
   the vast majority of those 10,000 comments would be blocked upfront. Only a handful
   would get through to Akismet – and these comments would have got through in Akismet
   mode as well (because the user completed the captcha). So there is no benefit
   from using both at the same time.
 * I suggest you try disabling Akismet for a few days and see what happens – the
   number of comments coming through will drop.

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