Show Akismet Count as Plain Text

This plugin creates a function called "my_akismet_count();" which will return a sentence like the following: Akismet has protected my blog from 468 spam comments. Nice try! Provided you have Akismet installed, it will return the number, although it is best for it to have caught at least one before you start using this, otherwise it won't work. At some point I will revise it to return a function with just a number.

It is very simple to get the plugin working on your blog. 1. Upload akismet_count.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress 1. Place <?php my_akismet_count(); ?> into your template wherever you want the count to be shown.