Rating: 2 stars
After I switched from the HTTP protocol to HTTPS, this plugin did not work any longer. Commenting was no longer possible, and I could not even configure the plugin via Dashboard. The only way making commenting possible again was to deactivate/delete G.A.S.P. Very disappointing, because it really helped fighting spam.
Rating: 5 stars
Akismet was worthless because it doesn’t block automated bots and once you’re on their lists they bury your site with them. I was up to 1000+ spam comments a day. That dropped to only 40 real comments (a few manually left spam, but easily controlled once the 960+ were blocked).
I do periodically change the random letters, numbers and characters any time I notice any spam coming in and that blocks them out again. Apparently, they can eventually crack that code no matter how long it is. But you can make them start over anytime you choose.
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I really hate to see this one go. I don’t know what has changed but it doesn’t block spam at all anymore, and hasn’t for months.
I have used GASP for years and it’s been great but about 6-8 months ago it just quit blocking spam. I don’t know if spammers have gotten smarter (hint, they have. I’ve seen bot comment spammers for sale that can click “invisible” checkboxes like this easily), or maybe wordpress has updated and broke it. GASP has not been updated in a long time now and I don’t know if it will ever be updated again.
I’ve maxed out the settings and played with everything but no luck. the checkbox is there, the other measures are there, I’ve changed my codes….but it just won’t block the spam. With GASP running I get about 3-4 spam comments an hour on my high traffic sites.
I now use wp-spamshield without any problems. I really hope the creators of GASP bring some new updates in the future, I would love to come back because of the better options.
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The checkbox doesn’t appear on my blog. Uninstalling.
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This plugin helped stop my out of control spam issues…
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This plugin does not work – tons of spam coming anyway. Despite the security settings of additional fields like.
No settings do not help in this case
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I love the idea of not having to employ a CAPTCHA, but only discovered it was not working only after two friends tweeted me today that they were unable to leave comments. The plugin (V1.5.5) was the culprit. Moreover, 473 spamments were queued up by bots that circumvented the plugin. Sigh.
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Just installed this but it does not display a checkbox in the latest version of WP. Will this plugin be updated any time soon?
Missed checking the stars, I give this a 1 star right now, NOT 5 star… cannot change that now!
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Ever since I updated, the box doesn’t appear on posts and therefore all comments are blocked. (commenters get an error) Had to deactivate.
]]>Rating: 5 stars
Who here has ever said “gee I sure love getting spam comments on my website/site blog”?
Right. No one has ever said that. Spam is super annoying, and while Akismet is pretty good at blocking spam comments from being approved G.A.S.P is a great second line of defense against spammers and spambots. It’s easy to install and it’s easy to use. Making people read a captcha phrase or solve a math quiz can be annoying (especially when the captcha phrase is hard to decipher, like is that a g or is that a q sometimes you just don’t know).
G.A.S.P is simple plugin for people to use. They just have to check a box. No fuss. It works. End story.
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I have been using Growmap for the past 3 years. Every spam protection plugin was a disaster before Growmap.
This plugin is a life saver to protect you from all of the comment spam you can receive on your site.
Plus, the plugin is smoother and more light weight than Disqus and other comment systems.
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Not Working Enymore – a Lot of SPAM the Last Several Months and it Increases.
I tested every option – No result at all.
It was such a good plugin.
Now it is Useless ??
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This is a easy to use spam blocker for both admins and visitors but i think the protection level can be improved. I am waiting for improving it. Thanks a lot for your good job.
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GASP Is not blocking SPAM comments anymore.
It worked for a number of months, but in recent weeks the SPAM comments are increasing. Seven (7) this morning in only 12 hours from last eve.
Yes I changed the checkbox name – no change.
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I had lots of issues with other plugins that added an extra field regular commenters wouldn’t see. The idea was that spammers accessing comments through a back door would fill in that field and immediately be identified as spammers. But all those caused issues for my real audience who wanted to comment. This plugin solved that by requiring legit commenters to identify themselves (easily) as legitimate. Sure, spammers who just troll sites and manually comment can get through, but that’s the problem with spammers, isn’t it? There’s no single way to block them all.
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The easiest and quickest way to cut down on comment spam. Works great.
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Didn’t find it effective at all, in fact my observation was that spam increased significantly after I disabled other anti-spam plugins (except Akismet) and enabled this one. I think the root of the problem lies here (referring to another product). It appears I am having to deal with this type of “semi-automated” spam:
]]>I think our definitions of “automated” spam differ quite a bit. It’s true that a good portion of automated spam comes in the form of direct POSTs to a blog; your plugin will definitely block these. But there are several forms of automated spam that come in the form of scripted bots that load the page in a browser (headless or otherwise) and actually fill out the form to trigger the postback. There is little that distinguish these from regular comments besides the time it takes to complete the form, and the often gibberish-level content submitted. These spam comments are also “automated” but will make it past your plugin. Granted they are much more rare, but have proven to be an issue on many sites I’ve worked with.
Rating: 5 stars
I’ve been using Growmap for over five months now, and my comment spam went from nearly 300 per day to zero. I haven’t had to change the checkbox’s name once. Moreover, it didn’t reduce the number of legitimate comments. You can see the results of my little case study here.
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Plugin appears to work very well. Had to make a minor style change to get it to integrate well with my page as the checkbox width was inconsistent; this was easy to do as all that was required was to comment out line 322 which contains:
gasp_cb.style.width = "25px";
Other than that, the plugin does what it claims and does it well. Would love to have a stats page just to see how many attempts were bounced but I guess that would require persistence and I do like how it doesn’t require additional tables in my WP DB.
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This is one of the best plugins to stop spamming and it is not annoying. Easy to install and use, and it works perfectly with any themes I’ve tested on. Thank you very much.
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This plugin works perfectly in my website
Thanks to to author for this gift ??
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Mohammad Moinur Rahman
https://www.apnardeal.com
Rating: 5 stars
This plugin works perfectly in my website
Thanks to to the author for this gift ??
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Mohammad Moinur Rahman
https://www.apnardeal.com
Rating: 5 stars
I think the title of my review says it all.
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I’ve tried many anti spambot plugin
And this is the only one that really works
Try it
Rating: 5 stars
Hi,
This is really and great plugin with too smart support, Thanks a lot to team for great plugin with great support …..
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Works beautiful. It is harsh on automated spam, and easy to genuine commenters. Does not block real comments because it displays a reminder if someone forgets to check the box. I am not getting any spam now ?? Awesome!
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Works really well and simple to install. My site had started to be targeted by spam-bots with loads of the usual spam comments every day, and it was getting a hassle to keep deleting them from the Akismet spam file.
With this plugin installed, I get maybe one or two spam comments a week and these seem to be human-written ones, no automated spam any more.
Only slight issue I found was some unnecessary formatting of the ‘tick to confirm you’re human’ box which was a bit of a pain to overwrite with css (see thread in forum), but not a huge issue.
Thanks guys ??
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and works like a charm!
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I hate captcha, this is a much simpler and nicer solution for me
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