Avoid at all cost!
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I have created this account simply to leave this review because this is the worst plugin I have every used. I strongly encourage you to avoid it!
Initially, I was skeptic to even try it out because of so many reviewers saying they have problems using it and uninstalling it. This by itself is a red flag, and lack of response or solution from the author about these issue makes it even worse. But I still decided to see for myself.
The plugin itself is decent – it does what it describes. I tested it for about half an hour. The testing included editing the settings, posting a question or two, no heavy stuff. I realized it wasn’t for me as it was significantly slowing my site down and I decided to remove it. Then the nightmare started.
Deleting the plugin as you would any other plugin simply doesn’t work, as I kept getting a notification saying something like “Are you sure you want to do this?” Yes, I am. But you won’t let me. So I go to my hosting cpanel to delete the folder manually. Once I log in, I see that I have exceeded my hourly CPU usage seconds for my hosting plan. I open the details and see that at the time that I activated the plugin my CPU second usage went from an average of 50-100 to almost 3000 (THREE THOUSAND)!
I deleted the plugin folder and realized that I still have a lot of leftovers around the site. I had to go into phpMyAdmin to manually remove 5 different tables which the plugin left. After clearning cache, I thought I was in the clear until I noticed that Anspress has STILL left some of it user roles which I didn’t need. I then had to download another plugin just to remove the roles. Overall, I spent much more time trying to remove this devilish plugin than I spent using it. I had to search for answers and suggestions and read replies from the author which were of no help at all and often replied to user’s issue with “Works fine for me”, as if that magically means that it works fine for everyone else, despite so many users reporting the same issues, over and over again.
I genuinely hope that is all of it and that I won’t find yet another leftover from this horrible thing. I also hope that the details I provided will show you that this is not a “fake review” as some reviewers have been called out. I have sadly experienced the same horrors that they described.
Once again – avoid at all cost.
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