Do you support Epoch plugin?

Hi TheArcturian,

I’ll be happy to answer your questions.

1. WP-SpamShield works with the default WordPress commenting system. If a plugin alters WordPress core functionality to use a third party (off-site) commenting system, such as Disqus and LiveFyre, then it would not be compatible. Unfortunately as there are over 40,000 WordPress plugins out there, it’s simply not possible for us to test out WP-SpamShield with every plugin out there. We haven’t tested WP-SpamShield with Epoch yet as its fairly new, but based on its documentation, it seems to use the native WordPress commenting system, so it should work. As a rule of thumb, if a plugin doesn’t alter core WordPress functionality WP-SpamShield will work with it. We have put a lot of time and testing into compatibility, so there are very few known plugin conflicts. We encourage you to try it out, and let us know if you have any issues, via the WP-SpamShield Support page.
2. Front-end anti-spam plugins (CAPTCHAs, challenge questions, etc), should be disabled since there’s no longer a need for them, and these could likely conflict. However, back-end anti-spam plugins like Akismet are fine to use as a backstop to WP-SpamShield, although most users find it completely unnecessary after installing WP-SpamShield. So you can choose to disable Akismet or not.
3. As for AccessPress Anonymous Post plugin, we haven’t tested WP-SpamShield specifically to work with it. However, it very well might. WP-SpamShield is coded to work universally, so it works with almost every third party form in existence (the “Anti-spam for Miscellaneous Forms” feature). I would definitely test it out. (Additionally if a plugin developer lets us know about a plugin conflict, we work with them to bridge the compatibility issue, and have done so in most cases within a few days.)

Please see the beginning of our Troubleshooting Guide for info on how to test things out. I would test out your comments with Epoch deactivated to start, just to make sure things are working. Then activate Epoch, and test. If that’s good to go, then test with your AccessPress Anonymous Post plugin.

I hope that helps!

– Scott

Please note that the WP-SpamShield Support page is our main support venue, not the WordPress forums here, so that will always be the best way to get a quick response and resolve any tech support issues.

You’re very welcome! 🙂 Sounds good!