Title: Comments Spam
Last modified: October 27, 2017

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# Comments Spam

 *  Resolved Anonymous User 14978628
 * (@anonymized-14978628)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-spam-5/)
 * Hi, could you tell me if i have comments disabled on my site does having the 
   comments spam feature enabled provide any benefit? Specifically, the GASP Protection.
   Would that still provide spam bot protection even with comments disabled? Thanks

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 *  Plugin Support [Jelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmisic/)
 * (@jmisic)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-spam-5/#post-9627413)
 * Hi Marty,
 * Thanks for reaching out.
 * If you have comments disabled on your site but you keep the Comments SPAM feature
   enabled, the feature will not have any effect whatsoever. The spam filtering 
   only gets activated when a comment is posted, or the comments form is loaded.
   You will not get spam comments if comments are disabled.
 * There’s no downside to enabling the option anyway. If you ever enabled comments
   just for 1 post only, you’ll be protected.
 * I hope this answers your question.
 * Regards,
    Jelena
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 14978628
 * (@anonymized-14978628)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-spam-5/#post-9627444)
 * Hi Jelena,
 * Just to clarify, i understand not having comments enabled will stop spam comments,
   but what about the spam bots themselves? Are you saying that with comments disabled
   the spam bots won’t be blocked from accessing the site with the Comments SPAM
   feature enabled?
 * Also, what about the contact form. Does the Comments SPAM feature provide any
   protection against that?
 *  Plugin Support [Jelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmisic/)
 * (@jmisic)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-spam-5/#post-9652870)
 * Hi Marty,
 * Yes, that’s what I’m saying.
 * The answer to your second question is no – Comments SPAM feature doesn’t support
   contact form.
 * Regards,
    Jelena

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 * Last reply from: [Jelena](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmisic/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-spam-5/#post-9652870)
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