I’ve suddenly got the same problem that a lot of you have experienced. I’ve been using Jetpack for years as a source for Stats. My site is a blog that runs no ads and brings in no income, and yet, Jetpack has decided I’m a “commercial” site, so they want me to start paying for their software. They claim I violated the rule against “Promotion of Service.” The only thing I could think of that might have triggered such an objection was a page linked to my top menu that touted my publisher’s website. Nobody ever looked at it, so I removed it, and I’m now “in the queue” for a re-evaluation. Has anyone had any luck with the “reverify” process? (Just curious).
I’ve read most of the threads on this sub regarding this issue. I have Google Analytics, so I don’t really need the Jetpack’s stats badly enough to pay their fee, and all the comments I’ve seen about “bloatware” have me convinced that I should probably just remove it. My question would be, what else do I lose? I have no wooCommerce modules on my site, so no problem there, but I do use Akismet, and I’m sure some of the optimization features have some value, so I’d hate to throw out the baby with the bathwater. Are there any precautions I should take, other than backing up my site? Any new plugins I should install to replace what I’m likely to lose?
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Jetpack doesn’t have a best reputation when it comes with website performance.
If you can, replace it. There are Akismet alternatives like OOPSpam (paid) or Turnstile.
Nope. Tbh even for me, jetpack is useless. It just shows u stats, thats the only good thing. All other functionalities can be found in lite speed easily
I would disable it but don’t delete it, and then monitor / test your site for a few days and see if anything has broken.
Jetpack is the worst think you can install on WordPress (And everyone does dont know why).
Just remove that and your WordPress will be a lot faster.
Litespeed is great instead of jetpack