I made the mistake of getting ReadyGraph installed in my blog and was I sorry. I find it annoying, invasive (more on this later) and needing a major in computer science to remove as there is no clear way to do so nor does the designer gives it to you.
Even after I registered and jumped through the hoops, every time I checked on my site, a damned ReadyGraph pop up greeted me and I could never find out why and how to stop it. That did it.
ReadyGraph bundles with Subscribe2 so you can pretty much kiss that widget goodbye once you installed RG. You also have to configure RG both on your site and on their site so the ball breaking goes double.
But what made my hair stand on an end was when I managed to deactivate it in my website and immediately got an email from them asking why I did so, intruding much? And how the f*** did they know? What kind of shit I installed in my site that they are aware of what I do and don’t do? Did they also manage to farm the email addresses of my subscribers without me knowing so? That would really piss me off since I do not share the emails with anybody as they are nobody’s business.
I ended up following the instructions found here to deactivate ReadyGraph and went as far as deleting Subscribe2 from the site’s directory. I might have lost my subscriber’s list, but sure as hell I could not let that thing roaming in my site any longer.
I was wondering what that crap was. Every time I opened your site, I got this popup asking me to ‘sign in’ via FB and then there was a box on the bottom asking me to do it.
Hell, it was asking me! I imagined that visitors were faring worse and I hate bothering people…..too much. 😀
It also has an Agreement to Arbitrate clause, which is why I never registered. I NEVER agree to a TOS with an Agreement to Arbitrate clause. I consider them abusive to customers.
I considered sending you an E-mail and letting you know that I wouldn’t be visiting the site anymore if it stuck around. I don’t go to Hack A Day anymore since they added one.
Man I do apologize. For the most part, the WordPress stuff has been bulletproof or at least easy to uninstall. This shit felt NSA with indentured Service.
The fact that you apparently hated the whole experience even more than I did suggests it wouldn’t have been an issue. You’re a reasonable guy, I’m confident that if you thought a service on your blog was bad for your readers you’d tell the service to take a hike.
Oh look, I was right!
Thanks for getting rid of it Miguel…
Is that why I didn’t get today’s posts in my e-mail?
And what can I do to make sure I don’t miss any?
Let me figure out another subscription widget that is not inavasive
Hi Miguel, did you manage to find anything less invasive than ReadyGraph?
I made do with Jetpack. 🙂
Thanks for the warning, Miguel. I’m always looking for a useful widget or plug-in… I guess I better look more cautiously.
I installed Simple Subscribe and it came as an app, how do I fully remove it? The link you provided was not useful. Thanks.
appearance/widget/delete
Hi there,
I am a developer at Readygraph. We are sorry about the inconvenience caused to you. We would love if you can try Readygraph again certainly on non production sites. And use it on production site only if you wish to. There are so many changes and we have tried to resolve as many issues as possible and continually improving.
Good morning! I Also installed the simple subscribe plugin that came with readygraph and have since delted the readygraph php code and the simpke subscribe plugin because since installing and going ton the ready graph site my site seems to have somekind if adware running. It’s preventing an page or post from loading without the pop up ad pages. I don’t know what else to do and am so upset this has happened. I don’t know how to resolve it. I emailed Nick from readygraph a d related the plugin and the ready graph php code and still have this happening. Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated!! I have learned from this experience and now know not to use any app or plugin with those clauses so thank you very much for that!
I hope I can resolve this asap! 🙂
advice is simple… Uninstall. If they haven’t fixed the problems by now, they never will.
I had to drop Subscribe2 for the same reason. I exported my list, at least, so I can import it with a new tool. Can anyone recommend an alternative plugin that allows simple post subscriptions?
Thanks for the warning. It came a little late for me as I had already activated ReadyGraph. I was glad to find confirmation of my fears before I left it on my site any longer. I would be interested to learn about other people’s experience with alternate subscription management plug-in’s.
I find it interesting to see that you’ve settled (at least for now) on the jetpack subscription service. I installed ReadyGraph tonight and uninstalled it again tonight (after reading your post) without any issues… looks like they’ve updated at least the ability to easily remove their plugin. Now that the pop-up and thing at the bottom of the site are no longer showing up on my page, I’m assuming that my subscribe2 plugin still works.
Just curious why you didn’t just uninstall that completely and then re-install it again without activating ReadyGraph, vs switching to something else, like Jetpack.
The real reason I’m asking is because I have a question about Jetpack. I tried it before but could never figure out how to prevent it from sending the entire post in the email notifications that go out.
I only want to include the excerpt, but didn’t see that option. At least Subscribe2 allows the users to choose what they see.
When Jetpack sends the entire blog post in an email, they exclude all graphics etc.. so that is obviously worthless. Though, it could be that I have no idea what i’m talking about, and there’s more functionality hidden somewhere….
Have you experienced any of the same things?
Thanks!
Hey Everyone. Moderator, feel free to kill this if it feels too spammy.
We just launched a free, open, and frankly amazing alternative to subscribe2 named Postmatic. You can find it on the WordPress repo or at http://gopostmatic.com.
The big difference between Postmatic and Subscribe2 or Jetpack is that not only do we send new posts by email, but you can comment on them by just hitting reply. It brings the conversation to the inbox and does a lot to foster great conversations.
Oh, thank Christ I read this article before I installed it. The concept is quite good but if they set it up to make it difficult for people to de-activate they deserve no support. But, here’s the killer – their Twitter page has the Tag Line – ‘Viral Growth as a Service’, but guess how many Followers they have? 147!!!!!!!! After 2 1/2 years!!!! That’s some viral growth there!!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting this. I subscribed to this software, paid for it and repented. Unsubscribed in December 2014 and due to my carelessness, I noticed only now that ReadyGraph had been taking money for a software I was not using. More than five emails and no reimbursement. My bank will get the instruction now. Those who have not used ReadyGraph software: NEVER USE IT.
Hi Suren,
Sorry for the inconvenience. Please reply here with an email that is registered to readygraph and I’ll make sure your subscription is cancelled and you get the refund.
We recently launched this site to guide folks to alternatives. Spread the word! http://notsoready.com/
Great I wish I had read this before I bought their services. Shit!! They have my card details now … oh god!! I have emailed them so many times to give me a refund, they don’t reply. I will write a review on my blog now! Shiiiiit!