Joris Le Blansch

<p>I like to use Contact Form 7 on most of my WordPress sites. It’s a powerful form manager that suits all my needs. I don’t like to use external calls to protect the forms from spam submissions though (like reCaptcha or hCaptcha) and don’t want to present a manual captcha to a user (math or other puzzle). Since I couldn’t find a really basic honeypot script that works on most entries, I created one here. Hopefully it’s useful to someone else also.</p>
<h3>Setup</h3>
<ul>
<li>Install the plugin using the regular plugin setup routine or upload the entire apiosys-honeypot-cf7 folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress, you MUST have Contact Form 7 AND Flamingo installed and enabled.</li>
<li>Add the following shortcodes to your Contact Form 7 forms:</li>
</ul>
<p>[honeypot] – Adds the hidden honeypot field<br />
[timestamp] – Adds time-based validation</p>
<ul>
<li>Complete the rest of the options which you can find in Admin > Contact > Honeypot. A generally good working set of values is enabled by default there.</li>
</ul>
<h3>What tests are used?</h3>
<ul>
<li>A Honeypot Field</li>
<li>A Checkbox Trap</li>
<li>Time-Based Validation</li>
<li>Email domain Check</li>
<li>Basic Content Analysis</li>
</ul>
<h3>Does it really work?</h3>
<p>It has been tested on several high-traffic WP sites. I see a return of ~ 1 ‰ (i.e. 1 in a thousand) of spam going through. That usually corresponds to humans paid to fill forms or sophisticated bots. Please feel free to contribute to make it even better. You can contribute directly <a href="https://github.com/apio-sys/apiosys-honeypot-cf7" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>


Apio systems – Honeypot for Contact Form 7

Basic Honeypot plugin for Contact Form 7 to drastically reduce spam on form submissions without user interaction.

yonifre

WpMaspik

<p>No more fake leads and bot submissions – Every email will be real and valuable, Spam block guarantee!<br />
<strong>Lets bring back the excitement</strong> of getting new leads.</p>
<h3>Why to block spam with Maspik?</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 <strong>Works immediately</strong>: Works when you activate the plugin</li>
<li>🎯 <strong>High Success Rate</strong>: Better protection than traditional CAPTCHA</li>
<li>🔍 <strong>Smart Detection</strong>: Identifies spam patterns automatically</li>
<li>🌐 <strong>Wide Compatibility</strong>: Works with all major form plugins and registration forms</li>
<li>🛠️ <strong>Fully Customizable</strong>: Adapt to your specific needs you can block any spam you want with Blacklist system</li>
<li>👥 <strong>Spam Block Guarantee</strong>: We are committed to help you to block spam, See <a href="#spam-block-guarantee" rel="nofollow ugc">Spam Block Guarantee</a> paragraph.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<p>✅ Works instantly with popular form plugins and registration forms<br />
✅ No CAPTCHA needed<br />
✅ Smart blacklist system, block any word that you want, if exist in the submission, it will be blocked.<br />
✅ IP blacklist & API integrations<br />
✅ Phone number validation<br />
✅ Several methods to block spam with advanced honeypot fields<br />
✅ Multi-language support<br />
✅ AI spam check – Enable it from the Maspik settings page.</p>
<h3>Detailed Features: Our Advanced Spam Protection & Filtering</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Blacklisting by Field Type:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Text fields (Name/Subject)</li>
<li>Email fields (supports regex/wildcard patterns)</li>
<li>Text area fields</li>
<li>Phone number verification with regex/wildcard format</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Blocking:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Specific IP addresses</li>
<li>Spam submissions in WordPress comments/registration/contact forms</li>
<li>Option to block submissions with emojis in textarea fields</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Advance Blocking:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Honeypot</li>
<li>IP verification (100 checks/month)</li>
<li>Block submissions post by bot</li>
<li>Advance key check </li>
<li>AI spam check (Free for all users) with Google Gemini, OpenAI, and Mistral AI</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Character Control:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Maximum number of characters in text fields</li>
<li>Maximum number of characters in text area fields</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Link Limitation:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Limit the number of links allowed in text areas (ideally 0)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>API Integrations:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Proxycheck.io (check IP address against proxy/VPN/TOR)</li>
<li>AbuseIPDB.com (check IP address against abuse/spam/malicious/proxy/VPN/TOR)</li>
<li>Numverify.com (validate phone number to block spam phone numbers)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Spam Log:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Review blocked submissions</li>
<li>understand way spam being blocked</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Detailed Statistics:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Track blocked spam</li>
<li>Analyze patterns</li>
<li>Monitor protection</li>
<li>Advanced spam statistics dashboard</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Supported Forms</h3>
<p>Maspik integrates seamlessly with a wide range of popular contact forms and comments:</p>
<ul>
<li>Elementor forms</li>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Hello Plus</li>
<li>NinjaForms</li>
<li>Everest Forms</li>
<li>Formidable forms</li>
<li>JetFormBuilder</li>
<li>Forminator forms</li>
<li>Fluentforms</li>
<li>Bricksbuilder forms</li>
<li>Breakdance Builder forms</li>
<li>BuddyPress</li>
<li>Bitforms</li>
<li>Metform</li>
<li>WordPress comments</li>
<li>WordPress registration form</li>
<li>Custom PHP forms</li>
<li>WPForms*</li>
<li>GravityForms*</li>
<li>WooCommerce registration form*</li>
<li>WooCommerce review*</li>
</ul>
<p>(*) Pro license required</p>
<h3>We offer also a Pro version!</h3>
<h3>Pro Version Features 🌟</h3>
<p>⭐ Advanced IP verification (10,000 checks/month)<br />
⭐ Custom spam dashboard for multiple sites, manage your spam settings from one place<br />
⭐ Country-based filtering, allow you to block spam by country, or allow only specific country<br />
⭐ Language-based filtering, allow you to block spam by language, or allow only specific language<br />
⭐ Settings Import/Export<br />
⭐ Premium support</p>
<h3>Important Note</h3>
<p>Be cautious when selecting words to blacklist as each website has different needs. For example, if you’re a digital marketing agency and blacklist the word “SEO,” you may lose some valid leads.<br />
The plugin is provided “as is” and the user assumes full responsibility for configuring and using it appropriately for their specific needs.</p>
<p>The plugin is GDPR compliant.</p>
<h3>Support & Community</h3>
<ul>
<li>🚀 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/documentation/getting-started/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Started guide</a></li>
<li>📚 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/documentation/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li>💬 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maspik" rel="nofollow ugc">Community Forum</a></li>
<li>🐛 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/#support?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Report Issues</a></li>
<li>💡 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/#support?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Feature Requests</a></li>
<li>💰 <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/get-maspik-pro-for-free-share-your-expertise/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">Recive Pro for free</a></li>
<li>💖 <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-forms-anti-spam/reviews/#new-post" rel="ugc">Support us with 5 stars review</a></li>
<li>💎 <a href="https://paypal.me/yonifre" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate to support our work</a></li>
<li>✨ <a href="https://wpmaspik.com/?readme-file" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Maspik</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>🛡️ Spam Block Guarantee – for all users!</h3>
<p>We stand behind our protection! If spam is getting through your forms, Our team is here to help and guide you to block the spam.</p>
<h3>Getting Help is Easy:</h3>
<ol>
<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/maspik" rel="nofollow ugc">Community Forum</a></li>
<li>Create a new post with:
<ul>
<li>Your website URL and form page URL (optional)</li>
<li>Description of the spam you’re receiving, attach the spam submission screenshot or text</li>
<li>Your Maspik version</li>
<li>Screenshot or export of your current spam settings</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Our team will guide you to block the spam effectively!</p>
<h3>Getting Started 🚀</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>Installation</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Search for “Maspik” in WordPress plugins</li>
<li>Click Install & Activate </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Basic Setup</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Go to Maspik Settings</li>
<li>Enable desired protections</li>
<li>Save changes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Advanced Configuration</strong> (Optional)</p>
<ul>
<li>Add custom spam phrases</li>
<li>Toggle relevant settings for each field type</li>
<li>Set up phone validation</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Playground</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Test your settings with the playground form and in the live form</li>
<li>Check the spam log to see if spam is being blocked</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>


Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection


Easily the best solution for fighting spam. Their support is top notch as well.


Excellent solution

🛡️ No more fake leads, and unwanted spam - Every email will be real and valuable (For all Contact-forms/Comments and Registration forms).

Apio systems – Honeypot for Contact Form 7 vs Maspik – Ultimate Spam Protection