H. Bakhtiari

mentotex

<p>MentoGuard protects your WordPress forms from spam bots using behavioral analysis and server-side token verification — completely GDPR-compliant with no data sent to Google or any third party.</p>
<p>Currently supports <strong>Contact Form 7</strong>, with more form builders coming in future releases.</p>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>MentoGuard uses three independent protection layers:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Signed token</strong> — every form load generates a one-time server-side token. Bots submitting without loading the page are instantly blocked.</li>
<li><strong>Page time check</strong> — measures time between page load and submission entirely server-side. Bots submit in milliseconds; real users take seconds.</li>
<li><strong>Behavioral score</strong> — JavaScript tracks how the visitor interacts with the form (timing, mouse movement, keyboard vs paste, field order) and assigns a spam score.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>GDPR compliant — zero external servers, zero Google, zero third parties</li>
<li>Contact Form 7 native tag support — place [mentoguard] inside your CF7 form editor</li>
<li>Scripts load only on pages with active forms — zero SEO or page speed impact on other pages</li>
<li>Spam log dashboard — see every blocked submission with IP, score, and signals</li>
<li>Top Spammers page — aggregate view of worst offenders with one-click blacklisting</li>
<li>IP Blacklist — manually block IPs or CIDR ranges</li>
<li>Test Mode — see live spam scores without blocking anyone</li>
<li>Debug Log — step-by-step validation log for diagnosing issues</li>
<li>Preset modes — Relaxed, Balanced, Strict</li>
<li>Page time protection — configurable minimum time in seconds or milliseconds</li>
<li>Fully adjustable — enable/disable each signal, adjust point values</li>
<li>No tracking, no upsells, no phone-home</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy</h4>
<p>MentoGuard reads your local WordPress database only. It logs the IP address and behavioral score of blocked submissions. No data is sent to any external server at any time.</p>
<h4>Usage with Contact Form 7</h4>
<p>Add [mentoguard] inside your CF7 form editor, before the submit button:</p>
<p>[text* your-name]<br />
[email* your-email]<br />
[mentoguard]<br />
[submit “Send”]</p>


MentoGuard: Behavioral Spam Blocker for Contact Forms

GDPR-friendly behavioral spam protection for WordPress forms. No Google. No external servers. Zero page speed impact.

eranfl

barpachuk

clickcease

<p>Bots and invalid traffic can reach your site through paid, organic, and direct traffic, resulting in a wasted ad budget and disrupted marketing funnels.</p>
<p>Prevent bots, competitors, and malicious users from damaging your marketing performance with ClickCease, the industry-leading service that keeps your website and ads safe from fraud. Quick installation and real-time protection for all your website’s incoming traffic.</p>
<p>ClickCease protects you from invalid traffic by monitoring and protecting your:</p>
<ul>
<li>Paid traffic (Google, Facebook, & Microsoft)</li>
<li>Organic traffic</li>
<li>Direct traffic</li>
</ul>
<p>Put a stop to ad and click fraud on your website with our market-leading AI software. Allow yourself to fully focus on growing your business without having online fraud distract you.</p>
<p>You will need an active ClickCease subscription to use this WordPress plugin.</p>


ClickCease Click Fraud Protection

I'm not commenting on the ClickCease service - as far as I know, that's totally great, but this plugin is coded in the worst way imaginable. 

So much php processing and hogging of the output buffer unecessarily. 

Do not use this plugin. Just add the code to your theme's header manually. 

Worst Code Imaginable


Their support closes support requests without solving them


Strange service, no support, bad code

Protect your website and ad campaigns from bots, competitors, and click fraud with ClickCease's advanced fraud prevention and real-time monitoring.

MentoGuard: Behavioral Spam Blocker for Contact Forms vs ClickCease Click Fraud Protection