OptionWeb

OW Forms is a modern WordPress form builder for sites that prioritize performance, accessibility, and GDPR compliance. Built by OptionWeb for production use on client sites, it ships with a JSON-driven schema engine, a REST-based submission pipeline, and a curated set of 16 field types — text, email, tel, URL, number, textarea, select, radio, checkbox, checkbox-group, date, time, datetime, file upload, hidden, and rating — plus auto-injected GDPR consent and anti-spam fields.
The anti-spam stack runs four layers in parallel: a visually-hidden honeypot input that bots fill but humans never see, a time-trap that rejects submissions completed faster than a configurable threshold, a multi-provider CAPTCHA layer (Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha, or Friendly Captcha), and optional OW Shield IP reputation scoring with a disposable-email blocklist. Every signal is logged so you can tune thresholds without flying blind. Submissions that score above 80 are silently rejected — no error message, no honeypot leak.
GDPR compliance is native, not bolted on. Every form gets a consent checkbox linked to your privacy policy, IP addresses can be stored pseudonymized or not at all, user agents are SHA-256 hashed by default, and a daily cron purges submissions older than your retention window (CNIL default: 1095 days). When OW Consent is active, OW Forms wires into its DSAR endpoint — erasure requests automatically delete matching submissions by email hash, with full audit trail. Submission emails are SHA-256 hashed with a plugin-owned salt (option <code>owfo_dsar_salt</code>, generated once at activation) so the database never holds plaintext PII linkable across systems, and DSAR erasure keeps working even after <code>wp config shuffle-salts</code>.
The one-click Contact Form 7 importer parses every CF7 form in your database, builds the equivalent OW Forms schema (preserving recipient, subject, and field types), and rewrites every <code>[contact-form-7 id="..."]</code> shortcode in your posts to <code>[owfo_form id="..."]</code>. Email notifications support HTML or plain text with <code>{{token}}</code> interpolation, optional auto-reply, signed outbound webhooks (HMAC-SHA256), and a Gutenberg block in addition to the shortcode and REST API.
<h3>External services</h3>
OW Forms relies on optional third-party CAPTCHA services to protect form submissions 
from spam. None of these services are contacted unless you explicitly enable a 
CAPTCHA provider in OW Forms → Settings → Anti-spam.
The OW Shield integration is fully local — when the OW Shield plugin is installed 
and active on the same site, OW Forms reads its IP reputation score from the local 
database/cache. No request leaves your server for this lookup; OW Shield itself 
may contact its own reputation service, which is disclosed in the OW Shield readme.
The Friendly Captcha widget JavaScript is bundled with OW Forms under 
 assets/js/vendor/ (no external CDN is hit at page render). Source: the upstream 
MIT-licensed package at https://github.com/FriendlyCaptcha/friendly-challenge — 
the files shipped here are the official npm <code>friendly-challenge@0.9.18</code> build 
outputs (<code>widget.module.js</code> and <code>widget.module.min.js</code>, unmodified, renamed to 
 friendly-challenge-0.9.18.module.js / <code>friendly-challenge-0.9.18.module.min.js</code> 
to make the version explicit in the filename). Both the minified and the 
human-readable non-minified source are shipped per WordPress.org Plugin Check 
requirements.
When a CAPTCHA provider is enabled, OW Forms loads the vendor’s JavaScript widget 
on pages that render a form, and posts the challenge solution back to the vendor’s 
verification API when a visitor submits the form. The data sent to the vendor is 
limited to: (a) the challenge token generated client-side by the vendor’s widget, 
(b) the visitor’s IP address (passed through to the vendor for fraud scoring), and 
(c) the site’s API secret key configured in the settings.
<h4>Cloudflare Turnstile</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it is: a CAPTCHA / bot-mitigation service by Cloudflare, Inc.</li>
<li>When data is sent: only when <code>spam_captcha_provider</code> is set to <code>turnstile</code>, and 
only on form submission. The widget JS is also loaded on every page that renders 
a form.</li>
<li>Data sent: Turnstile challenge token, visitor IP, your Turnstile secret key.</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA v3</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it is: an invisible CAPTCHA / risk-scoring service by Google LLC.</li>
<li>When data is sent: only when <code>spam_captcha_provider</code> is set to <code>recaptcha_v3</code>, and 
only on form submission. The widget JS is also loaded on every page that renders 
a form (this is how reCAPTCHA v3 builds its risk score).</li>
<li>Data sent: reCAPTCHA token, visitor IP, your reCAPTCHA secret key. Google may 
also collect additional telemetry as described in their privacy policy.</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://policies.google.com/terms</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>hCaptcha</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it is: a privacy-focused CAPTCHA service by Intuition Machines, Inc.</li>
<li>When data is sent: only when <code>spam_captcha_provider</code> is set to <code>hcaptcha</code>, and 
only on form submission. The widget JS is also loaded on every page that renders 
a form.</li>
<li>Data sent: hCaptcha token, visitor IP, your hCaptcha secret key.</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://www.hcaptcha.com/terms</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<h4>Friendly Captcha</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it is: a privacy-first, proof-of-work CAPTCHA service by Friendly Captcha GmbH 
(Germany). No user puzzle, no tracking cookies.</li>
<li>When data is sent: only when <code>spam_captcha_provider</code> is set to <code>friendly_captcha</code>, 
and only on form submission. The widget JS itself is bundled with OW Forms (not 
loaded from an external CDN); only the verification request reaches the vendor.</li>
<li>Data sent: Friendly Captcha challenge token, visitor IP, your Friendly Captcha 
secret key.</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/terms/</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://friendlycaptcha.com/legal/privacy-end-users/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Outgoing webhook (admin-configured)</h4>
<ul>
<li>What it is: a URL of your choosing that OW Forms POSTs to after each submission. 
No data leaves your site until you fill the <code>webhook_url</code> setting in OW Forms → 
Settings → Notifications.</li>
<li>When data is sent: on every form submission, immediately after the admin 
notification email is dispatched. Non-blocking — your visitor’s submission 
response is not delayed by the webhook endpoint’s latency.</li>
<li>Data sent: form id, submission id, sanitized field payload (the same data 
stored in your <code>wp_owfo_submissions</code> table), site URL, ISO 8601 timestamp. 
If a webhook secret is configured, an <code>X-OWFO-Signature</code> HMAC-SHA256 header 
is added so the receiver can verify the payload origin.</li>
<li>Vendor: whoever owns the URL you configured. OW Forms has no built-in vendor 
for this — it is your responsibility to ensure the receiving endpoint complies 
with applicable privacy regulations for your submissions.</li>
</ul>

OW Forms

Modern, lightweight WordPress form builder with native GDPR compliance, anti-spam stack, and Contact Form 7 importer.

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WPBruiser (formerly GoodBye Captcha) is an anti-spam and security plugin based on algorithms that identify spam bots without any annoying and hard to read captcha images.
WPBruiser completely eliminates spam-bot signups, spam comments, even brute force attacks, the second you install it on your WordPress website. It is completely invisible to the end-user – no need to ever fill out a Captcha or other “human-detection” field ever again – and it just works!
Unlike other anti-spam plugins, which detect spam comments and signups after the fact and move them to your spam folder, which you then have to delete – using up not only your website’s resources, but your time as well, WPBruiser prevents the bots from leaving spam in the first place. The result is that your site is not only spam free, it’s faster and more secure.
In addition, WPBruiser is completely self-contained and does not need to connect to any outside service. Your logins remain yours, 100%.
WPBruiser fights Brute Force attacks and eliminates spam-bots on comments, signup pages as well as login and password reset pages. At the click of a button, you can decide which forms to protect.
<h4>Summary of WPBruiser features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Standard WordPress Login form integration</li>
<li>Standard WordPress Register form integration</li>
<li>Standard WordPress Forgot Password form integration</li>
<li>Standard WordPress Comments form integration</li>
<li>Ability to set the maximum number of characters for each comment field</li>
<li>Logging with the ability to enable/disable it</li>
<li>Automatically Block IP Addresses</li>
<li>Automatically purge logs older than a certain number of days</li>
<li>Manually white-list trusted IP Address (IPV4 and IPV6)</li>
<li>Manually block/unblock IP Addresses (IPV4 and IPV6)</li>
<li>Properly detects client IP Address when using CloudFlare, Incapsula, Cloudfront, RackSpace, Sucuri CloudProxy, AWS ELB</li>
<li>Provides statistics, reports, maps and charts with all blocked spam attempts</li>
<li>No requests to external APIs</li>
<li>Can be switched to “Test Mode” – for testing</li>
<li>Compatible with WordPress Multisite – network admin interface ready</li>
<li>Compatible with cache plugins (WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, ZenCache, WP Fastest Cache and others)</li>
<li>Invisible for end users (works in the background)</li>
<li>Does not affect page loading times</li>
</ul>
<h4>Brute Force Protection</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically detects Brute Force attacks</li>
<li>Ability to automatically block IP Addresses</li>
<li>Prevents User Enumeration</li>
<li>Ability to block most dangerous IP addresses involved in brute force attacks</li>
<li>Ability to block most dangerous Anonymous Proxy IP addresses including TOR Networks, TOR Nodes and TOR Exit Points</li>
<li>Ability to Completely Disable XML-RPC service – it seamlessly works with Jetpack plugin activated</li>
<li>Ability to Disable XML-RPC Pingbacks</li>
<li>Email notifications when a Brute Force Attack is detected</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<h4>WPBruiser Available Extensions</h4>
WPBruiser is integrated with the most popular plugins
<dl>
<dt>Contact Forms Extensions</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/contact-form-7/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Contact Form 7</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/gravity-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Gravity Forms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/ninja-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Ninja Forms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/formidable-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Formidable Forms</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/fast-secure-contact-form/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Fast Secure Contact Form</a></li>
<li><a href="" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Jetpack Contact Form (FREE – merged into the core)</a></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Membership Extensions</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/buddypress/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – BuddyPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/memberpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – MemberPress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/userpro/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – UserPro</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/upme/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – User Profiles Made Easy</a></li>
<li><a href="" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Ultimate Member (FREE – merged into the core)</a></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>eCommerce Extensions</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/woocommerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – WooCommerce</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/easy-digital-downloads/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Easy Digital Downloads</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/affiliatewp/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – AffiliateWP</a></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Email Subscriptions Extensions</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/mailpoet/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – MailPoet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/downloads/easy-forms-for-mailchimp/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBruiser – Easy Forms for MailChimp</a></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<a href="http://www.wpbruiser.com/extensions/" title="WPBruiser Extensions" rel="nofollow ugc">View all WPBruiser Extensions</a>
</blockquote>
WPBruiser is also integrated with the following plugins:
<ul>
<li>
Postmatic (https://wordpress.org/plugins/postmatic) 
WPBruiser offers protection for the entire email commenting system
</li>
<li>
Epoch (https://wordpress.org/plugins/epoch) 
WPBruiser offers protection for the entire chat and commenting system
</li>
<li>
wpDiscuz (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/) 
WPBruiser offers protection for the entire commenting system
</li>
<li>
MailChimp for WordPress (https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp) 
WPBruiser offers protection for all forms the user will create with MailChimp
</li>
<li>
Ultimate Member (https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member) 
WPBruiser offers protection for Login, Registration and Reset Password forms
</li>
<li>
Jetpack by WordPress (https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack) 
WPBruiser offers protection for JetPack Contact Form
</li>
<li>
ZM Ajax Login & Register (https://wordpress.org/plugins/zm-ajax-login-register) 
WPBruiser offers protection for Login and Registration forms
</li>
<li>
Login With Ajax (https://wordpress.org/plugins/login-with-ajax) 
WPBruiser offers protection for Login, Registration and Lost Password forms
</li>
<li>
WP User Control (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-control) 
WPBruiser offers protection for Login, Registration and Lost Password forms
</li>
<li>
PlanSo Forms (https://wordpress.org/plugins/planso-forms/) 
WPBruiser offers protection for all forms
</li>
<li>
Theme My Login (https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login) 
WPBruiser offers protection for Login, Registration and Lost Password forms
</li>
<li>
Seamless Donations (https://wordpress.org/plugins/seamless-donations) 
WPBruiser offers protection for the donation form
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Technical support</h4>
If you notice any problems by using this plugin, please notify us and we will investigate and fix the issues. Ideally your request should contain: URL of the website (if your site is public), Php version, WordPress version and all the steps in order to replicate the issue (if you are able to reproduce it somehow)
<h4>Donate</h4>
If you find this plugin useful, please consider making a small <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=XVC3TSGEJQP2U" rel="nofollow ugc">donation</a>. Thank you

WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}

An extremely powerful antispam plugin that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images.

OW Forms vs WPBruiser {no- Captcha anti-Spam}