MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA – Contact Form 7 Image CAPTCHA, WPForms Image CAPTCHA, Formidable Image CAPTCHA, GDPR
Add a GDPR-ready image CAPTCHA and honeypot to Contact Form 7, WPForms, and Formidable Forms. Fight spam!
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Actively maintained • Last updated 25 days ago
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Description
MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA delivers fast, accessible spam protection for Contact Form 7, WPForms, and Formidable Forms with a GDPR-friendly image CAPTCHA and honeypot. Visitors simply pick the requested icon while bots are blocked by hashed answers, honeypots, and server-side validation that expires stale keys automatically.
The free version focuses on the essentials so you can drop a CAPTCHA into Contact Form 7, WPForms, or Formidable Forms in seconds. Every other integration, style option, and advanced security toggle lives in the Pro version.
Why choose MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA
- Unique server-side keys mean the correct icon can’t be scraped from the markup.
- Native integrations for CF7, WPForms, and Formidable—no DIY HTML fragments or template edits.
- No reliance on third-party services, reCAPTCHA quotas, or external JavaScript widgets.
Free Spam Protection Features
- Contact Form 7 image CAPTCHA shortcode/tag button for quick insertion
- WPForms drag-and-drop field that adds the CAPTCHA without code
- Formidable Forms shortcode support
- Built-in honeypot and server-side spam validation with daily cleanup
- Keyboard-friendly radio buttons and screen-reader instructions for accessibility
Step-by-step instructions
Contact Form 7
- Go to Contact Contact Forms and edit your form.
- Click the MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA tag button or manually insert
[pbmfasic]. - Save the form.
WPForms
- Edit your form in WPForms All Forms.
- In the Standard Fields panel drag the MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA field into your form (drop it above the submit button for the best UX).
- Save the form.
Formidable Forms
- Edit your Formidable form and add an HTML field where you want the CAPTCHA to appear.
- Inside that HTML field paste the shortcode
[pbmfasic]. - Save the form
Go PRO!
PRO Demo
See the image captcha spam protection demo on our support page.
Explore the customizable CAPTCHA pro version for more information.
PRO Features:
- All free features
- Gravity Forms, Elementor Pro Forms, WooCommerce
- WordPress login/registration/password, and native comments
- GDPR compliant
- ADA/a11y/WCAG compliant with audio support
- Reverse honeypot
- Submission speed checks
- AJAX refresh
- Icon randomization
- Custom icons: Use Font Awesome icon fonts or SVGs
- Full stylistic control (colors, sizes, borders, messaging, layout)
Installation
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin in the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Add the CAPTCHA to your forms:
- Contact Form 7: insert
[pbmfasic](or use the tag button). - WPForms: Drag the MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA field into your form.
- Formidable Forms: Drop an HTML field and place
[pbmfasic]inside it.
- Contact Form 7: insert
Frequently Asked Questions
Contact Form 7, WPForms, and Formidable Forms. Every other integration (Gravity Forms, Elementor Pro, WooCommerce, WordPress login/comments, etc.) is part of MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA Pro.
Not in the free version. All customization controls—including icon selection, colors, layout, AJAX toggles, and error text—are unlocked in Pro.
Yes. The challenge uses keyboard-friendly radio buttons, clear on-page instructions, and ARIA labels. Audio prompts and deeper accessibility tuning are part of the Pro version.
Yes. Validation runs server-side and submission keys expire automatically, so cached pages continue to work normally.
Absolutely. MultiForm Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA works independently and adds another validation layer alongside tools like reCAPTCHA or Akismet.
Every challenge generates a unique key, hashes the correct icon with your site salt, and stores it in the database. Bots can’t scrape the answer from the markup, and stale keys are purged daily to prevent replay attacks.
Yes, both the free and pro versions support WPML.
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Changelog
1.0.0 – 2025-12-03
- Initial release of the limited free version.


