wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker

Description

Spam Protect for Contact Form 7, the ultimate solution to shield your website from the nuisance of spam and intrusive bots. With this incredible, user-friendly WordPress plugin, bid farewell to the hassle of sifting through irrelevant and unsolicited form submissions.

Gone are the days of wasting precious time on spammy data, advertisements, and unwanted contact details cluttering your inbox. Our plugin empowers you to take control effortlessly. Simply navigate to the Contact Form 7 edit screen and discover the all-new tab, exclusively designed to combat spam.

Customize your defense strategy by effortlessly adding emails, domains, or specific words and phrases to the block settings. As spammers and bots often employ consistent email domains and commonly used words for their marketing endeavors, you can now proactively prevent their mischief. Watch as their attempts to submit forms are thwarted, replaced by a sleek, custom error message of your choosing.

But worry not about blocking genuine visitors inadvertently! Our innovative log file system provides you with insightful monitoring, allowing you to identify and understand each blocked attempt. Stay confident that you're preserving the engagement of your valued audience while keeping the disruptive elements at bay.

Experience the unrivaled convenience and effectiveness of Spam Protect for Contact Form 7 today. Streamline your website's communication, protect your time, and bid farewell to spam like never before.

Installation

Step #1: Edit any CF7 form and click on Antispam Settings tab.
Step #2: Add the emails, email's domain and/or and/or words and phrases as comma seperated values that you want to block.
Step #3: Enter the message to be shown to the spammers or bots in 'Set your error message' field.
Step #4: Set Log the failed messages option to Yes in order to have a control of what you are blocking.
Step #5: Click Save

Upload spam-protect-for-contact-form7 to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Goto contact tab and Edit any CF7 form and click on Antispam Settings tab.
Add the emails, email's domain and/or and/or words and phrases as comma seperated values that you want to block.
Enter the message to be shown to the spammers or bots in 'Set your error message' field.
Step #4: Set Log the failed messages option to Yes in order to have a control of what you are blocking.
Click Save.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the plugin settings global for all forms that I have ?

No the settings are indepentent for each form.
Each form has its own antispam settings and even a different log file if needed.

Screenshots

Antispam Setting in contact form 7.

Restrict Spammer or Bot to submit the form.

Check the Log file.

Changelog

1.2.10

Removed permanently the JS implementation
Removed analyzed log request feature
Fixed log file extension to always be (.log)

1.2.9

Unknown conflict with WooComerce, removed latest features from plugin temporary until further investigation.

1.2.8

Minor bug fix, php warning in enqueue_scripts function
Readme file adjustments.

1.2.7

Minor fixes after CF7 Ver: 6.1 (latest major update)
Tested successfully with Wordpress 6.8.2

1.2.6

Tested successfully with Wordpress 6.8

1.2.5

svn file structure fixes

1.2.4

Tested successfully with Wordpress 6.6

1.2.3

Tested successfully with Wordpress 6.5

1.2.2

Fixed minor bug displaying false errors.
Improved field descriptions.

1.2.1

Fixed bug, custom log file didn't clear.

1.2.0

New better UI
New feature to block short links
New feature to block Top Level Domains
New feature to protect your form from blank text submitions
New feature to erase the logfile
New feature to request an analysis of your log file from our company NYSL
Improved spam text check.

1.1.9

Fixed missing variable in Log file.

1.1.8

Fixed typo in Log file.
Improved spam text detection.
Tested successfully with 6.4

1.1.6

Tested successfully with 6.3

1.1.5

Added ability to set your own filename for log.
Each Contact Form can have a different log file now.
Updated texts and descriptions in admin UI.

1.0.10

Fixed bug affecting the spaces in banned words list.

Added visitors IP address in log file.

1.0.0

First version launched

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