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    • Login/Signup Popup Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      Login/Signup Popup Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for Login/Signup Popup Forms using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using Login/Signup Popup Forms be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be Login/Signup Popup Forms but also many others.

      Note: the protection only works with alternative cookies on.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download Login/Signup Popup Forms 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your Login/Signup Popup Forms from spam.

      How to check spam protection for Login/Signup Popup Forms

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your Login/Signup Popup Forms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your Login/Signup Popup Forms from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • How to stop spam on WordPress – eForms

      How to stop spam on WordPress – eForms

      CleanTalk added spam protection for eForms using direct form integration. So in case, if you prefer using eForms be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your eForms from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be eForms but also many others.

      Note: the protection only works with alternative cookies on.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download eForm 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «CleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your eForms from spam.

      How to check spam protection for eForms

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your eForms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your eForms from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Need help with settings or missed spam?

      If you have any issues with the plugin settings, test submissions or missed spam signups, feel free to ask for help in the comments section down below.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • User Registration Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      User Registration Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for User Registration Forms using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using User Registration Forms be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be User Registration Forms but also many others.

      Note: the protection only works with alternative cookies on.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download User Registration Forms 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your User Registration Forms from spam.

      How to check spam protection for User Registration Forms

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your User Registration Forms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your User Registration Forms from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • Effective Way to Protect Your Email Address on Your Website From Spammers With Email Encoder

      Effective Way to Protect Your Email Address on Your Website From Spammers With Email Encoder

      Protecting email addresses from spammers is an important security rule for everybody on the Internet. Since spammers can capture email addresses with their automatic bot-programs, your inbox could become a trash can for many years if it wasn’t protected enough.

      If you neglect protecting your inbox from spam, it could be filled with useless and unnecessary information. It could lead to missing important emails that might be more important to you. In some cases spam could become a dangerous malicious software that might harm your computer or your files.

      To protect your email address from spam and crawlers/parsers you can use CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin that offers encoding and hiding your email address on your website. Our module protects email addresses from automatic crawlers and spammers and prevents your address to be added to spam mailing lists.

      Other practical methods of protecting email addresses include using a symbol of comma or round brackets instead of dots, JavaScript code for hiding or encoding the addresses right inside of the HTML markup. If you use WordPress as your CMS, you can also use CleanTalk WordPress Email Encoder to hide your email address.

      CleanTalk Email Encoder & Obfuscator — is a tool for encoding and hiding of your email address from bots and crawlers. It is an additional option in the CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin.

      Generally, protection of your email address on your website and in your electronic documents is important for getting rid of a bombardment of your inbox by unwanted advertisements, fraudulent emails and preventing from being used in other malicious activities, that’s why it’s important to take measures to protect your own email address. CleanTalk Anti-Spam Plugin offers simple and effective methods of protecting your email address on your website.

    • GDPR compliance notification in comments is no longer supported

      GDPR compliance notification in comments is no longer supported

      A while back, you might have seen a checkbox in the comments of a WordPress website saying that the site visitor had read the agreement and agreed to the site’s GDPR policy. Without the checkbox, you couldn’t submit a comment.

      The feature wasn’t very popular and we decided to remove it. In the future. If you need to comply with GDPR requirements you can use other solutions to inform users.

    • Anti-Spam plugin for OpenCart 4 is finally here

      Anti-Spam plugin for OpenCart 4 is finally here

      We are glad to present the Anti-Spam protection for OpenCart 4. 100% supported and tested.
      Despite the lack of official documentation, we made it. Feel free to download and install the plugin!

      How to Install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam Extension in OpenCart 4

      1. Go to your Anti-Spam Dashboard
      2. Make backup copies of your forum files and database.
      3. Download the extension archive.
      4. Go to OpenCart Administrator Panel → Extensions → Installer → Upload the archive with the plugin.

        install module OpenCart 4

        Then install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam:

        CleanTalk module install for OpenCart 4

      5. Go to the tab Extensions → Extensions → Choose the extension type “Modules“.

        OpenCart 4 Anti-Spam plugin install

        Find the row “Anti-Spam by CleanTalk” in the table and install the plugin.

        OpenCart 4 Anti-Spam plugin install

      6. Click on Edit for Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.

        OpenCart 4 Anti-Spam plugin settings

      7. Copy the Access key from your CleanTalk Dashboard and paste it in the “Access key” field, set up the modification and press the blue button “Save”.

        OpenCart 4 Anti-Spam plugin options

      8. Do a test registration or post a test comment using the blacklisted email address: *@*******lk.org

         

        Do not perform any tests being logged in as an administrator.

        OpenCart 4 spam block

      How to Add a Website to CleanTalk Anti-Spam Dashboard 

      Please, use this guide to add a website to CleanTalk Anti-Spam Dashboard.

      Congratulations. Anti-Spam is installed!

      Please go to Dashboard to see the Anti-Spam status, add new websites, or manage existing ones!

      Please check your inbox to get your account password.

    • Kali Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      Kali Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for Kali Forms using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using Kali Forms be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be Kali Forms but also many others.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download Kali Forms 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your Kali Forms from spam.

      How to check spam protection for Kali Forms

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your Kali Forms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your Kali Forms from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • Hustle Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      Hustle Forms – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for Hustle Forms using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using Hustle Forms be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be Hustle Forms but also many others.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download Hustle Forms 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your Hustle Forms from spam.

      How to check spam protection for Hustle Forms

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your Hustle Forms by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your Hustle Forms from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • My Sticky Elements – Spam Protection for WordPress

      My Sticky Elements – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for My Sticky Elements using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using My Sticky Elements be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be My Sticky Elements but also many others.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download My Sticky Elements 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your My Sticky Elements from spam.

      How to check spam protection for My Sticky Elements

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your My Sticky Elements by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your My Sticky Elements from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.

    • Responsive Contact Form Builder – Spam Protection for WordPress

      Responsive Contact Form Builder – Spam Protection for WordPress

      CleanTalk added spam protection for Responsive Contact Form Builder using direct form integration. So in case, you prefer using Responsive Contact Form Builder be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps to protect your website from spam.

      Once the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be Responsive Contact Form Builder but also many others.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download Responsive Contact Form Builder 

      How to install CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin

      To install the Anti-Spam plugin, go to your WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Add New.

      Then enter «СleanTalk» in the search box and click the Install button for «Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk».

      After installing the plugin, click the «Activate»‎ button.

      After it is done go to the plugin settings and click the «Get Access Key Automatically» button. Then just click the «Save Settings»‎ button.

      That’s it! From now you How to completely protect your Responsive Contact Form Builder from spam.

      How to check spam protection for Responsive Contact Form Builder

      You can test the work of Anti-Spam protection for your Responsive Contact Form Builder by using a test email s @ cleantalk.org (without spaces). First, open the form in an Incognito browser tab. Fill in all the required form fields and send a form. After submitting the form, you will see a block message about the block on the form submission.

      If you have any questions, add a comment and we will be happy to help you.

      Create your CleanTalk account – Register now and protect your Responsive Contact Form Builder from spam in 5 minutes

      Update

      The protection works only for website visitors, not for website admins. Be sure to test the form protection using Incognito mode.

      Additional features

      • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
      • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
      • Smart 99% protection against spambots.
      • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
      • Logs, SpamFireWall, personal lists, country filters, stop-words, and many others.

      Discover the complete list of CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin features here.