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  • Contact Form 7 Spam Protection for WordPress

    Contact Form 7 Spam Protection for WordPress

    Once you created your contact form using Contact Form 7 you actually may get spam and still need a Contact Form 7 Spam Protection for WordPress.

    Once CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin is installed it starts to protect all of the existing forms on your WordPress website. It may not only be Contact Form 7 contact forms but many others.

    How to install Contact Form 7 Spam Protection for WordPress

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

    Adding CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin to your WordPress website

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

    Searching for CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin in WordPress

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

    Installing and activating CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin to protect your Contact Form 7 forms from spam

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

    Configuring CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin to protect your Contact Form 7 forms from spam

    That’s it! From now your WordPress website and Contact Form 7 form are protected from spam.

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    How to test your Contact Form 7(CF7) spam protection

    You can check if CleanTalk Anti-Spam properly protects your Contact Form 7 from spam 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.

    Testing your Contact Form 7 spam protection

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

    Create your Cleantalk account – Register now and enjoy while CleanTalk protects your Contact Form 7 form from spam

    Update

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

    Update 2

    Here are pros and cons of reCAPTCHA for Contact form 7.

    Additional features

    • CleanTalk protects all forms at once: comments, registrations, feedbacks, contacts, reviews.
    • Installation takes about 1-2 minutes.
    • Smart 100% protection against spambots.
    • Always online – 24/7 technical support.
    • Logs, personal lists, country filters, stop-words and many another.