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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.

      Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download Contact Form by Contact Form 7 

      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.