We have protected one more contact form for WordPress, this is WP Forms lite,
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk (plugin) protects all kinds of submissions posted through this form against spambots and spam posted by real visitors (with some rate of false/negatives).
Anyway, to set up the protection follow steps,
- Download and install WS Form Lite https://wordpress.org/plugins/ws-form/
- Download and install Anti-Spam by CleanTalk https://cleantalk.org/help/install-wordpress
- Go to WordPress console -> Settings -> Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.
- Click ‘GET ACCESS KEY’ button.
- Wait until the plugin synced data with the cloud.
- Copy a form short code of from WordPress console -> WS Form -> Forms.
- For example: [ws_form id=”1″]
- Post the short code in any post/page on your site.
- Go to the page as a regular website visitor (you must be logged out from WordPress console, for example use Anonymous mode in your browser).
- Test the form with whatever First, Last name and use email st********@****le.com. This is email marked to test “spam” submission.
- If everything is fine, you have a message,
*** Forbidden. Sender blacklisted. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. ***
- If not, just ask us here https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open
That’s all. Enjoy spam free website!