WPForms spam protection for WordPress in 5 minutes

January 17, 2024

While using WPForms, always be sure to use the most effective Anti-Spam plugin. Read the guide below and learn 4 steps for complete WPForms spam protection.

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 the WPForms Contact Form but many others.

Download CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin | Download WPForms Contact Form

How to install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam plugin to stop WPForms spam

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 WPForms Contact Forms from spam.

Check if your WPForms spam protection works

You can test the work of your spam protection 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, comment; we will be happy to help you.

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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, feedback, contacts, and 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, etc.

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

Comments

11 responses to “WPForms spam protection for WordPress in 5 minutes”

June 18, 2021

Eric Grey

Hey, I’m having a problem where CleanTalk is actually blocking the submission of a WPForm on my website. Have you heard of this? Do you have any ideas about how I might fix it?

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June 23, 2021

Serge

Hello, Eric.
We are working on fixing this issue. We have replied to you in the private ticket:
https://cleantalk.org/my/support
I recommend continuing our communication in the ticket.
Thank you.

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January 14, 2022

Charlie Walker

Hi, I have 3 forms on my WP website, through Visual Form Builder, can you tell me if CleanTalk will prevent the dozens of spam completed forms I receive everyday? I don’t understand the ‘How to test..’ section. I am not an IT worker just a website owner
Regards Charlie

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1. January 14, 2022
  
  Anton Mishin
  
  Hello, Charlie.
  
  Yes, the CleanTalk plugin will protect your forms from spam.
  Please, follow this installation guide: https://cleantalk.org/help/install-wordpress
  You don’t have to be a tech-savvy person to use our anti-spam. The plugin should work right out of the box.
  
  Did it help you?
  
  Thank you.
  
  Reply
September 4, 2024

Dickson

I’m still getting emails from spam form submissions even after adding stop words, blacklisting countries etc. What could be the issue?

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1. September 5, 2024
  
  Denis Shagimuratov
  
  Could you have a chance to check Anti-Spam log https://cleantalk.org/my/show_requests ? Are these emails recorded in the log? If not, please check the installation instruction https://cleantalk.org/help/install-wordpress
  
  Does it help?
  
  Reply
October 15, 2024

Bjorn

Hi, I’ve just succesfully installed cleantalk on my WordPress website with WP Forms. However, when I try to submit a form with the test emailadres (s @ cleantalk.org), the form is still submitted like normal/ not blocked. Do I need to enable anything else in WP Forms?

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October 15, 2024

Almaz M

Hello,

I’ve tested your website contact form with *@cl*******.org and was blocked. Please make sure that you are testing protection while not being logged as an administrator.

Thank you!

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1. October 15, 2024
  
  Bjorn
  
  Yes it’s working now thank you!
  
  Reply
December 4, 2024

tree trimming company

How does this compare to Akismet? I use it on my WordPress blog and it seems to work ok. But spam still sneaks through on occasion.

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1. December 5, 2024
  
  Denis Shagimuratov
  
  Hello,
  
  We do our best to filter all SPAM (even submitted by real visitors). But the only way check if CleanTalk works for to test it! https://cleantalk.org/help/install-wordpress
  
  Drop us a message if you still have spam.
  
  Reply