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