Honeypot for Contact Form 7
Honeypot for Contact Form 7 adds honeypot non-intrusive anti-spam functionality to CF7 forms.
Overview
Compatibility
Installation instructions
Customer support & learning resources
Changelog
Main benefits
Basic honeypot anti-spam
Optional submission time check
No ugly captcha needed
Tracks spam submissions
No user data tracking
About this plugin
Author: WPExperts.io
Categories: Forms and Surveys
Version: 2.1.3
Last updated: 01-07-2024
WordPress version: 4.8
Tested up to: 6.5.5
PHP version required: 5.6
Languages: English (Australia), English (Canada) [+19]
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Overview
This plugin is an addon for the Contact Form 7 (CF7) WordPress plugin that provides basic honeypot anti-spam functionality to protect against spambots without using captchas. It works by adding an additional form field that, when filled out by a bot, flags the submission as spam. The plugin also includes a submission time check to further catch bots that submit forms too quickly. It requires CF7 version 3.0+ and is recommended to use with Flamingo for tracking spam submissions. The plugin does not collect or store user data and supports translation through the translate.wordpress.org page. For better performance, users are advised to keep both WordPress and CF7 updated to the latest versions.
Honeypot Anti-Spam Functionality
- Adds an invisible field to forms that bots are likely to fill out, flagging them as spam.
- Helps to thwart spambots without the need for captchas.
Submission Time Check
- Rejects form submissions that are completed too quickly, as bots typically submit forms in 1-2 seconds.
- Allows users to define the time threshold for valid submissions.
Compatibility and Recommendations
- Requires Contact Form 7 version 3.0+ and recommends version 5.3+ for better spam logging.
- Works best with the latest versions of WordPress and Contact Form 7.
Privacy and Data Handling
- Does not track users, store user data, send data to external servers, or use cookies.
- Requires Contact Form 7 and adheres to its privacy policies.
Rating and reviews
Arcusweb
02 Jul, 2024
<font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>La dernière version de Honeypot for Contact Form 7, la version 2.1.3, comporte une alerte de sécurité de l’antivirus Avast : script:snh-gen. En conséquence, j’ai dû réinstaller l’ancienne version. J’espère qu’il s’agit d’un bug et non d’un changement de propriétaire du plugin.</font></font>
UPDATE : In fact, the problem stems from the contact form and the fact that it appears at the same time as the latest update is pure chance. So, if others are reading this topic, the culprit is contact form 7.
C.Thierry
This topic was modified 2 weeks, 4 days ago by Arcusweb.
silenceno1
25 May, 2024
The “plugin” does what it is supposed to do, namely keep SPAM away. It also works flawlessly with the current WordPress version 6.5.3.
A small tip for those who still receive SPAM:
Uses at least three hidden fields in different positions within the form
Give the hidden fields realistic names
Activate the time check
Additionally use the label “Quiz” of Contact Form 7
Deactivate the autoresponder of Contact Form 7
After six months, we still don’t receive a single SPAM mail.
Thank you very much for such an ingenious, privacy-friendly “recapcha” alternative!
agnegne
19 Mar, 2024
Good choice if don’t want to use recapcha
balvan64
05 Feb, 2024
I tried every configuration possible. I added one Honeypot field, added several, tried it with or without a timer, with different time limits, with IDs and names that look legit. Whatever I did, the bots always knew to skip it, and it just doesn’t do anything. It never stopped a single spam submission.
I am giving one star so others won’t waste so much time as I did trying to figure out why it doesn’t work, or what they did wrong.
iCounsellorUK
23 Oct, 2023
Excellent implementation of a “honey pot”. Of course, one has to know what one’s doing to customise this plugin’s use (I made a couple of adjustments for my site’s circumstances), but top marks for such a straightforward idea. It works!
