If you are tired of dealing with contact form spam and looking for a simple yet effective solution, then 👇
Download the ✨Honeypot for Contact Form 7✨ plugin right NOW!
Don't take our word for it; look at our massive community of 400,000+ WordPress users who trust this anti-spam plugin to prevent Contact Form 7 spam submissions without compromising user experience.
Wait, there is more to it! 😃👇
Unlike traditional methods like using CAPTCHA for WordPress Contact Form 7, the honeypot plugin works silently in the background. By adding an invisible honeypot field to your contact form, it catches spam bots without bothering your visitors.
Plus, the plugin's submission time check feature further enhances Contact Form 7 spam prevention by blocking bots that submit forms too quickly.
Simply put, with this honeypot contact form solution, you can rest assured that only legitimate submissions reach your inbox.
- Install using the Wordpress "Add Plugin" feature -- just search for "Honeypot for Contact Form 7".
- Confirm that Contact Form 7 is installed and activated. Then activate this plugin.
- Edit a form in Contact Form 7.
- Choose "Honeypot" from the CF7 tag generator. Recommended: change the honeypot element's ID.
- Insert the generated tag anywhere in your form. The added field uses inline CSS styles to hide the field from your visitors.
Altering the Honeypot Output HTML [ADVANCED]
While the basic settings should keep most people happy, we've added several filters for you to further customize the honeypot field. The three filters available are:
wpcf7_honeypot_accessibility_message
- Adjusts the default text for the (hidden) accessibility message (can now be done on the settings page).
wpcf7_honeypot_container_css
- Adjusts the CSS that is applied to the honeypot container to keep it hidden from view.
wpcf7_honeypot_html_output
- Adjusts the entire HTML output of the honeypot element.
For examples of the above, please see this
recipe Gist.
2.1.7 October, 13, 2024
- Fixed compatibility issues with CF7 6.0
- Tested compatibility with latest WordPress (Version 6.7)
2.1.6 October, 05, 2024
- Fixed compatibility issues with CF7 6.0
2.1.5 September, 25, 2024
- Removed warning from CF7 when honeypot is added.
2.1.4 August, 22, 2024
- Added new dependency feature.
- Localized date settings in settings page
- Added new datatable which shows a honeypot used in from or not.
2.1.3 July 01, 2024
2.1.2
Changed contributor to WPExperts
2.1.1
Fixes small bug when enabling in bulk with other plugins.
2.1
Added new feature: additional submission time check to improve bot-stopping power! Also, fixed small HTML issue and tidied up shortcode interface.
2.0.5
Improved backwards compatibility. Solves issues when plugin installed on older versions of CF7.
2.0.4
Better error checking for missing config problems.
2.0.3
General code cleanup, better adherence to WP coding standards and fixes for i18n functions.
2.0.2
Replaced text domain constant with plain string for better i18n compatability.
2.0.1
Hotfix for issue with options not being set on upgrade.
2.0
A significant update with a bunch of new things. Please see the
release notes.
1.14.1
Minor update to change name to comply with CF7 copyright notice.
1.14
Added do-not-store for when forms are stored in the DB (i.e. Flamingo). Improved wrapper ID masking and customization.
1.13
Additional functionality to improve spam-stopping power.
1.12
Introduces ability to force W3C compliance. See
here for details.
1.11
Addresses accessibility concerns regarding a missing label and disables autocomplete to prevent browser autocomplete functions from filling in the field.
1.10
Updates for Function/Class changes related to CF7 4.6. Removed plugin local language support, instead use
translate.wordpress.org.
1.9
Added i18n support, French language pack. Thx chris-kns
1.8
Added wpcf7_honeypot_accessibility_message and wpcf7_honeypot_container_css filters, i18n support.
1.7
Provides backwards compatibility for pre-CF7 4.2, introduces ability to remove accessibility message.
1.6.4
Quick fix release to fix PHP error introduced in 1.6.3.
1.6.3
Updates to accommodate changes to the CF7 editor user interface.
1.6.2
Small change to accommodate validation changes made in CF7 4.1.
1.6.1
Small change to accommodate changes made in CF7 3.9.
1.6
Quite a lot of code clean-up. This shouldn't result in any changes to the regular output, but it's worth checking your forms after updating. Also, you'll note that you now have the ability to add a custom CLASS and ID attributes when generating the Honeypot shortcode (in the CF7 form editor).
1.5
Added filter hook for greater extensibility. See installation section for more details.
1.4
Update to make compatible with WordPress 3.8 and CF7 3.6. Solves problem of unrendered honeypot shortcode appearing on contact forms.
1.3
Update to improve outputted HTML for better standards compliance when the same form appears multiple times on the same page.
1.2
Small update to add better i18n and WPML compatibility.
1.1
Small update for W3C compliance. Thanks
Jeff.
1.0.0