How to prevent Wordpress contact form 7 spam?

**brassmonkey** · 11-18-2013, 07:56 AM

Originally posted by mineistaken

Thinking or recapcha plugin + askimet. Too much?
It is very important to prevent all the spam but also not to stop legit submits (I heard that askimet sometimes stops legit submits).

put your email on a image?

**mineistaken** · 11-18-2013, 08:02 AM

Unfortunately this needs to be contact form this time.

**ottopottomouse** · 11-18-2013, 10:27 AM

Add a question.

**ottopottomouse** · 11-18-2013, 10:29 AM

http://contactform7.com/quiz/

**mineistaken** · 11-19-2013, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by ottopottomouse

Add a question.

Problem is that somehow bots go through questions. Its impossible for them to guess the answer randomly, but they go through like question did not exist.
Thats why I was contemplating using askimet ON TOP of that. Not only askimet. But in this case some people can not go through.
And in this case I need accuracy:
that 100% bots would be stopped and 100% real people would go through.

**mineistaken** · 11-20-2013, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by ottopottomouse

http://contactform7.com/quiz/

Any chance for bots to pass it without entering correct answer? Like I mentioned, I had similar thing (not this plugin) and some bots (very few though) passed like it was not there. I am 100% sure they did not guess correct answer because it was impossible to know answer if you were not actual human).

**ottopottomouse** · 11-20-2013, 12:45 PM

I've not noticed anything getting through and have mostly been using simple maths questions.

**candyflip** · 11-20-2013, 01:03 PM

It's akismet.

**Antonio** · 11-20-2013, 01:11 PM

use keycaptcha, they are fun and I don't see bots breaking them that easy

**Rochard** · 11-20-2013, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by ottopottomouse

http://contactform7.com/quiz/

Freaking awesome. I love it.

**sinclair** · 11-20-2013, 02:05 PM

http://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-captcha/

works for me

**rogueteens** · 11-20-2013, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by Antonio

use keycaptcha, they are fun and I don't see bots breaking them that easy

**selena** · 11-20-2013, 02:52 PM

I use a quiz, and haven't had any problems with that. I use math problems.

**Arnox** · 11-20-2013, 02:58 PM

Math problems for me: not one spam contact form.

**garce** · 11-20-2013, 03:45 PM

Stop using Wordpress?

**PMProducoes** · 11-21-2013, 01:19 AM

captcha + math problems + cloudflare

**mineistaken** · 11-21-2013, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by PMProducoes

captcha + math problems + cloudflare

Too much would piss off visitors. Not smart to do that

**just a punk** · 11-24-2013, 04:55 AM

A lot ways to prevent spam from contact forms. E.g. add a hidden token which is counted on the request IP, or simple encode your form with JavaScript.

**freecartoonporn** · 11-24-2013, 09:18 AM

Originally posted by CyberSEO

A lot ways to prevent spam from contact forms. E.g. add a hidden token which is counted on the request IP, or simple encode your form with JavaScript.

what he said.

and

add a invincible field .
if field is not empty = spam.

**brentbacardi** · 11-24-2013, 10:29 AM

Originally posted by freecartoonporn

what he said.

and

add a invincible field .
if field is not empty = spam.

Negative captcha?

**mineistaken** · 11-25-2013, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by freecartoonporn

what he said.

and

add a invincible field .
if field is not empty = spam.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Now all of that would be too much..
Maybe captcha + invincible field would suffice?

Or what combo of 2 would you guys suggest?

How to prevent Wordpress contact form 7 spam?

How to prevent Wordpress contact form 7 spam?

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