This guide walks you through real-world anti-spam tactics you can use right now—especially if you’re using WordPress form plugins on a dedicated WordPress site or WordPress website.
What’s Really Causing the Spam?
Most WordPress forms come with the basics, but not real protection or built-in spam features. A site owner came to us after noticing an uptick in spam submissions, spam entries, and form spam in WordPress—and it turned out their contact form, registration form, and other WordPress form plugins had no active modern anti-spam protection at all.
That’s like leaving your front door wide open to spam bots, automated spam, or spammers using IP addresses, email addresses, and common spam patterns.
Here’s How to Stop It
Add Google reCAPTCHA
One of the best spam prevention and anti-spam features to block bots.
- Works with all major form plugins
- Choose v3 (invisible) or v2 (checkbox)
- Add your site keys in form settings
- Activate across all important forms
Use Akismet Anti-Spam
A powerful anti-spam plugin that filters out spam automatically.
- Integrates with Gravity Forms, WPForms, and Ninja Forms
- Requires an API key (easy to set up)
- Just toggle it on inside your form settings
Enable Honeypot Protection
Bots will fall into this trap—users won’t even know it’s there.
- Available in most form plugins
- Add it with one click from form settings
- No CAPTCHA required for users
Use Conditional Logic for Filtering
Advanced but powerful.
- Block submissions with certain keywords, flagged as spam, fake domains, or odd behavior
- Examples:
→ Block if the message contains “viagra”
→ Hide the submit button if the email ends in .ru
- Available in Pro versions of most form builders
The Results?
After applying these simple tweaks:
- Spam dropped drastically
- Real users had zero friction
- Forms stayed clean, fast, and accessible
Want to lock down your WordPress forms—without frustrating your users?