*** Forbidden. Message seems to be spam

Hello @mwerker,

False positives cause checkboxes on your form. We suggest to exclude them from being passed for checking. To do this, use the “Field Name Exclusions” option in the plugin settings, as shown in the screenshot. Clear the site’s cache.

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Yo! thank you very much /

but why does it happen suddenly these days?
this checkbox exists a long time in the form //

You’re welcome.

This has become the case in the new 6.43 version of the plugin. I have passed the information on to the developers to look into the issue.

If you have a moment, could you please leave us some feedback? We would be very grateful.
https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/cleantalk-spam-protect/reviews/

I am facing this issue today with my form, please help! I am also using Fluent Forms. Will you have an update ASAP today?

Hello @nelsonleemiller,

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to release a new update today. To fix this issue, please follow these recommendations: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/forbidden-message-seems-to-be-spam-5/#post-18081315

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I rolled back the plugin to version 6.4.2 which is solving the problem for now.

Thank you for your feedback @nelsonleemiller.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Hello @mwerker, @nelsonleemiller

We have fixed the issue.

Please, re-install the CleanTalk Anti-Spam from this archive:
https://github.com/CleanTalk/wordpress-antispam/releases/download/fix-version/cleantalk-spam-protect.zip

The update guide is here if you need it:
https://cleantalk.org/help/update-wordpress

We really appreciate your feedback, please, let us know if everything works well.

Hello @mwerker, @nelsonleemiller

We have released a new version 6.43.1 which contains fixes for this issue.

Please let us know if this helped you.