HI @centexcrane
We never suggested buying a pro version of Forminator, I just read this entire ticket again to make sure. I sincerely apologize if we gave that impression at any point of this conversation.
The “export” option (which would let us check form settings), Akismet integration an captcha (both reCaptcha and hCaptcha) are all included in free version of Forminator.
But getting back to the spam issue which is the main topic here:
It isn’t that simple as it may seem and even if you had “no spam” with Contact Form 7, it doesn’t mean it wouldn’t start getting it sooner or later. There’s no 100% protection, ever. Aside from getting completely offline.
However, there are certain things that can be done and those are, as described earlier:
– setting up captcha (reCaptcha or hCaptcha) – if it works correctly (but we don’t know URL of your page with the form to confirm that) it alone can significantly limit amount of spam getting through
– Akismet integration – as all the form submissions would go through Akismet spam check and be filtered by it
– additionally, in form’s “Behavior” settings there’s option to enable “Honeypot”; it’s worth enabling and can reduce spam even further as it “fools” some of the bots
These are essentials spam prevention ways that but to be able to tell more specifically about your form and Forminator we’d need to check the form and check the live page on which the form in question is.
That being sald, would you please provide us with form export file (as asked by my colleague in previous post here) and share a link to the page with form in question?
We’ll be more than happy to take a very close look at it to see what else/more could be done (regardless if it’s on our end/in the plugin code or on your site) to limit that spam further.
Kind regards,
Adam
