Spam robots

I had the same issue… this is getting frustrating and reason for me to find another solution.

Please share what plugin you used to replace this with.

I use it but…. I block spammers and robots with another plugins and without captcha.
First: https://www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/
Second: https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-security-and-firewall-plugin

And I use yet:
https://perishablepress.com/blackhole-bad-bots/
https://bad-behavior.ioerror.us
https://perishablepress.com/block-bad-queries/

Just to chime in here..

There also are plugin versions of the Blackhole and BBQ scripts:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/blackhole-bad-bots/
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/block-bad-queries/

Hey guys thanks so much for your replies. Will try them out!! Have a great weekend