Guides
Fixing contact form spam, honestly.
What CAPTCHAs miss, the free fixes worth trying first, and where a filter like Ascue fits in.
How to stop WPForms spam
Why WPForms spam gets past CAPTCHAs, the free settings worth turning on first, and what to do about the sales pitches no anti-spam setting catches.
Read the guideHow to stop Contact Form 7 spam
The free fixes for Contact Form 7 spam (reCAPTCHA, Akismet, honeypots and the disallowed list), what each one misses, and how to handle human-written pitches.
Read the guideHow to stop Webflow form spam
What Webflow's built-in form protection does, what it can't catch, free ways to cut the junk, and how to sort the sales pitches that still arrive.
Read the guideHow to stop SEO pitch emails from your contact form
Why "your site isn't ranking" pitches get past every spam filter, the free fixes that help, and how to keep them out of your inbox without losing leads.
Read the guideHow to remove the CAPTCHA from your contact form
CAPTCHAs cost real visitors time and still let sales pitches through. How to take yours off without letting the bots back in: what to keep, what to check first, and what to watch afterwards.
Read the guideWhat to do when a bot floods your contact form
Hundreds of form notifications overnight? What to do in the first ten minutes, how to slow the bot down without punishing real visitors, and how to be ready for the next attack.
Read the guideContact form best practices: what your customers notice
The small things that decide whether a customer finishes your form and hears back in time: what you ask, what they have to solve, what happens after send, and how fast you answer.
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