Title: Formidable Honeypot Author: WP-Biz (Ryan) Published: June 25, 2014 Last modified: June 25, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/formidable-honeypot/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=938182) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/formidable-honeypot_8e6e46.svg) # Formidable Honeypot By [WP-Biz (Ryan)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wp-biz/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/formidable-honeypot.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable-honeypot/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable-honeypot/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable-honeypot/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable-honeypot/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/) ## Description The “honeypot” technique for SPAM protection is invisible to humans, and tricks robots into filling out an invisible form field. Then, if that invisible field has been filled, the form cannot be submitted. Easy, non-instrusive SPAM protection. No settings to set, this honeypot is added to all Formidable forms on your site, unless the user is logged in. When SPAM is suspected, the form will not be submitted and the visitor will be alerted to this fact. Tested to work with both **Formidable** (free) and [Formidable Pro](http://www.wpbiz.co/go/forms)( best bet for awesome form power!) **A note to Formidable Pro users:** You paid to receive extra features in the Formidable plugin. Me too, it’s well worth it. This Honeypot plugin, and Ryan (the developer) are not connected to Formidable in any way. Since this adds another very helpful feature to Formidable, I ask you to send a [donation at WPbiz.co](http://wpbiz.co/donate/) to say thanks and encourage future developemnt. ## Screenshots [⌊Nothing to see here, but enough to trap robots.⌉⌊Nothing to see here, but enough to trap robots.⌉[ Nothing to see here, but enough to trap robots. ## Installation 1. Upload and activate the plugin. 2. It will automatically add honeypot protection to all Formidable forms. ## FAQ Can SPAM still sneak through somehow? Sure, it’s possible. There’s no way to know exactly how every spam bot works. Or in some cases, SPAM messages can be filled in by real people. Will it ever block real people by accident? Again, it’s possible. One way it could happen is if the user has an “auto-fill” feature on their browser. We will be doing our best to prevent this from happening, but there’s never a guarantee. There is a message that tells people their response was not successful, so at least they know it happened and can contact you directly. Does it work with both Free and Pro versions of Formidable? Yes, it adds a honeypot to all forms, regardless of whether you have the [Pro](http://www.wpbiz.co/go/forms) or Free versions of Formidable. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/544b0fa928e1127ddf310077109516397e352ca168968f03c5441f7571109710? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-4380/)󠁿 [BenSiskoRock](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bensiskorock/) September 3, 2016 This is a great plugin!! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Formidable Honeypot” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ WP-Biz (Ryan) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wp-biz/) [Translate “Formidable Honeypot” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/formidable-honeypot) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable-honeypot/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/formidable-honeypot/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/formidable-honeypot/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/formidable-honeypot/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2 * Date: June 25, 2014 * Improved Readme Documentation * Minor tweak to avoid PHP warnings (not errors) #### 0.1 * Date: June 24, 2014 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **0.2** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **400+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Tags * [captcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/captcha/)[formidable](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/formidable/) [honeypot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/honeypot/)[spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable-honeypot/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ WP-Biz (Ryan) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wp-biz/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formidable-honeypot/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://wpbiz.co/donate)