Title: Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot) Author: lilaeamedia Published: May 4, 2017 Last modified: January 12, 2020 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/simple-no-bot/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1650896) 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://ps.w.org/simple-no-bot/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1650704) # Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot) By [lilaeamedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lilaeamedia/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-no-bot.2.2.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-no-bot/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-no-bot/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-no-bot/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-no-bot/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/) ## Description Simple No-Bot uses javascript to detect if Contact Form 7 is being submitted by a spam bot. We wrote this when clients were reporting hundreds of bogus contact forms were getting past Honeypot, but did not want to add a captcha that would impact conversions. This lightweight script has been extremely effective for eliminating spam messages from Contact Form 7 (and other forms) submissions. It does not pretend to be a complete anti spam solution. ### IMPORTANT SNB REJECTS SUBMISSIONS UNLESS THE USER INTERACTS WITH THE FORM. In earlier versions of SNB, the submit button was disabled until this threshold was met. You can now set this option in wp-config.php (see below). In most cases it will be enabled after the user starts typing in the first field. It has not broken your form. Please report any feedback and false negatives/positives on our support form at http://www.lilaeamedia.com/contact/ before posting a crappy review. Thanks. ### New! Improved! You can now hook Simple No Bot into any form. The filter below will return TRUE if bots are detected. ``` $is_spam = FALSE; // you can use whatever flag is being used by your plugin. $is_spam = apply_filters( 'snb_test_spam', $is_spam ); ``` We have added additional analysis to detect pesky bots that can mimic browsers and run scripts. SNB now keeps a list of IPs as they are flagged as spam and automatically fails them. The oldest IPs are pruned when it reaches 100 (or SNB_MAX_SPAM_IPS, see below). You can pass ?snb_flush=true as Admin to flush all spam IPs. You can disable the submit button until the event threshold is reached by adding the following flag to wp-config.php: ``` define( 'SNB_DISABLE_SUBMIT', TRUE ); ``` Other configurable options: ``` define( 'SNB_SPAM_THRESHOLD', 2 ); // maximum score before being considered spam define( 'SNB_MIN_EVENTS', 2 ); // minimum number of events required to fetch token define( 'SNB_BLOCK_SPAM_IPS', TRUE ); // use IP blocking on hard fails define( 'SNB_SPAM_IP_LIFESPAN', 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 ); // time before spam ips expire - default 30 days define( 'SNB_MAX_SPAM_IPS', 100 ); // max number of IPs to store before rotating define( 'SNB_SESSION_LIFESPAN', 60 * 30 ); // time token is valid to send message - default 30 minutes

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``` Please report any feedback and false negatives/positives on our support form at http://www.lilaeamedia.com/contact/ (c)2019 Lilaea Media ## Installation 1. To install from the Plugins repository: 2. * In the WordPress Admin, go to “Plugins > Add New.” * Type “simple no-bot” in the “Search” box and click “Search Plugins.” * Locate “Simple No-Bot Captcha Alternative for Contact Form 7” in the list and click “Install Now.” 3. To install manually: 4. * Download the IntelliWidget plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple- no-bot/ * In the WordPress Admin, go to “Plugins > Add New.” * Click the “Upload” link at the top of the page. * Browse for the zip file, select and click “Install.” 5. In the WordPress Admin, go to “Plugins > Installed Plugins.” Locate “Simple No- Bot Captcha Alternative for Contact Form 7” in the list and click “Activate.” ## FAQ Why not just use Recaptcha 3? Google is great and all, but with every recaptcha, font, map or tag you use, you are passing each visitor’s usage information to Google and strengthening their control over the web. How does it work? The browser automatically generates data from input events and passes it to the server via XHR. The server generates a unique token, stores a session in a transient record and returns token to the browser. The browser then injects a new input field to WPCF7 form that contains token. When form is submitted, SNB rejects the form if no corresponding transient exists (among other things). Does it work without Javascript No. Contact forms will fail if Javascript is not enabled. Does it require cookies? Not currently. We may add more behavioral analysis if the latest generation of JS- empowered bots continues to proliferate. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/85abfd5afcc4dd65459a7942d80d95b6ec72985105e07f520060a8fd98cdec2d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not worked in contact form 7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-worked-in-contact-form-7/)󠁿 [Heena](https://profiles.wordpress.org/heena1/) March 11, 2019 1 reply Not worked. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f5eb60bf17632689c37cf8ad9537a2d1d6f75980f4b0f12809ef82a503717900? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Broke my contact form](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broke-my-contact-form/)󠁿 [garrettw](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garrettw/) September 21, 2017 After I installed this, no test message I tried to send myself would go through. Every attempt was met with the orange-border error message, indicating a spam fail. My comment blacklist was empty, so that couldn’t have been the cause. Plus, the same message worked fine after disabling this plugin. Besides, Contact Form 7 added nonce verification in version 3.1, so I guess I shouldn’t need this anyway. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfe855c0e66fe3da07575178dcbc3f9b6b0b91d535b92306c2424e6ce3ead730? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Spam Stopper!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-stopper-2/)󠁿 [springerstudios](https://profiles.wordpress.org/springerstudios/) May 9, 2017 At some point, honeypot stopped filtering spam on our client sites. We installed this and the bogus emails stopped. Highly recommended. Thanks Lilaea Media! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ lilaeamedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lilaeamedia/) [Translate “Invisible Anti Spam for Contact Form 7 (Simple No-Bot)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-no-bot) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-no-bot/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/simple-no-bot/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-no-bot/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/simple-no-bot/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog 2.2.4 More super secret Turing tweaks. 2.2.0 Removed the hash comparison and added super secret Turing device. 2.1.5 Disabling the submit button before user interaction is now optional. Reduced minimum events to 2. 2.1.3 Added general plugin support. Strenghened hashing and XHR protocol. Added spam IP list. Added debug log. 1.0.5 Simplified validation 1.0.2 Change wp nonce functions to wpcf7 nonce functions 1.0 Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.2.5** * Last updated **6 years ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.3.21** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tags * [bot blocker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bot-blocker/)[contact form 7](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7/) [invisible reCaptcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/invisible-recaptcha/) [spam blocker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam-blocker/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-no-bot/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-no-bot/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ lilaeamedia ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lilaeamedia/) ## Support Got something to say? 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