{"id":369696,"date":"2026-09-24T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/blanc-honeypot-for-contact-form-7\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:45:57","slug":"blanc-honeypot-for-contact-form-7","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/blanc-honeypot-for-contact-form-7\/","author":23567068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.1.3","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"blanc Honeypot for Contact Form 7","header_author":"blanc","header_description":"Adds an invisible honeypot field to every Contact Form 7 form to silently reduce automated spam submissions. 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Real visitors never see or fill in this field, but simple spam bots that auto-fill every input on a page will. When the honeypot field is filled in, Contact Form 7 silently marks the submission as spam and no notification email is sent.<\/p>\n\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>No settings screen \u2014 install, activate, and it works.<\/li>\n<li>The hidden field's name is generated randomly per site, so it is harder for spam operators to learn and target.<\/li>\n<li>No CAPTCHA and no visible challenge for real visitors.<\/li>\n<li>Does nothing if Contact Form 7 is not installed or active \u2014 no admin notices, no errors.<\/li>\n<li>No external requests, no tracking, no data ever leaves your site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This plugin does not modify your form templates, and it does not guarantee that all spam will be blocked. 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