Title: Hidden Field
Last modified: June 9, 2026

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# Hidden Field

 *  Resolved [bagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bagnall/)
 * (@bagnall)
 * [5 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-field-19/)
 * Hi, I’m trying out WPForms Lite and the WAVE accessibility tool flagged up that
   there is a hidden field in the form I created. Your documentation explains it
   is for data gathering. If I don’t want to use it and want to remove it from the
   form, how do I do that please?

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 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [3 days, 16 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-field-19/#post-18934919)
 * Hi [@bagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bagnall/) ,
 * Thanks for reaching out!
 * What WAVE is detecting might be our anti-spam honeypot field. It’s a hidden text
   input that bots often fill in (since they can’t tell it’s invisible), which allows
   WPForms to silently filter out spam submissions without displaying a CAPTCHA.
 * If you’d prefer to remove it, you can do so in the form builder. Simply open 
   your form, go to **Settings » Anti-Spam & Security**, and toggle off the **Anti-
   spam honeypot** option, then save the form.
 * Just keep in mind that disabling it may increase spam submissions slightly, so
   you may want to consider enabling another anti-spam option instead: [https://wpforms.com/docs/how-to-prevent-spam-in-wpforms/](https://wpforms.com/docs/how-to-prevent-spam-in-wpforms/)
 * If disabling the honeypot doesn’t resolve the issue, please share a link to the
   page where the form is embedded so we can take a closer look.
 * I hope this helps!
 *  Plugin Support [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * (@amjadali688)
 * [1 day, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-field-19/#post-18936831)
 * Hi [@bagnall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bagnall/) ,
 * We haven’t heard back from you in a few days, so I’m going to go ahead and close
   this thread for now. But if you’d like us to assist further, please feel welcome
   to continue the conversation.
 * Thanks!

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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Amjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amjadali688/)
 * Last activity: [1 day, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hidden-field-19/#post-18936831)
 * Status: resolved