Title: SPAM issues
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# SPAM issues

 *  Resolved [jurgen.wolfgang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jurgenwolfgang/)
 * (@jurgenwolfgang)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/)
 * I have major spam issues. I do have captcha activated but it seems like it can’t
   prevent fake subscribers – all of them submitted by bots. I did try several plugins
   for MailChimp integration and still getting a lot of false subscriptions.
    Is
   there any improvement/implementation in the PRO version? Any advice on this will
   be really appreciated! Thanks a lot
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/)

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

 *  [Miakoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miamama/)
 * (@miamama)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550164)
 * Hi Jurgen,
    I had the same issue with my site, lots of spam, but since I installed
   goodbyecaptcha everything was blocked by this plugin. Besides the fact that blocks
   the spambots I have no captcha on my widget. That’s amazing! I think that the
   author of MailChimp for WordPress should specify somewhere, at least in FAQ page,
   that there is such plugin that offers protection for spambots without using captcha
   image. Here is the link: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/goodbye-captcha/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/goodbye-captcha/)
 * Hope it helps
 *  [devonfreitas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devonfreitas/)
 * (@devonfreitas)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550254)
 * Also having these issues, especially lately. I just added the BWS CAPTCHA plugin
   and will see if that helps. BTW, have double opt-in already enabled.
 *  Plugin Author [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550260)
 * Hi all,
 * There are various ways to prevent bots from subscribing.
 * 1) Install the BWS Captcha plugin and include `{captcha}` in your form mark-up,
   where you want the CAPTCHA field to appear.
 * 2) Enable double opt-in. This really should stop most bots from subscribing, 
   as no bot will click the confirmation link.
 * 3) Install the [Goodbye Captcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/goodbye-captcha/)
   plugin which offer an integration with MailChimp for WordPress. This way you 
   don’t even have to show a CAPTCHA in your sign-up form.
 * Hope that helps. If not, let me know!
 *  Thread Starter [jurgen.wolfgang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jurgenwolfgang/)
 * (@jurgenwolfgang)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550289)
 * [@miakoda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miakoda/), [@danny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danny/)
   
   Thank you for your suggestion. It’s been a week since I install GoodbyeCaptcha
   and works like a charm. No false subscriptions at all. Finally something that
   really works! Thanks a million!
 *  [tristadeleon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tristadeleon/)
 * (@tristadeleon)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550345)
 * Goodbye captcha is not working for me. It says its for the lite version, I have
   the pro version of this plugin. I need help – I’m getting a ton of these spam
   signups.
 *  [dnlac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnlac/)
 * (@dnlac)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550346)
 * tristadeleon,
 * I was getting more than 100 fake signups daily and I installed GoodBye captcha.
   Several days ago I’ve contacted the author and asking if he can help me with 
   the pro version of mail chimp. He was so kind and emailed me a new version of
   goodbyecaptcha which is not yet in repository. Since then the fake signups stopped
   dropped to zero. This plugin is amazing and the developer is very helpful with
   any questions.
    He also mentioned that the changes for the PRO version of mailchimp
   for WP will be available in next release. Did you contact him?

Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)

The topic ‘SPAM issues’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/mailchimp-for-wp/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1224577)
 * [MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mailchimp-for-wp/reviews/)

 * 6 replies
 * 6 participants
 * Last reply from: [dnlac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnlac/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spam-issues-2/#post-5550346)
 * Status: resolved