{"id":18862627,"date":"2026-03-25T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/getting-too-much-spam-through-contact-form-7-need-help\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:07:01","slug":"getting-too-much-spam-through-contact-form-7-need-help","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/getting-too-much-spam-through-contact-form-7-need-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Too Much Spam Through Contact Form 7 \u2013 Need Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m using <strong>Contact Form 7<\/strong> on my WordPress site, and recently I\u2019ve been getting <strong>a lot of spam submissions<\/strong>. It\u2019s becoming hard to manage and I want to prevent it without affecting legitimate users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve tried basic solutions like reCAPTCHA, but spam still gets through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does anyone have <strong>effective ways to reduce spam in Contact Form 7<\/strong>? Plugins, settings, or best practices would be really helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks in advance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18862627","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18862627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18862627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18862627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}