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Spam Prevention for WP Contact Form 7 and WordPress Comments.\nThis plugin adds a small code snippet to determine page scroll and add dynamically a unique token.\nIt also supports the \"Contact Form 7 Database Addon - CFDB7\" and prevents contact form submissions from being saved if validation fails.<\/p>\n\n

If the token doesn't exists while submitting or call directly API then the incoming request will be rejected.<\/p>\n\n

You can see how it works on SiteLint<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Upload \/contact-form-7-prevent-spam<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory or install \"Spam Prevention for Contact Form 7 and WordPress Comments\" plugin in WordPress.<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n
  3. That's all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

    1.3.24<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Ensure <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      <<\/p>\n\n

      aside> gets accessible name through aria-labelledby.<\/p>\n\n

      1.3.23<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Make logo visually hidden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        1.3.22<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Determine when the event source was from the user or dispatched via EventTarget.dispatchEvent()<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          1.3.21<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Add hidden field on the user action only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            1.3.20<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Added deterministic anti-spam tokens for WordPress comments and Contact Form 7 submissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

              1.3.19<\/h4>\n\n
                \n
              • Preventing false-positive \"Sending mail has been aborted\" errors in Contact Form 7 when no wp_footer() hook is available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                1.3.18<\/h4>\n\n
                  \n
                • Adjusting styles for a logo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                  1.3.17<\/h4>\n\n
                    \n
                  • Updating styles for a logo to make it accessible WCAG SC 2.5.8: Target Size (Minimum) (Level AA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                    1.3.16<\/h4>\n\n
                      \n
                    • Updating the README.txt about \"Contact Form 7 Database Addon - CFDB7\" support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                      1.3.15<\/h4>\n\n
                        \n
                      • Supports the \"Contact Form 7 Database Addon - CFDB7\" and prevents contact form submissions from being saved if validation fails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                        1.3.14<\/h4>\n\n
                          \n
                        • Updating Plugin Name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                          1.3.13<\/h4>\n\n
                            \n
                          • Retesting with WordPres 6.8.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                            1.3.12<\/h4>\n\n
                              \n
                            • Wrap SiteLint logo into <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                              <<\/p>\n\n

                              aside>.<\/p>\n\n

                              1.3.11<\/h4>\n\n
                                \n
                              • Retesting with WordPres 6.8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                1.3.10<\/h4>\n\n
                                  \n
                                • Retesting with WordPres 6.7.1<\/li>\n
                                • Changing the plugin thumbnail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                  1.3.9<\/h4>\n\n
                                    \n
                                  • Adjusting and shortening link text to SiteLint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                    1.3.8<\/h4>\n\n
                                      \n
                                    • Fixing \"class SLSP_SiteLintSpamPreventionPublic does not have a method \"handleWpCommentFormSubmitAction\"\"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                      1.3.7<\/h4>\n\n
                                        \n
                                      • Uploading version verified on WordPress 6.4.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                        1.3.6<\/h4>\n\n
                                          \n
                                        • Set lowest priority for adding SiteLint logo using PHP_INT_MAX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                          1.3.5<\/h4>\n\n
                                            \n
                                          • Fixing reference to the method handleSubmitContactForm7FormAction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                            1.3.4<\/h4>\n\n
                                              \n
                                            • Code formatting and updating version info; Tested up to: 6.3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                              1.3.3<\/h4>\n\n
                                                \n
                                              • Use wp_print_footer_scripts instead of wp_footer to print code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                1.3.2<\/h4>\n\n
                                                  \n
                                                • Call add_action before function declaration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                  1.3.1<\/h4>\n\n
                                                    \n
                                                  • Code formatting and updating version info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                    1.3<\/h4>\n\n
                                                      \n
                                                    • Change add_action to do_action; return $submission in handleSubmitContactForm7FormAction function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                      1.2<\/h4>\n\n
                                                        \n
                                                      • Replace empty string for \"action\" attribute in the <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                        <<\/p>\n\n

                                                        form> with a valid URL \"#\"<\/p>\n\n

                                                        1.1<\/h4>\n\n
                                                          \n
                                                        • Determine, if whole contact form is rendered within current browser viewport and if so then apply solution immediately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                                                          1.0<\/h4>\n\n
                                                            \n
                                                          • Initial version of the Plugin<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Spam Prevention for WP Contact Form 7 (manage multiple contact forms) and WordPress Comments.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/170528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170528"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/ctomczyk"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=170528"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=170528"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=170528"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=170528"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=170528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}