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Spam, Security & Compliance
- Enforcing a Custom Password Policy in Convert Forms
- Add Cloudflare Turnstile to your Joomla Form
- Implement the Iubenda Consent Database in Joomla with Convert Forms
- Add Custom Validations to Fields and Forms
- Add Math Captcha to your Form
- Prevent a Field From Saving in the Database
- Add hCaptcha to your Form
- Enable Double Opt-in
- Allow Form Submissions in Specific Date Range
- Ensure a Unique Value is Entered Into a
- Block Form Submissions Containing Profanity (Bad Words)
- Block Email Addresses or Email Domains
- Native Convert Forms Anti-spam Protection with Honeypot
- Add reCAPTCHA to your Form
- Create GDPR Compliant Forms
Native Convert Forms Anti-spam Protection with Honeypot
Without you having to do a thing, Convert Forms is already protecting you from form spam submissions. Since version 2.1.0 a honeypot field is added to each form by default.
What's Honeypot?
Well, it has nothing to do with a cute bear. A honeypot is a field designed to catch spammers in the same way an actual pot of honey would catch flies. It's just a hidden field placed into every form and it's designed to make form submission fail if anything is entered into it.
The vast majority of spam submissions come from automated programs called spam bots. When they see a form, they are programmed to fill in every field. And, since they can't tell a honeypot from a normal field, the honeypot gets filled in and the form submission fails.
Where can I find the Honeypot option?
The Honeypot Anti-Spam protection is by default enabled on every single form. In case you'd like to make sure it's enabled, edit your form, click on the Behavior panel from the left toolbar and make sure the Enable Anti-Spam Honeypot option is set to Yes as shown in the picture below.
Honeypots are highly effective and used by web security experts around the globe. There's a high probability that Convert Forms' native honeypot feature is all you need to prevent the majority of form spam.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I get an error saying "Honeypot field triggered" when I try to submit the form?
To test if that's the case you may need to disable auto-completion for the form or adjust your extension's configuration for the affected page. You can also visit your form in a private/incognito tab or use a second browser.
Lastly, if the issue persists you can always turn off the Honeypot Field.
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