parisgirl
Member
I don't want to use recaptcha because it's just not user friendly because the images are so hard to read. But I don't want spam.
Is there any other way to block spam? I've heard good things about plugin wp-spamfree, and it looks like it gives a better 'are you human' test. Will it work with gravity?
Are there other options? Thanks.
None of the anti-spam plugins on WordPress.org work with Gravity Forms because they are designed to work with your WordPress comments, not forms.
Another anti-spam option is available in the latest version of Gravity Forms. You can find it under the Advanced tab in the Form Settings for each individual form (edit a form, hover over the title/description and choose Edit and then the Advanced tab). It's called the Anti-Spam Honeypot. Check it to turn this feature on. See this screenshot (2nd to last checkbox):
What this feature does is adds a hidden field to your form that tries to entice spam bots to fill out. If the field is filled out, the entry isn't saved.
This will prevent human powered spam and a lot of people don't realize that a large percentage of spam isn't bots at all... it's actual people filling out the form and real people can defeat captcha, honeypots, etc. because it's not a bot.
We do plan on releasing an Akismet integration add-on eventually.
