Gravity Forms Zero Spam

About Gravity Forms Zero Spam

This Gravity Forms add-on is a non-obtrusive way to block spam and can send you a summary report of the spam. It's an alternative to the Gravity Forms honeypot field and reCaptcha, and you can enable or disable filtering for specific forms. It requires Gravity Forms to work.

Frequently asked questions

What does this Gravity Forms add-on do?

This Gravity Forms add-on blocks spam using a non-obtrusive anti-spam measure and can email a spam report summary.

How can I get started with this plugin?

To get started, all you need to do is activate the plugin!

Is the Gravity Forms honeypot field not working for you?

Zero Spam is better than the Gravity Forms anti-spam honeypot field. If you're getting spammed, try this plugin.

Why should I use this plugin instead of reCaptcha?

reCaptcha is user-hostile! Use this instead! Users don't need to click stoplights, crosswalks, or bicycles when you use this plugin to stop spam.

Can I enable or disable the plugin for specific forms?

If you only want the plugin for specific forms, that's possible! The plugin adds a simple 'Prevent spam using Gravity Forms Zero Spam' setting to each form (requires Gravity Forms 2.5 or newer).

Changelog

1.4.6 on January 7, 2025

Fixed: Fatal error on PHP 7.2 and older

1.4.5 on November 28, 2024

Fixed: PHP deprecation warning when using Gravity Forms 2.8 or newer

1.4.4 on October 15, 2024

Improved: Submissions by users who have the capability to edit Gravity Forms entries are no longer processed by Zero Spam (thanks for the idea, @richardjb62!)
Fixed: Use GMT time for spam summary email reports to make sure the report is sent at the correct time

1.4.2 & 1.4.3 on October 10, 2024

Improved: Sanitized form ID in JavaScript
Modified: Changed the text domain for strings to gravity-forms-zero-spam to match the plugin slug
Fixed: Added missing Text Domain header for translation

1.4.1 on November 10, 2023

Fixed: Conflict with the Gravity Forms Stripe Add-On

1.4 on April 24, 2023

Added: Spam summary email reports are now available! Receive a helpful email summarizing spam messages received. To enable, from your Dashboard, go to Forms, then Settings, then Zero Spam to enable and configure this feature.
- Choose when to send the report (threshold-based or frequency-based)
- Customize the report message
- Works with any spam messages, not just those blocked by Zero Spam
Added: A setting to globally enable or disable Zero Spam by default (default: Enabled)

1.3 on February 18, 2023

Gravity Forms 2.7 added improved spam blocking in 2.7. Keep this plugin installed—it won’t hurt, and we’re about to add some great new features soon! ❤️ Thanks to Richard Wawrzyniak for the code updates in this release.

Added: Support for API submissions (which don’t have a form submit action)
Fixed: Gravity Forms 2.7 support
Fixed: PHP 8.0 warnings
Tested with WordPress 6.2

1.2.3 on August 11, 2022

Tweak: Changed the autocomplete on the hidden field to new-password instead of off. Thanks for the suggestion, Ross!

1.2.2 on August 11, 2022

Improved: Prevent autocomplete on the hidden field. This may help prevent some reported false-positives.
Tested with WordPress 6.0.1

1.2.1 on February 16, 2022

Improved: Don’t check for spam on the Gravity Forms Preview page
Tested with WordPress 5.9

1.2 & 1.2.0.1 on December 10, 2021

New! Added a per-form setting “Prevent spam using Gravity Forms Zero Spam” that enables or disables Gravity Forms Zero Spam from processing! Check out the FAQ to learn how to use this setting. Note: this feature requires Gravity Forms 2.5 or newer.

1.1.3 on August 9, 2021

Enhancement: Adds an entry note when an entry is marked as spam. Thanks to Gravity Forms for the enhancement!

1.1.2 on July 5, 2021

Fixed: Entries going to spam on websites that have plugins that override random password generation. Thanks, @thomascharbit!

1.1.1 on April 22, 2021

Fixed: Script not being correctly loaded using Gravity Forms’ inline JavaScript

1.1 on April 21, 2021

Improved: The JavaScript code that adds the spam-catching field is now output at the same time as Gravity Forms’ inline JavaScript.
- The script is only loaded when forms are displayed
- jQuery is always available because Gravity Forms loads it as-needed

1.0.7 on March 18, 2021

Fixed: All entries marked as spam for AJAX-enabled forms. Sorry, folks! Won’t happen again.
Went back to using jQuery to listen to form submissions.

1.0.6.1 on March 15, 2021

Fixed: JavaScript “null is not an object (evaluating ‘el.addEventListener’)” error on pages without a form

1.0.6 on March 11, 2021

Improved: No longer requires jQuery
Fixed: Only checks for spam on submissions that were submitted by a form, not for entries created programatically

1.0.5 on February 16, 2021

The Gravity Forms Zero Spam plugin is now maintained by GravityKit. We look forward to continuing to improve this simple, effective spam blocker for Gravity Forms. Thanks to GoWP for their great work!

Improved: Only add anti-spam JavaScript when the Gravity Forms plugin is active
Fixed: Sanitized key, in case there were any unsafe characters generated by overriding the random_password filter.
Fixed: Made GF_Zero_Spam::deactivate a static method
Updated: Now using the wp_print_footer_scripts action to add the script (was wp_footer)

1.0.4

Should fix ‘jQuery undefined’ errors

1.0.3

Added support for multi-page forms (thanks, @supporthero)

1.0.2

Update FAQ and compatibility notes in readme.txt

1.0.1

Fix issue with forms not submitting after an initial validation error

1.0.0

Initial version