CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7

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1. ★★★★★ vadimm5

   2mo ago

   I highly recommend installing this plugin. It works great. It’s minimized spam. If anyone is plagued by spam messages, this plugin is a great solution. The plugin is excellent, as is the technical support. I contacted their support team, and the issue was thoroughly investigated and resolved. Their support team is very quick and efficient. Thanks, guys. Keep going!

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2. ★★★★★ BMWeb

   3mo ago

   Great plugin! The support is fast, helpful, and very friendly. Highly recommended.

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3. ★★★★★ flx0

   3mo ago

   The honeypot either don’t work at all, or is blocking everything for no reason, with everything detected as spam. ContactForm7 is a truely good plugin. But instead of adding new broken/useless features everywhere (AI generated forms ? seriously ?), please juste make sure the basics work fine. Honeypot never worked. Adding a simple 2+2 = ? was infinitely more efficient in blocking spam.

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4. ★★★★★ JeyC

   4mo ago

   Very good plugin, we use it since years. The support is very good and fast. Perfect for all of our website.

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5. ★★★★★ jumzoid

   7mo ago

   I’ve been using the plugin for several months now and haven’t had any issues, other than maybe the entries logs don’t have as much detail as I’d like. Overall though, it think it’s a great system to consolidate a number of useful features like they have, with the settings in one place. What took me up to 5 stars was the awesome support I got when I found a small frontend bug. The team were straight on it and sent me a beta plugin to test the fix within a day (which worked perfectly, I might add). With a dedicated team like that, I can see this plugin only getting better and better.

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6. ★★★★★ Michael

   10mo ago

   This used to be a nice and simple plugin. Now it’s rebranded to CF7 apps with banners, notifications, additional menu items, and pushing other plugins (which I don’t need or want).

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7. ★★★★★ jimk1416

   10mo ago

   Great support and follow up. Worked through an issue until it was resolved in a timely manner. Great plugin, highly recommend.

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8. ★★★★★ Abdullah Ramzan

   10mo ago

   If you’re using Contact Form 7, you need this plugin. It quietly stops spam entries without any extra setup — works perfectly and saves tons of time.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.6.1 TWEAK – Added additional information and improvements to Spam Detection. FIX – Fixed an issue where Webhooks could interfere with form submissions. FIX – Improved compatibility of the Dynamic Honeypot feature introduced 3.6.1
2. — Version 3.6.0 NEW – Added dynamic field names in Honeypot. IMPROVEMENT – Improved the Entry View popup responsiveness. TWEAK – Improved the visibility and appearance of the sidebar in dashboard. FIX – Removed Form Data availability fo 3.6.0
3. — Version 3.5.0 NEW – Introduced AI Form Generator. 3.5.0
4. — Version 3.4.0 NEW – Introduced Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Integration. IMPROVEMENT – Enhanced Entries View for multiple fields in Contact Form 7 and improved submissions display in View Entries. IMPROVEMENT – Optimized query for bet 3.4.0
5. — Version 3.3.2 IMPROVEMENT – CF7 Apps were not visible on individual forms during form creation. IMPROVEMENT – Added Roadmap and Documentation icons to the CF7 Apps dashboard header. IMPROVEMENT – Added a “Spam Stopped” count message i 3.3.2
6. — Version 3.3.1 IMPROVEMENT: Updated the Webhook App Card Description. 3.3.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 29 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Plus 5 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-09-18 400K+ → 300K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-09-16 300K+ → 400K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-15 400K+ → 300K+ down after 155 days in tier
4. 2025-04-13 300K+ → 400K+ up after 134 days in tier
5. 2024-11-30 400K+ → 300K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Gravity Forms Zero Spam 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
• Honeypot Anti-Spam 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• SilentShield – Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce) 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
• Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Send Denial 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C
• Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7: 300K+ active installs, 3.8★ (135 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-26. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/contact-form-7-honeypot