Berestov Anti-spam for Contact Form 7

Berestov Anti-spam for Contact Form 7 adds a lightweight, privacy-friendly anti-spam layer without modifying Contact Form 7 core files.

Features:

• Layered anti-spam protection designed for real-world form traffic.
• Fresh protection data can be refreshed on rendered forms, which helps on cached pages.
• Front-end assets load only where protected forms are present.
• Optional diagnostic logging to the plugin log file.
• Built-in statistics for allowed and blocked requests.
• Optional WordPress comment protection module.

1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
3. Make sure Contact Form 7 is installed and active.
4. Go to Settings > CF7 Anti-spam and keep protection enabled.

1. 

   Plugin settings page.

1.0.35

• Refined public request parsing to read only expected anti-spam fields.

1.0.34

• Restored cached form challenge refresh support with allowlisted unit tags.

1.0.33

• Restricted public request parsing to allowlisted anti-spam fields.

1.0.32

• Addressed WordPress.org review feedback for admin assets, metadata, and output handling.
• Renamed the 24-hour statistics row for clarity.

1.0.31

• Reduced implementation detail in admin and readme text and cleaned duplicate 1.0.30 entries.

1.0.30

• Show statistics only for enabled protection modules.
• Unified legacy CF7 passed statistics with modern behavior.

1.0.29

• Fixed WordPress comment protection token validation by switching comments and challenge refresh to the same shared anti-spam token store.

1.0.28

• Fixed comment protection token handling to use the shared challenge token store.

1.0.27

• Removed the hard dependency on Contact Form 7 so the comments module can be used independently.
• Refined the admin interface styling with cleaner native WordPress sections and reduced visual framing.

1.0.26

• Refined the admin interface layout and visual styling for a cleaner native WordPress look.

1.0.25

• Refined the settings UI and improved the statistics layout.

1.0.24

• Improved comment-module debug logging and frontend loading hygiene.

1.0.23

• Added optional WordPress comment protection module.
• Expanded protection statistics with today, 7-day, 30-day, and all-time ranges.
• Split protection statistics per module for Contact Form 7 and comments.

1.0.22

• Improved legacy fork blocking and fallback challenge refresh when admin AJAX is restricted.
• Reduced duplicate challenge refresh requests and improved legacy spam response messaging.

1.0.18

• Added a behavior marker layer for pointer, touch, and keyboard interaction.
• Added protection statistics for passed and blocked submissions.
• Fixed asset versioning so the front-end script version matches the current plugin version.

1.0.17

• Improved admin hints for clarity and accuracy.

1.0.16

• Adjusted minimum submission time window for better UX.

1.0.15

• Improved REST compatibility and challenge handling.

1.0.12

• Fixed compatibility with Contact Form 7 REST API submissions.

1.0.10

• Added diagnostic logging system.

1.0.0

• Initial release.