how do I block spam from contact forms without upgrading?

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    websitewanda · Member ·

    I do not want to upgrade to a wordpress.org business site but I may have to if the only way to effectively block spam from infiltrating my contact forms is to add a plug in. I’d like to know if there is a good option on my. current WordPress.com site. This is a recent phenomenon. Thanks!

    WP.com: Yes
    Jetpack: No
    Correct account: Yes

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  • machellie · Staff ·

    Hi there, @websitewanda!

    All sites on WordPress.com are protected from by Akismet, which is a system that’s constantly learning on how to combat this kind of activity. Akismet is our built-in spam filter. This feature is automatically active on your site. If spam gets through our filter, you can flag feedback from the Form block as spam.

    1. Go to Feedback → Form Responses in your WordPress.com dashboard.
    2. Locate the form response and hover over the sender’s name.
    3. Click Spam to report the form response as spam.

    Additionally, to protect your form submissions from spam and unwanted content, you can add keywords, usernames, IP addresses, email addresses, and more to the Disallowed Comments section. This section is available from Settings → Discussion.

    Feedback matching the words added to Disallowed Comments will be sent directly to Trash within the Feedback section.

    Let me know if you have any questions!

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