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Rate limiting for Contact Form 7

Adds support to limit the number of Contact Form 7 form submissions per ip per period

By zazell·Rate Limit·Free
5(1 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Rate limiting for Contact Form 7 is a WordPress rate limit plugin with 500 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.9+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Booter – Bots & Crawlers Manager.

5/51 reviews
500active installs
3.4K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022

Overview

Prevent bots from spamming your inbox or otherwise inconvenient behaviour by limiting the number of times a form can be submitted from a single IP address.
Simply configure the maximum number of submissions per period and the user will not be able to submit your Contact Form 7 forms anymore.

Read full description on WordPress.org

Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress5.9+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5
PHP7.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0.7

  • bugfix
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

zazellzazell
Plugin Info
Version
1.0.7
Last Updated
Feb 4, 2025
WP Requires
5.9+
Tested Up To
6.7.5
PHP Requires
7.4+
Active Installs
500
Downloads
3.4K+
Added
Feb 13, 2022
Business
Free

Tags

rate limitcontact form 7flood protection

Developer

Z
zazell
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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