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WP Max Submit Protect

Prevent large forms being submitted that may blow the server's field count limit and lose data.

By Jason Judge·Forms·Free
5(7 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 10 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Max Submit Protect is a WordPress forms plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPForms – Easy Form Builder for….

5/57 reviews
400active installs
14K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Some appications, such as ecommerce sites, can have administration forms that submit well over a thousand
parameters. PHP, by default, is set to accept only one thousand parameters and so some of the submitted data can get lost.

Most applications don’t check whether they received everything, and so data can get broken easily and silently.
A WooCommerce product with 40 variations can have over 1300 submitted form items, and when saving the product you have no idea that much of that data is being discarded.

Luckily the maximum number of accepted parameters can be changed in php.ini
The problem is, many site owners have no idea this needs to be done until it is too late and their application,
for example their WooCommerce store, has lost half its product variations.

If using php.ini on…

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Ratings & Reviews

57 reviews
5 ★
7
4 ★
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3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 1.1.2

  • Issue #10: Disable the inline JS in the header if the enqueued JS library link has not completed. This can happen if another plugin (e.g. Gravity Forms) disables the JS for all other plugins to avoid having to play nicely with them. This worries me.
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Contributors

Jason JudgeJason Judge
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.2
Last Updated
Jul 30, 2015
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
4.2.39
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
400
Downloads
14K+
Added
Jan 11, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

formswoocommercedata-integrity

Developer

J
Jason Judge
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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