How a spam attack led to our best plugin
It started innocently enough—with a few strange form submissions. But within a few hours, our support system was thrown into digital chaos:
A bot flooded our Elementor contact form with thousands of spam messages.
Because the form was directly connected to our ticket system, thousands of useless tickets were generated in a very short time. Our small software team
Why we developed our own spam protection
Because existing solutions did not meet our requirements
We tested everything WordPress has to offer in terms of spam protection: free plugins, premium solutions, and even secret tips from forums. But in our complex environment with Elementor Pro, Crocoblock, WooCommerce, and custom plugins, many systems failed – or blocked legitimate customer inquiries.
Google reCAPTCHA was the only solution that was technically reliable. However, at a high price: transfer of user data to the USA, questionable GDPR compliance, hidden behavioral analyses, and additional bandwidth consumption. For us as a European company, this was not an option.
So we did what developers do when there’s no suitable solution: We developed our own spam protection.
