About WP Armour (Extended)
Say goodbye to spam on your WordPress site with WP Armour and its powerful companion, WP Armour Extended—a dynamic duo designed to shield your forms from bots effortlessly. The free WP Armour plugin offers a simple, effective honeypot solution that silently traps spam submissions without bothering your users with captchas or puzzles. Perfect for bloggers and small businesses, it activates with one click and protects comments, registrations, and popular form plugins (like Fluent Forms), all while staying lightweight and GDPR-compliant.
For those needing more robust defenses, WP Armour Extended steps up with premium features that give you control and insight into your site’s spam protection. This upgrade tracks and blocks persistent bots by IP, supports advanced integrations like WooCommerce, and logs spam attempts for analysis—all for a one-time payment with lifetime access. Whether you’re running an e-commerce store or a high-traffic blog, this combo ensures your site stays fast, secure, and spam-free.
Together, WP Armour and WP Armour Extended adapt to your needs, offering a scalable solution that prioritizes user experience and site performance. From basic spam blocking to advanced bot management, this pair delivers peace of mind, letting you focus on growing your audience instead of battling spam.
David’s Note
WP Armour is my first-level “go to” tool for shielding your site’s forms from bots and spam. It does a great job, while being lightweight. It usually also means we don’t have to resort to using more intrusive options such as Recaptcha.
Key Features: WP Armour & WP Armour Extended
- Smart Honeypot Technology: Adds invisible fields to trap bots while letting real users submit forms seamlessly (WP Armour & Extended).
- One-Click Activation: Install and activate WP Armour for instant spam protection—no setup required (WP Armour).
- Broad Form Compatibility: Protects WordPress comments, registrations, BBPress, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, WPForms, and more (WP Armour).
- Extended Form Support: Adds coverage for WooCommerce checkout/registration, Easy Digital Downloads, Toolset Forms, and others (Extended).
- No Captchas, No Hassle: Eliminates user-facing verification for a smooth, frustration-free experience (WP Armour & Extended).
- GDPR Compliance: Operates without cookies, tracking, or external APIs, keeping your site private (WP Armour & Extended).
- JavaScript-Driven Defense: Uses unique, bot-thwarting honeypot fields that leverage JavaScript (WP Armour & Extended).
- Spam Logging & Insights: Records blocked submissions to confirm what’s being stopped (Extended).
- IP Blocking: Tracks and bans repeat spammer IPs to save bandwidth and server resources (Extended).
- Two-Level Spam Filter: Optional secondary check for tougher bot resistance, adjustable in settings (Extended).
- Real-Time Stats: Monitor spam activity and IP filtering directly from your dashboard (Extended).
- Bandwidth Optimization: Prevents bots from slowing your site, ensuring peak performance (Extended).
- Lifetime Premium Access: One-time payment for WP Armour Extended includes updates and support—no subscriptions (Extended).
- Lightweight Design: Both versions run efficiently without dragging down your site’s speed (WP Armour & Extended).