Defer for Contact Form 7v1.3.0
Takes Contact Form 7 off the critical rendering path: moves its head scripts to the footer and loads the form CSS asynchronously. No PageSpeed hit.
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Anti-spam CAPTCHA plugin for Contact Form 7. Block bots using Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA, and built-in Arithmetic CAPTCHA challenges.
Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Protect Contact Form 7 forms from spam with Google reCAPTCHA v2, reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha or Cloudflare Turnstile.
Free CAPTCHA for every form. Invisible anti-spam plus reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile or 5 built-in CAPTCHAs for Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, comments.
Jacklabs Form Sentinelv1.0.2
Add Google reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox protection to common WordPress forms without modifying the default wp-login.php form.
WordPress speed optimization plugin to boost PageSpeed, improve Core Web Vitals, reduce TTFB and enable static HTML caching for 100/100 performance.
AEH Speed Optimization boosts site speed with caching, minification, lazy loading, and image optimization to improve performance and SEO.
Display your Contact Form 7 forms as a one-question-at-a-time chat UI. Validation and mail are delegated entirely to Contact Form 7.
See why your contact form refused a message: captcha key errors, missing captcha answers, failed e-mails, this month's checks and a 30-day copy.