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Anti-Spam Plugins Share a Common Honeypot Spec

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Anti-Spam Plugins Share a Common Honeypot Spec

A small interoperability note so two spam plugins do not both hide a field and both miss it. Forms authors asked. A few vendors answered.

by Sam Calder·June 7, 2026·0 Comments

Honeypots that collide are how a contact form eats a grant application. A shared spec for the hidden field name is unglamorous infrastructure.

If your anti-spam plugin still invents a unique field every release, it is not protecting you. It is fighting the other plugin you installed on Tuesday.

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