{"id":24277,"date":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/joomla-stop-spam-from-your-contact-form\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T06:18:17","slug":"joomla-stop-spam-from-your-contact-form","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/joomla-stop-spam-from-your-contact-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Joomla: Stop spam from your contact form"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This guide provides you with steps to secure your Joomla contact for and prevent spamming.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong>&#8211; Login to your Joomla Admin<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your admin dashboard by default is accessed \u00a0via<\/span> https:\/\/yourdomain.co.za\/administrator <span style=\"color: #000000;\">unless you configured it differently.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong>&#8211; In the top menu, select <strong>System\u00a0<\/strong>\u2192 <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 235px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038809361\/original\/h46hMaO2s9wTOwHI82b7-0C_nqPApfH6iw.png?1585298907\" height=\"269\" data-id=\"33038809341\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; Select <strong>Contacts<\/strong> <span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u2192<\/span><strong>Form\u00a0<\/strong>and set the send copy to submitter to <strong>Hide<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 498px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038811022\/original\/Dh5pN4pSYvrisRM6tSU89drj6S5gCrlNOg.png?1585301992\" alt=\"Joomla: Stop spam from your contact form\" width=\"1797\" height=\"325\" data-id=\"33038810973\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong> &#8211; Click <strong>Save\u00a0<\/strong>to save the changes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 469px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038810962\/original\/L-OVu5hcGrZeQ_7mYfNK4VIpTLLDCa7hDQ.png?1585301856\" height=\"298\" data-id=\"33038810887\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>TIP:\u00a0<\/strong>More articles regarding Joomla can be found<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge?post_type=post&amp;s=Joomla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide provides you with steps to secure your Joomla contact for and prevent spamming. \u00a0 Step 1&#8211; Login to your Joomla Admin Your admin dashboard by default is accessed \u00a0via https:\/\/yourdomain.co.za\/administrator unless you configured it differently. 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