Long time user of the plugin in multiple websites now in search for an alternative.

The takeover has been rough and now i have another plugin claiming space in the menu. I guess everything was according to the rules but still feels wrong.

The plugin does what it should but why you need to create a dashboard for your plugins.
Just public the two plugins separately and let the WordPress backed clean.

I really think this should be avoided by any Plugin or even prevent from WordPress itself. Users can simply access the settings from the plugins menu.

I don't know if it is a ego thing or something that every plugin has to have its on Menu entry and dashboard.

It feels like the plugin was captured from CF7, it appears to me like a hostile takeover, bringing bloat into my dashboard.

Worst of all, it suddenly appeared beside my plugins, never actively installed it by myself.

I've been using this plugin for several years and even published a tutorial in French (Comment configurer Honeypot for Contact Form 7) on my own website to help people set it up right.

I really liked the way it was lightweight, efficient, and non-invasive. What a pity to discover in an update: yet another totally useless dashboard.

I understand the need for upsells to fund the development process, I really do. But it pisses me off to see this enshitification something that was high-quality before.

It really makes people want to fork the plugin to clean it up.

Please bring us back the quality plugin you made, and stop with the useless option pages for pity's sake.

This used to be a simple, free, honeypot plugin for CF7

It has been taken over and now it is a useless piece of bloatware.

This used to be a really good plugin, but with the recent name change and the new and super confusing migration menu item, I'll probably say goodbye to it. What a shame.

Changing the name of the plugin CF7Apps, a bad idea, unethical, gives the misleading impression that the plugin is from the same developer as CF7.
In addition, the migration screen, misleading, adds weight to the site, disappointing.

<font style="vertical-align: inherit;"><font style="vertical-align: inherit;">La dernière version de Honeypot for Contact Form 7, la version 2.1.3, comporte une alerte de sécurité de l'antivirus Avast : script:snh-gen. En conséquence, j'ai dû réinstaller l'ancienne version. J'espère qu'il s'agit d'un bug et non d'un changement de propriétaire du plugin.</font></font>

UPDATE : In fact, the problem stems from the contact form and the fact that it appears at the same time as the latest update is pure chance. So, if others are reading this topic, the culprit is contact form 7.

C.Thierry

The "plugin" does what it is supposed to do, namely keep SPAM away.
It also works flawlessly with the current WordPress version 6.5.3.

A small tip for those who still receive SPAM:

• Uses at least three hidden fields in different positions within the form
• Give the hidden fields realistic names
• Activate the time check
• Additionally use the label "Quiz" of Contact Form 7
• Deactivate the autoresponder of Contact Form 7

After six months, we still don't receive a single SPAM mail.

Thank you very much for such an ingenious, privacy-friendly "recapcha" alternative!

Good choice if don't want to use recapcha