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cloudgrayau/cleantalk
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CleanTalk Anti-Spam for Craft CMS

1.1.2(5mo ago)050[1 issues](https://github.com/cloudgrayau/cleantalk/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.0|^8.2

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CleanTalk for Craft CMS
=======================

[](#cleantalk-for-craft-cms)

CleanTalk Anti-Spam for Craft CMS.

[![Screenshot](resources/cleantalk.png)](resources/cleantalk.png)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4.0.0 or later.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require cloudgrayau/cleantalk`

CleanTalk Overview
------------------

[](#cleantalk-overview)

CleanTalk is an anti-spam utility for protecting forms, user registrations and comments in Craft CMS.

A valid API key from the [CleanTalk Service](https://cleantalk.org/) is required to use this plugin.

Protection
----------

[](#protection)

The CleanTalk plugin protects the following services from spam and includes an optional bot detector script that offers greater spam detection.

### User Registration Protection

[](#user-registration-protection)

Protects user registrations from spam.

### Form Protection

[](#form-protection)

Protects form submissions from spam. The current form integrations are protected:

**✓ Formie** -
**✓ Freeform** -
**✓ Contact Form** -
**✓ Wheel Form** (> 4.0.2) -
**✓ Express Forms** (no longer maintained) -
**✓ Custom Forms** - requires custom programming

### Comment Protection

[](#comment-protection)

Protects comment submissions from spam. The current comment integrations are protected:

**✓ Comments** -
**✓ Custom Comments** - requires custom programming

### Firewall Protection

[](#firewall-protection)

Coming soon in a later release.

Custom Protection
-----------------

[](#custom-protection)

Any form or comment logic can be protected by CleanTalk via a custom plugin/module controller.

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Brought to you by [Cloud Gray Pty Ltd](https://cloudgray.com.au/)

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance70

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~155 days

Total

5

Last Release

172d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ac0122f7a7aab3787d35057daeb1ca626f9d27611e17af984b41fb0e288bd117?d=identicon)[cloudgrayau](/maintainers/cloudgrayau)

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Top Contributors

[![cloudgrayau](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43738347?v=4)](https://github.com/cloudgrayau "cloudgrayau (22 commits)")

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Tags

securitycmsCraftcraftcmscraft-pluginanti-spamcleantalk

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