Elementor Forms: Reject Messages Containing Links
Refuses Elementor Pro form submissions whose text areas contain web links, which stops most contact-form spam without a captcha.
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// How many links a message may contain.
$wpide_el_max_links = 0;
$wpide_el_link_message = 'Please remove links from your message.';
add_action( 'elementor_pro/forms/validation', function ( $record, $ajax_handler ) use ( $wpide_el_max_links, $wpide_el_link_message ) {
$fields = $record->get( 'fields' );
foreach ( (array) $fields as $id => $field ) {
if ( ! isset( $field['type'], $field['value'] ) || 'textarea' !== $field['type'] ) {
continue;
}
$links = preg_match_all( '#(https?://|www\.)\S+#i', (string) $field['value'] );
if ( $links > $wpide_el_max_links ) {
$ajax_handler->add_error( $id, $wpide_el_link_message );
}
}
}, 10, 2 );Notes
Raise $wpide_el_max_links to 1 if customers often need to paste a single link.
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