Akismet Anti-spam vs LeadMachine Connector

The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce. Akismet checks your comments and contact form submissions against our global database of spam to prevent your site from publishing malicious content. You can review the comment spam it catches on your blog’s “Comments” admin screen. Major features in Akismet include: Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam. Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator. URLs are shown in the comment body to reveal hidden or misleading links. Moderators can see the number of approved comments for each user. A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site. PS: You’ll be prompted to get an Akismet.com API key to use it, once activated. Keys are free for personal blogs; paid subscriptions are available for businesses and commercial sites.

LeadMachine Connector allows you to easily capture leads from your WordPress website and automatically send them to your LeadMachine CRM account. Features Easy setup – just enter your Company ID and API Key Native lead capture forms – customizable shortcode-based contact forms Newsletter signup forms – lightweight form with just name, email, and opt-in Analytics & tracking – automatic UTM, ad click IDs, and browser data collection Gravity Forms integration – connect any Gravity Form to LeadMachine Spam protection – built-in honeypot and time-based bot detection Responsive design – works on all devices AJAX form submission – smooth user experience without page reloads Automatic lead creation – leads instantly appear in your LeadMachine dashboard Tag support – automatically tag leads from different forms Customizable styling – colors, button text, success messages Blog post sync – sync posts to LeadMachine for automated email newsletters Conversion tracking – fires events for Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn, TikTok, and more Native Form Usage Install and activate the plugin Go to LeadMachine settings in your WordPress admin Enter your LeadMachine Company ID and API Key Customize your form settings Add the shortcode [leadmachine_form] to any page or post Gravity Forms Integration Already using Gravity Forms? Connect your existing forms to LeadMachine: Go to LeadMachine settings > Gravity Forms tab Enable Gravity Forms integration Select a form and map fields to LeadMachine: First Name Last Name Email Phone Company Message Optionally add tags for each form Save settings – submissions now flow to LeadMachine automatically! Shortcode Options Customize individual forms using shortcode attributes: [leadmachine_form title="Contact Us" description="We'd love to hear from you!" tags="Contact Form,Website"] Available attributes: title – Form title (overrides global setting) description – Form description text button_text – Submit button text button_color – Button background color (hex) tags – Comma-separated tags to apply to leads background – Form background color (use “transparent” for none) title_color – Title text color description_color – Description text color label_color – Form label text color Examples: Contact form: [leadmachine_form tags="Contact Form,High Priority"] Newsletter Form For simple newsletter signups, use the dedicated newsletter shortcode: [leadmachine_newsletter] This form only collects: * Full Name * Email Address * Opt-in checkbox Newsletter shortcode attributes: title – Form title (default: “Subscribe to Our Newsletter”) description – Form description text button_text – Submit button text (default: “Subscribe”) tags – Comma-separated tags (default: “newsletter”) optin_text – Opt-in checkbox text (supports HTML for links) name_label – Label for name field email_label – Label for email field All color attributes from the contact form Examples: Newsletter signup: [leadmachine_newsletter title="Stay Updated" tags="newsletter,blog"] Simple signup: [leadmachine_newsletter button_text="Sign Up" button_color="#22c55e"] Analytics & Tracking Both forms automatically collect browser and tracking data: UTM parameters – utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content Ad platform click IDs – Google Ads (gclid), Facebook (fbclid), LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft/Bing Browser data – device type, screen size, language, timezone Referrer – where the visitor came from Tracking cookies – Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, HubSpot, LinkedIn Form submissions also fire conversion events for: * Google Analytics 4 (gtag.js) * Google Analytics Universal (legacy) * Facebook Pixel * LinkedIn Insight Tag * TikTok Pixel * Microsoft/Bing UET * Google Tag Manager dataLayer