Clearout vs Email Checker for Contact Form 7

Clearout Email Validation plugin seamlessly integrates with all major forms to validate the email addresses in real time. The plugin performs 20+ refined real-time validation checks to determine the current status of the email address. These checks include extensive verifications like greylist verification, anti-spam check, gibberish check, catch-all verification, email blacklist verification, temporary email address check, and more. Key Benefits of Using Clearout Email Verification Plugin: Accept only safe-to-send email address to protect your sender reputation Accept only business or work email addresses Prevent fraudulent signups or leads getting into CRM by stopping temporary / disposable / throw away email addresses Customization to Block free email address providers like gmail.com / yahoo.com / hotmail.com Remove duplicate and alias email addresses How to Install Clearout Email Verifier Plugin Obtain an API Token: 1. Log in to your Clearout account. 2. Navigate to the ‘Developer’ menu and click on ‘+ Create API Token’. 3. Add the necessary details for reference, and click on “Create” to generate the API token. Create a Clearout Account (if you don’t have one): 1. Sign up for a Clearout account to get 100 free email validation credits with no credit card required. For more detailed instructions, visit Clearout Email Verifier Plugin Installation. Supported Forms/Plugins The Clearout email verification plugin supports a rich set of popular form-based plugins by listening to email address capture flow or by hooking into WordPress is_email() function: Elementor Form Gravity Forms Forminator Form WooCommerce Checkout Forms WooCommerce Registration Form Fluent Form WP Forms Formidable forms WS Form WP-Members Contact Form Mailster Form MailChimp Ninja Forms Profile Builder Ultimate Member registration form Users Ultra registration form JetPack comments and a contact form MailPoet Theme My Login Paid Memberships Pro Form Maker by 10Web Visual Form Builder Any WordPress registrations & contact forms Key Features Accurate Email Verification Fastest Real-time Email Validation Seamless API Integration Guaranteed Deliverability (Safe to send) High Precision Advanced Catch-all Resolver Block Role Email Block Disposable Email Block Gibberish Email Email / Domain Allowlisting and Blocklisting Custom Error Message Limit email validation to only required pages Low Credit Notification Alert Team Accounts Syntax Verification Test email addresses Know A Little More About Clearout Email Verification Service In addition to its availability as a WordPress Plugin, Clearout Email Verifier supports email verification in multiple forms and ways to meet the needs of the user. Other verification methods supported by Clearout Email Verifier are – Bulk email list validation, real-time email validation API, and Form Guard Email Validation. FURTHER READING More about Clearout Email Verification https://clearout.io/email-verification-api/ https://clearout.io/disposable-email-checker/ https://clearout.io/integrations/ https://clearout.io/help/ https://docs.clearout.io/ Other Clearout Services https://clearout.io/email-finder/ https://clearout.io/sales-prospecting/chrome-extension/ https://clearout.io/sales-prospecting/advanced-data-enrichment/ https://clearout.io/reverse-lookup/linkedin/ https://clearout.io/reverse-lookup/email/

Email Checker for Contact Form 7 validates email addresses in real time using the Emails Checker API before accepting form submissions. This stops spam, promotional emails, and invalid contacts from reaching your inbox. The plugin performs comprehensive email verification including: DNS validation, including MX record lookup Disposable email address detection in real time Misspelled domain detection Email syntax verification (IETF/RFC standard conformance) Mailbox existence checking Catch-all testing Greylisting detection SMTP connection and availability checking The plugin integrates seamlessly with Contact Form 7 — no form changes required. Simply enter your API key in the settings page and the plugin automatically validates all email fields. Privacy This plugin uses WordPress transients to store rate-limiting counters keyed by the visitor’s IP address (hashed with MD5). No email addresses or personal data are sent to the Emails Checker API — only the email field value being validated is transmitted. Rate-limit transients expire automatically within the configured time window (default 60 seconds). The plugin integrates with WordPress’s built-in privacy tools: * Data export: IP-based rate-limit data associated with a given email address is included in WordPress privacy exports. * Data erasure: Rate-limit transients can be erased via WordPress privacy erasure requests.