AbuseIPDB is an IP reputation service that helps identify IP addresses associated with abusive activity. In WS Form, you can check a visitor’s IP address whenever a form is submitted and use the returned abuse confidence score as the submission’s spam score.
Spam scores range from 0 to 100 and appear on the submissions page with the same colored indicators used by other WS Form spam protection services. Each check is also recorded as a system note, including the IP address, abuse confidence score, country, domain, total reports, and the reason a submission was flagged when applicable.
In WordPress, you can enable AbuseIPDB on all forms or turn it on per form. You can also set an abuse confidence score, choose a report window, add country and domain blocklists, and optionally report spam submissions back to AbuseIPDB as web spam.
If AbuseIPDB is temporarily unavailable or returns an error, WS Form still accepts the submission. The submission is not blocked solely because the AbuseIPDB request failed.