Chazie Baniquid
Technical Content Marketer
3 minutes to read
How to block countries in HappyForms?
Can HappyForms Block Countries on Its Own?
No. HappyForms is designed for building user-friendly forms and managing submissions, not filtering traffic by geography. If spam or abuse comes from certain countries, you’ll need additional tools like OOPSpam or Cloudflare.
Block Spam Submissions by Country using OOPSpam
The fastest way to add country-level blocking to HappyForms is with the OOPSpam Anti-Spam (that’s us 👋). It works silently in the background, preventing unwanted entries before they’re delivered to you.
What OOPSpam Can Do
- Block or allow submissions by country.
- Filter text by language to reduce irrelevant entries.
- Limit abuse with frequency controls.
- Detect bots with machine learning-powered spam checks.
- Block VPN, proxy, and TOR traffic for stronger protection.
- Log every submission so you know what was blocked and why.
How to Enable Country Filtering in HappyForms
Install and activate the OOPSpam Anti-Spam plugin. Create an account at OOPSpam.com and generate your API key.
In WordPress, go to Settings > OOPSpam Anti-Spam and paste the key.
Enable spam protection for HappyForms.
Use Country Filtering under the General Settings tab in OOPSpam to select which countries to block or allow.
Save and review results in the Spam & Ham logs inside WordPress.
You can also check the OOPSpam Dashboard, which shows filtering reports, reasons for blocking, and submission patterns over time.
With this setup, only legitimate submissions from approved regions will make it through.
Block Entire Countries from Your Website with Cloudflare
If spam isn’t your only concern and you’re also dealing with brute force logins, scraping, or DDoS attacks, use Cloudflare Firewall Rules. This blocks visitors from entire countries before they even reach your site.
Cloudflare Setup in 5 Steps
- Log in to Cloudflare.
- Go to Security > WAF > Firewall Rules.
- Create a new rule called ‘Block Countries’.
- Set the field to Country, operator is in, then select the countries to block.
- Choose Block as the action and save.
From then on, traffic from those countries won’t reach your forms or any part of your site.
Final Takeaway
- OOPSpam – Best if you want form-level filtering in HappyForms while keeping your site accessible.
- Cloudflare – Best if you need site-wide blocking against unwanted or abusive traffic.
HappyForms is great for building forms but isn’t designed for security. Pair it with OOPSpam and Cloudflare for complete spam protection. Together, they keep your forms open to genuine users while blocking spam and abuse at multiple levels.
