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Duplicate Killer – Stop Duplicate Form Submissions in WordPress (CF7, Elementor, Formidable Forms, WPForms)

Duplicate Killer – Stop Duplicate Form Submissions in WordPress (CF7, Elementor, Formidable Forms, WPForms)

Description

Duplicate Killer helps you stop duplicate form submissions in WordPress.

If your forms receive the same email address multiple times, fake leads, or repeated submissions, this plugin fixes the problem instantly.

Choose which fields must be unique (email, phone, text) and block duplicate entries automatically — without changing your form design or user experience.

Duplicate Killer works silently in the background and integrates seamlessly with popular WordPress form plugins and page builders.

Supported Plugins

  • Elementor Forms
  • Formidable Forms
  • Contact Form 7
  • WPForms Lite
  • Forminator
  • Breakdance Page Builder Forms

Key Features

✔ Stop duplicate form submissions without CAPTCHA
✔ Works with existing forms – no changes required
✔ Prevent duplicate submissions by Email, Phone or Text fields
✔ Stop duplicate emails and repeated leads
✔ One global error message for all forms (Free version)
✔ Optional IP-based duplicate protection
✔ Store unique entries securely in your WordPress database
✔ Automatically store uploaded files from Contact Form 7
✔ Lightweight, fast and easy to configure

NEW: Formidable Forms Support

Duplicate Killer now fully supports Formidable Forms and helps you stop duplicate form submissions in WordPress.

You can prevent duplicate entries in Formidable Forms contact forms and advanced forms by enforcing unique fields such as email address, phone number, or text fields.

This feature works with Formidable Forms native fields, requires no additional configuration, and does not affect form design or user experience.

Does not affect form design or user experience.

NEW: Elementor Forms Support

Duplicate Killer now fully supports Elementor Forms.

You can prevent duplicate submissions in Elementor contact forms, lead forms and popups by enforcing unique values such as email or phone number.

This feature works with Elementor’s native form widget and requires no additional configuration.

Plugin Integrations

Contact Form 7

  • Limit submissions by Email, Phone or Text fields
  • Custom validation message for duplicate entries
  • Automatically store uploaded files locally

Elementor Forms

  • Prevent duplicate submissions on Elementor native forms
  • Works with contact forms, lead forms and popups
  • Seamless integration without modifying form structure

Forminator

  • Select unique fields (Email, Phone, Text)
  • Warn users when a value has already been submitted

WPForms Lite

  • Prevent duplicate entries without changing form layout
  • Clean and simple validation messages

Breakdance Page Builder Forms

  • Prevent duplicate submissions on Breakdance native forms
  • IP-based validation for cleaner data
  • Fully compatible with Breakdance UI

Free vs Pro

Free Version

  • Duplicate protection for supported form plugins
  • One global error message for all forms
  • Basic duplicate detection (Email, Phone, Text)
  • Elementor Forms support

Duplicate Killer PRO

  • Individual settings for each form
  • Custom error message per form
  • Limit submissions by IP per form
  • Unique entries per user (cookie-based, per form)
  • Display submission count per form
  • Advanced duplicate protection controls

Screenshots

  • Custom error message shown when a duplicate submission is detected
  • Plugin settings – prevent duplicate form submissions in WordPress
  • Block repeat submissions from the same user using browser cookies
  • Display total form entries on the frontend using a shortcode
  • Works with popular WordPress form plugins

Installation

  1. Install Duplicate Killer from the WordPress Plugins screen or upload it to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu.
  3. Open Duplicate Killer from your WordPress admin dashboard.
  4. Select your form plugin and choose which fields must be unique.

FAQ

Does this plugin block bots or spam?

Duplicate Killer focuses on preventing duplicate form submissions and entries. It works alongside spam or CAPTCHA plugins and does not replace them.

Why should I use Duplicate Killer?

Duplicate Killer prevents duplicate emails and repeated form submissions, helping you keep your leads and contact data clean.

How does Duplicate Killer work?

When a form is submitted, selected field values are stored in the database. If the same value is submitted again, the submission is blocked and a validation message is shown.

Can multiple users submit the same value?

Yes. In the PRO version, you can enable “Unique entries per user”, allowing multiple users to submit the same value while blocking repeat submissions from the same user.

Does it affect form design or styling?

No. Duplicate Killer works in the background and does not change your form appearance.

Does it work with Elementor Forms?

Yes. Duplicate Killer fully supports Elementor Forms.

Does this plugin work with existing spam protection plugins?

Yes. Duplicate Killer works alongside spam and CAPTCHA plugins and focuses only on preventing duplicate form submissions.

Reviews

February 20, 2024
There seems to be an issue with CF7 where duplicate emails are sent out, and the forms render errors/loading spinners twice as well. I’ve done a good bit of research and looked everywhere, but had no luck finding a fix for this. This plugin resolved the issue straight away with no configuration needed! Thank you!
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Contributors & Developers

“Duplicate Killer – Stop Duplicate Form Submissions in WordPress (CF7, Elementor, Formidable Forms, WPForms)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.4.6

  • New: Formidable Forms support – stop duplicate form submissions by email or other fields.
  • Prevent duplicate entries by email, phone, or text fields in Formidable Forms.
  • Improved compatibility and stability across supported form plugins.

1.4.5

  • New feature: Duplicate protection for Elementor Forms

1.4.4

  • Bug fix: Undefined array key Forminator

1.4.3

  • Bug: Problem with table creation

1.4.2

  • Support Number field on Forminator

1.4.1

  • Tested up to WordPress 6.9

1.4.0

  • Feature: Added support for forms built with Breakdance Page Builder.

1.3.1

  • Feature: Automatically store uploaded files from the form (CF7) on your server

1.3.0

  • Tested up to 6.8.1
  • Feature: Restrict form entries based on IP address

1.2.3

  • Feature: Store CF7 files submitted

1.2.2

  • Bug: Problem with table creation
  • Feature: Add form date submission

1.2.1

  • Feature: Store CF7/Forminator/WPForms submissions to your WordPress database
  • Tested up to 6.7.2 WordPress

1.2.0

  • Bug: Fixed – Custom HTML in CF7 form – issue with detection

1.1.9

  • Bug: Fixed only first 3 forms are showing in the “WPForms forms list”

1.1.7

  • Bug: Fixed style sheet.

1.1.6

  • Bug: Prevent empty values from being detected as duplicate entries.

1.1.5

  • Interface to manage the saved values in your WordPress database.

1.1.4

  • Duplicate Killer will prevent the entries from being added into CFDB7(Contact Form 7 Database Addon) plugin.
  • Tested up to 6.4.1 WordPress’

1.1.3

  • Fixed PHP Warning Undefined array key at CF7 function
  • Tested up to 6.3.1 WordPress’

1.1.2

  • Tested up to 6.1.1 WordPress’

1.1.1

  • Fix bug at feature ‘Unique entries per user’

1.1.0

  • New feature – Unique entries per user
  • New style navigation for better UX

1.0

  • First public release