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Moderation

Filter abusive and toxic form submissions before they reach your team, using machine learning from Google's Perspective API.

by Gravity Forms Paid Official
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What it does

When your forms are open to the public, some people send harmful, abusive, or threatening messages. Your team shouldn't have to read that content just to process legitimate submissions. The Moderation Add-On catches those entries before they reach your main entry list.

It uses Google's Perspective API to analyze each submission with machine learning. You choose which attributes to flag—toxicity, insults, profanity, threats, and more—and set a sensitivity threshold from 0 to 1. You can also add a custom word list for terms you always want flagged. Flagged entries are either deleted automatically or held in a separate Toxic Entry Box for review.

This add-on is for any site that accepts open-ended form submissions and wants to protect the people who read them. It works alongside Gravity Forms' other anti-spam tools like Akismet, reCAPTCHA, and Cloudflare Turnstile.

Key features

  • Analyzes submissions using Google's Perspective API machine learning
  • Filter by attribute: toxicity, insults, profanity, threats, and more
  • Set a toxicity threshold between 0 (not toxic) and 1 (very toxic)
  • Add a custom word list to always flag specific terms
  • Send flagged entries to a Toxic Entry Box instead of the main entry list
  • Use conditional logic to show a custom confirmation to abusive submitters
  • Route or suppress email notifications for toxic submissions

Good for

Public contact formsStops abusive messages from landing in your team's inbox.
Nonprofit or community sitesProtects volunteers and staff who review open form submissions.
Creator or media sitesFilters harmful content from audience submission or feedback forms.

Written from Gravity Forms’s own listing. Version and dates come straight from the source and are checked weekly.

How does it detect toxic content?

It sends each submission to Google's Perspective API, which uses machine learning to score the content across attributes like toxicity, insults, profanity, and threats.

What happens to a flagged submission?

You choose: it can be deleted immediately or moved to a dedicated Toxic Entry Box in your WordPress dashboard, keeping it out of the main entry list.

Can I customize what gets flagged?

Yes. You pick which toxicity attributes to check, set your own sensitivity threshold, and add a custom word list for terms you always want flagged.

What license do I need?

The Moderation Add-On is included with a Gravity Forms Elite or Nonprofit license.

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