Title: False bot detection
Last modified: July 1, 2020

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# False bot detection

 *  Resolved [damian.1923](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damian1923/)
 * (@damian1923)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-bot-detection/)
 * my every submission in contact form 7 is treated as “Bot detected”
    – turning
   On “Safe mode” doesn’t help – adding custom exception in Query whitelist doesn’t
   help too
 * any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [damian.1923](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damian1923/)
 * (@damian1923)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-bot-detection/#post-13063036)
 * the key is “Query whitelist”
    if you have contact form on page: /offer/product-
   inquiry/ then the entry in Query whitelist should be: /offer/product-inquiry (
   otherwise the pattern will not match and WP Cerber will block every submission)
 * I hope this will help next users…
 *  Plugin Author [gioni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gioni/)
 * (@gioni)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-bot-detection/#post-13073691)
 * Should not Contact Form 7 work via the REST API?

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-bot-detection/#post-13073691)
 * Status: resolved