Clearout Email Validator – Real Time Email Validation on WordPress Forms

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How does this plugin work?

This Email Validation plugin listens to email address capture flow for all major forms by hooking WordPress is_email() function to verify whether the user typed email address can be accepted or not. Behind the screen, the verification will be carried out using Clearout API and the results will be matched with the appropriate settings allowed by the plugin.

Which Clearout status will be considered as a “valid” email address?

Clearout status other than “invalid” will be considered as “valid” email address and the form submission will be allowed. Also, by default, the email address of “disposable” or “role” will be considered as “invalid.” These settings can be changed in the plugin settings.

Does email validation stop all bad emails?

No, Clearout email validation cannot prevent bad emails from entering your system in the following conditions:
1. If email validation takes longer than the specified timeout value
2. If the status of email validation is returned as unknown

What version of WordPress is required?

This requires a minimum WordPress version of 4.6, tested and compatible with the latest version.

Why does “Select Forms” have only a few forms listed?

We strive to bring Clearout email validation support to all major WordPress forms, in case if you see your form is not listed let us know (us@clearout.io). Alternative, you can try using Clearout JavaScript Widget to bring support of email validation to any form with little or no coding effort

What is an API token and where can I get it?

API token is a unique representation of your access to Clearout Email Validation Service.
The API token can be created or obtained by creating a ‘Server’ App from Apps menu.

How to generate an API token?

Once logged in to your Clearout account click on ‘Apps’–> Click on ‘+ Create App’–> Choose ‘Server’-> Provide the required details –> Click on Create and the API token will be generated.

What is a credit?

A credit represents the successful validation for a single email address. The trial account comes with 100 FREE credits. Additional credits can be purchased anytime and the credits will never expire.

Do you provide test email address?

Yes. For testing, you can find test email addresses to confirm that your integration works as intended without incurring credits.

What happens once the 100 free credits are exhausted?

You need to purchase additional credits. System will notify in advance when you are running out of credits (by default when below 50 credits)

What factors determine the high accuracy level claimed by Clearout email validation plugin?

Clearout WordPress Plugin performs more than 20 validation checks on each email address to provide 98%+ accuracy level. These rigorous validation checks have a wide scale ranging from role/free account check to disposable email verification, spam trap detection, email blacklist verification, gibberish check & a lot more.

How secure is my data?

Clearout email verifier is GDPR compliant. Data is highly secure since we take security and confidentiality seriously. At default, your processed data is retained in our system for 30 days, and it can be erased immediately if requested. In addition, all financial information is encrypted and maintained in a military-grade secure system.

How long will it take to validate an email address?

Clearout email verifier has been rewarded to have the fastest TAT(Turnaround Time ). Some domains might take longer time than expected. But free domain like gmail.com are verified in less than a half-a-second (less than 100 milliseconds)

How to buy more credits?

Buy the desired number of email verifier credits in a few clicks by clicking on Buy Credits from your account.

How to opt out of the Clearout Email checker on a specific form?

Clearout Email checker is enabled by default on all forms on the website. If it is necessary to skip validation on a given form, it must be handled as mentioned below.

• Ninja Forms

  1. Ensure to enable Developer mode for your ninja form builder
  2. Open the form in Form editor that does not require the Clearout Email Validation
  3. Open the Email field setting and under ADMINISTRATION option enter the key value prefixed with ‘clearout_skip_validation’ for the field key and save the changes

• Formidable / WP Form

  1. Open the form in Form editor that does not require the Clearout Email Validation
  2. Add a new hidden field and in Options Advanced settings, enter the default value prefixed with ‘clearout_skip_validation’ and save the changes.

• Elementor forms

  1. Open the form in Form editor that does not require the Clearout Email Validation
  2. In the Fields’s Advanced settings, enter the ID value prefixed with ‘clearout_skip_validation’ and save the changes.

• Forminator forms

  1. Open the form in Form editor that does not require the Clearout Email Validation
  2. Add a new hidden field and enter the value as ‘clearout_skip_validation’ and save the changes.

Do you support page or form specific custom validation?

Yes, add the page URL that host the form in the ‘Add Form Page URLs’ to limit validation to page specific or to limit form specific custom validation through Clearout JavaScript Widget, the integration is simple and can be done without need of developer help. Clearout JS widget provides all bells and whistles to customise the email validation as per your need.

Looking for custom integration of this plugin?

Send us email to us@clearout.io or say “Hello” in chat

Where can I report bugs?

Send us email to us@clearout.io or say “Hello” in chat