Recaptcha for Login and registration
Recaptcha for Login and registration is a plugin that enables users to add captcha on their login and registration page. The whole idea with this plugin is to allow users to safely permit their subscribers or customers to create an account on their websites. I do believe that it will widely contribute to stopping spammers from creating and accounting on users’ WordPress websites remotely. The plugin is currently available in English, but the code is translation ready. At a glance, the plugin will do the following:
- An administrator can get Recaptcha v3 API Key and secret from Google
- The administrator can add the API information by visiting the plugin setting at settings -> prositecaptcha
- It the API is added, then the plugin will automatically protect the login and registration page against spams.
- Users will see the Recaptcha v3 badge at the bottom of the page.
In the upcoming release, we intend to add more Recaptcha versions and more options.
A few notes about how to get recaptcha v3:
To get Recaptcha v3, you need to do the following steps:
- Visit the website https://www.google.com/recaptcha
- If you have a Gmail account, log in to gain access to the Recaptcha dashboard
- In case you don’t have one, you may need to create one.
- Once you are on the dashboard, click on the plus sign to your right just after the setting icon.
- At this point, you will have to fill the form with some necessary pieces of information. Information requested are, for example, your email, websites, the title of your captcha and the version of the captcha you want to use.
- Remember to select version 3 in this case.
What is a captcha?
A captcha is a program intended to distinguish human from machine input. Most of the time, spam will study your website using the programming language. Once they find forms, they will use code to submit information without being physically present in front of computers. As a result, you could receive a lot of unsolicited emails or have users that are not real “customers.” In some extreme cases, spammers find a way to hack your website when it is not protected.
Is Google Recaptcha the only option for website protection?
No, Google Recaptcha is not the only option. There are many types of captcha among which Math problems, WordPress problems. In my opinion, Google Recaptcha is the most popular.
3- Why Google Recaptcha V3?
Google Recaptcha v3 is the latest version. One of the particularities of that version is that it does not necessarily appear to all users. Unlike version 2 that all the users had to select the checkbox before accessing the website. The V3 would popup the box, unlike if the system suspects that there is spam.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.