{"id":25901,"date":"2020-12-21T02:47:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&p=25901"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:26:08","slug":"how-to-add-captcha-protection-to-your-wordpress-site","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-add-captcha-protection-to-your-wordpress-site","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: add CAPTCHA protection to your WordPress site"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Add CAPTCHA protection to your WordPress site<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What is CAPTCHA?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CAPTCHA is an effective tool that you can use to prevent your contact forms from being used by automated bots, sometimes called spambots, to post spam on your site. CAPTCHA protection works by displaying an image containing text on each contact form. Users need to type the displayed CAPTCHA text before they can submit the form. Because automated bots are unable to read and type the text displayed in the CAPTCHA image, they can\u2019t use your forms to generate spam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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There are two steps you need to complete to add CAPTCHA protection to your WordPress site:<\/p>

  1. Install and activate a CAPTCHA plugin.<\/strong><\/li>
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    Note:
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    Installing and activating the CAPTCHA plugin<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Firstly, Log in to your WordPress Dashboard as an admin. Click Plugins\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a0Add New<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Add new CAPTCHA plugin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Secondly, In the\u00a0Keyword\u00a0<\/strong>search box, type\u00a0captcha<\/strong>. In this example, we\u2019re installing the SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam plugin. Click\u00a0Install Now<\/strong>. The Install Now button changes to\u00a0Installing<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Install CAPTCHA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Thirdly, when the installation is complete, the button displays\u00a0Activate<\/strong>. Click\u00a0Activate<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Activate the plugin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Next, The plugin is now active and appears in the\u00a0Installed Plugins\u00a0<\/strong>list in your WordPress Dashboard.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Now that the plugin is active, you can choose the types of forms that will be protected by CAPTCHA. You can also change the messages that are displayed with your CAPTCHA.<\/p>

    After that, In your WordPress Dashboard, click\u00a0Plugins\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a0Installed Plugins\u00a0<\/strong>>\u00a0SI Captcha Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    After installing CAPTCHA, comment, registration, and missed password forms are automatically allowed. Since these are the most frequently targeted forms kinds of automated bots, we suggest that you leave these default settings in place.<\/p>

    There are two other default settings that you may<\/strong> want to change:<\/p>