{"id":489,"date":"2012-12-03T20:30:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T20:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/12\/03\/secure-wordpress-with-wordpress-captcha-plugin\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:27:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:27:36","slug":"secure-wordpress-with-wordpress-captcha-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/secure-wordpress-with-wordpress-captcha-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Secure WordPress with WordPress Captcha Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we\u2019ll discuss how to install and secure your WordPress website with the WordPress Captcha plugin, which can help secure your WordPress forms. The WordPress Captcha plugin can help secure your login form, register form, lost password form, and comments form from unwanted spam bots that might try to register for fake accounts to leave comment spam on your site.<\/p>\n<p>If you are already dealing with an outbreak of comment spam on your WordPress site, we would recommend reading about <a href=\"\/support\/email\/dealing-with-spam-in-your-posts-and-comments\/\">dealing with spam in your posts and comments<\/a> for some instructions on how you can clean up this spam.<\/p>\n<p>The WordPress Captcha plugin is a bit different than some other common Captcha systems out there that utilize skewed words or other ways to make text harder to read. This plugin instead operates by requiring users to solve simple math problems before allowing them to leave a comment, or registering for a new account.<\/p>\n<p>Following the steps below we\u2019ll walk you though installing and configuring the WordPress Captcha plugin on your website so that you can help secure your WordPress installation from malicious users trying to leave spam on your site.<\/p>\n<h2>   Securing WordPress with the Captcha plugin<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>First login to your WordPress administration dashboard, this is typically done by just going to be your website\u2019s address followed by <code>\/wp-admin<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Hover over <strong>Plugins<\/strong> in the left-hand menu, then click on <strong>Add New<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-plugins-select-add-new.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-plugins-select-add-new.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"click-on-plugins-select-add-new\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-plugins-select-add-new.png 292w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-plugins-select-add-new-195x300.png 195w\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Search<\/strong> field, type in <strong>Captcha<\/strong> and then click <strong>Search Plugins<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Beside <strong>Captcha<\/strong> click on <strong>Install Now<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-install-now.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"click-install-now\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-install-now.png\" width=\"704\" height=\"224\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next click <strong>Yes<\/strong> on the <strong>Are you sure you want to install this plugin?<\/strong> confirmation pop-up.<\/li>\n<li>Then click on <strong>Activate Plugin<\/strong> after the plugin has installed.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-activate-plugin.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"click-on-activate-plugin\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-activate-plugin.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"203\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now you should be dropped back to the main <strong>Plugins<\/strong> page, from here click on <strong>Settings<\/strong> under <strong>Captcha<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-settings-for-captcha-plugin.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"click-on-settings-for-captcha-plugin\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_click-on-settings-for-captcha-plugin.png\" width=\"215\" height=\"390\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the plugin\u2019s settings page, you can set which forms you\u2019d like to protect with the <strong>Captcha<\/strong> plugin, the label you\u2019d like to display above it, and also the type of arithmetic actions and difficulties you\u2019d like available. When you\u2019re done with your settings click on <strong>Save Changes<\/strong>.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_captcha-options-click-save-changes.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"captcha-options-click-save-changes\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_captcha-options-click-save-changes.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"525\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>You should now see the <strong>Captcha<\/strong> plugin has added itself to your comment form. We used the label <strong>Human verification<\/strong> in our settings so that\u2019s what you\u2019ll see on the form.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_fill-in-captcha-invalid.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"fill-in-captcha-invalid\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_fill-in-captcha-invalid.png\" width=\"606\" height=\"800\"><\/a><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>You should also notice that in this example I\u2019ve answered the math question incorrectly by typing in a <strong>4<\/strong> instead of the proper <strong>3<\/strong>. When we try to submit the form with this invalid answer we should now be getting an error:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_captcha-error-wrong-phrase.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"captcha-error-wrong-phrase\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/website_wordpress_wordpress-captcha_captcha-error-wrong-phrase.png\" width=\"773\" height=\"107\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You should now understand how to help secure your WordPress website from unwanted comment spam and fake user registrations using the WordPress Captcha plugin.<\/p>\n\n<p>Become a master of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/plugins\/\">WordPress plugins<\/a>! Protect, optimize, secure, and expand the functionality of your website easily with the help of WordPress plugins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we\u2019ll discuss how to install and secure your WordPress website with the WordPress Captcha plugin, which can help secure your WordPress forms. 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