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Sabrina Ferguson
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August 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Hi there I’m using the reCaptcha option on my events at http://www.rydebusiness.com.au and over the last couple of months the reCaptcha words have got harder and harder to read. Even I’m having trouble deciphering some of them. Now people aren’t using EE to register, they are sending me emails or phoning instead as they can’t get through the reCaptcha. I’ve had to turn the reCaptcha off so people can actually submit the forms and now I’m worried about spam robots attacking my site.
Is there a way of integrating another type of Captcha program, i.e. Picatcha? Thanks Fergie
NB this is in the pre-sales forum as the system doesn’t recognise that I’ve actually bought EE and won’t let me post on other categories)
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This topic was modified 11 years, 8 months ago by
 Seth Shoultes. Reason: Moving to correct forum
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Chris Reynolds
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August 8, 2012 at 5:26 pm
You would know pretty quick if your site was vulnerable to spam registrations as you’d start getting them within hours of turning off reCAPTCHA. Many hosts are equipped with the mod_security Apache module which prevents against spam form submissions. If you aren’t getting them now, you’re probably safe (it’s not going to suddenly stop working after being okay for a while unless that module is removed from the server for some reason — and in that case it would be something to contact your host about).
As to whether there are other CAPTCHA programs, the answer is yes, but only reCAPTCHA is supported by Event Espresso. Another alternative would be to use WP User Integration, make all of your users members, and require them to login before they register for an event by making all events member-only.
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Seth Shoultes
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August 8, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Sabrina,
I will update your account. It looks like you entered the wrong email address when you first purchased with us. You entered yourdomain.cm.au, instead of yourdomain.com.au.
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Josh
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April 24, 2018 at 12:27 pm
Event Espresso 3.1.37.13.p was released today and it includes the update to the reCAPTCHA module. It now uses reCAPTCHA 2, which doesn’t do the “type this word” challenges.
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