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== | ==Google's recaptcha== | ||
===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?=== | ===What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?=== | ||
For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha(https://google.com/recaptcha) | For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha( https://google.com/recaptcha) | ||
=== | ===Installation=== | ||
This | This installation guide requires mediawiki '''1.26''' or higher | ||
* Go to google's recaptcha administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site | * Go to google's recaptcha administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site | ||
* Open your *LocalSettings.php* file which is in your mediawiki instalation folder | * Open your *LocalSettings.php* file which is in your mediawiki instalation folder | ||
* Put the following piece of text in the above mentioned file | |||
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<code> | <code> | ||
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$wgReCaptchaSecretKey = ' '''your private key here''' '; | $wgReCaptchaSecretKey = ' '''your private key here''' '; | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png) | |||
* mediawiki wil start loading recaptcha in the background and once done wil start using recaptcha for defending you from bots | * mediawiki wil start loading recaptcha in the background and once done wil start using recaptcha for defending you from bots | ||
Revision as of 02:35, 28 December 2016
Google's recaptcha
What is recaptcha and how/will it help prevent spam ?
For answers to those questions you can look at google's page about recaptcha( https://google.com/recaptcha)
Installation
This installation guide requires mediawiki 1.26 or higher
- Go to google's recaptcha administrator page(https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin) and register your site
- Open your *LocalSettings.php* file which is in your mediawiki instalation folder
- Put the following piece of text in the above mentioned file
require_once "$IP/extensions/ConfirmEdit/ConfirmEdit.php";
wfLoadExtension( 'ConfirmEdit/ReCaptchaNoCaptcha' );
$wgCaptchaClass = 'ReCaptchaNoCaptcha';
$wgReCaptchaSiteKey = ' your public/site key here ';
$wgReCaptchaSecretKey = ' your private key here ';
example of public and private key (https://i.imgur.com/vGJKEXx.png)
- mediawiki wil start loading recaptcha in the background and once done wil start using recaptcha for defending you from bots
