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===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) | ||
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This installation guide requires Wordpress '''3.8''' or higher | This installation guide requires Wordpress '''3.8''' or higher | ||
* | * go to the Wordpress recaptcha plugin site (https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-captcha/) and download the latest version on our site in to the Wordpress installation folder | ||
* extract the contents of the archive in to '''./wp-content/plugins/ ''' | * extract the contents of the archive in to '''./wp-content/plugins/ ''' | ||
* Navigate to the Wordpress admin dashword and select the plugin link (on the left side of the dashboard) | * Navigate to the Wordpress admin dashword and select the plugin link (on the left side of the dashboard) | ||
Revision as of 23:38, 7 February 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 Wordpress 3.8 or higher
- go to the Wordpress recaptcha plugin site (https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-captcha/) and download the latest version on our site in to the Wordpress installation folder
- extract the contents of the archive in to ./wp-content/plugins/
- Navigate to the Wordpress admin dashword and select the plugin link (on the left side of the dashboard)
- activate the google recaptcha plugin
- this wil give you a link to the configuration page of the plugin or you can select the settings link located below the plugin
- follow the instruction on the page and depending on you configuration recaptcha wil start
Video instructions
The makers of the Wordpress recaptcha have a video tutorial. This will supplement the above instructions, particularly the last step. (https://youtu.be/RUJ9VwZLFSY)
