Extension brings Google Recaptcha Thickbox (v2) to your Osclass classifieds. This increases the security of forms on your website significantly and usually drastically reduce spam being generated by spam bots.
How does recaptcha works? It simply tracks the behavior of visitors and tries to identify if it is a real humans or not. It also put more validation tests to users who submit many forms in a short period of time.
Google recaptcha is JavaScript-based library that use also cookies to identify if the visitor is a robot or a real human based on user interaction with the website.
The plugin is a great extension to Osclass built-in recaptcha features, as it gives your the ability to control what forms is validation required. Keep in mind that validation is 2 step process, first is on-site validation (visitor may be prompted to do a simple control question), and then is off-site validation where the output of the test is sent to google API to verify if a person is human or bot and if a test was done properly.
Make sure to disable Osclass built-in recaptcha options before using this plugin (by removing both keys).
You can enable/disable recaptcha on the following forms:
There are also additional features/options:
How does recaptcha works? It simply tracks the behavior of visitors and tries to identify if it is a real humans or not. It also put more validation tests to users who submit many forms in a short period of time.
Google recaptcha is JavaScript-based library that use also cookies to identify if the visitor is a robot or a real human based on user interaction with the website.
The plugin is a great extension to Osclass built-in recaptcha features, as it gives your the ability to control what forms is validation required. Keep in mind that validation is 2 step process, first is on-site validation (visitor may be prompted to do a simple control question), and then is off-site validation where the output of the test is sent to google API to verify if a person is human or bot and if a test was done properly.
Make sure to disable Osclass built-in recaptcha options before using this plugin (by removing both keys).
You can enable/disable recaptcha on the following forms:
- Admin login form
- User login form
- Registration form
- New listing form
- Web contact form
- Listing contact form
- Send to a friend form
- Add a comment form
There are also additional features/options:
- Hide captcha for logged in users
- Hide captcha if JavaScript is disabled in user's browser
