Captcha Security
Captcha Security decides which forms always show a captcha to visitors, which provider answers it, and works together with BotShield's automatic protection.
Opening the Screen
It opens from Settings › Security. On the tab strip at the top of the page, select the Captcha Security tab: {admin}/settings/security?general=captcha
What Is on the Screen
An info banner explains how this screen works with BotShield. Set a form to Always and every visitor sees a captcha on it. Leave a form Adaptive and nobody does by default; BotShield shows one only to a visitor who keeps retrying that form.
Provider readiness badges
Each provider card carries one of three badges. Built In needs no setup. Keys Required means the provider is chosen but its settings panel still has an empty field. Ready means every field is filled and the provider can be used. Captcha Status cannot be saved while the chosen provider is not Ready: the save is rejected with an error and nothing is written, so fill the keys in first.
Fields
Tasks
Turn captcha on and choose a provider
- Switch on Captcha Status.
- Click a provider card. If it needs keys, fill in the fields that open underneath it.
- Save. The card only counts as Ready once every field is filled.
Show a captcha on a form every time
- Find the form in the Protected Forms list.
- Switch its control from Adaptive to Always.
- Save. Every visitor now sees a captcha on that form before it can be sent.
Things to Watch
Adaptive only works because BotShield is watching that form. If BotShield's threshold for that form is 0, the form shows no captcha at all until you switch it to Always or raise the threshold on the BotShield tab.
Moving Captcha Type to a different provider does not clear the keys you entered for the one you leave. Switching back restores it without retyping anything.
Required Privileges
Opening the tab and saving changes need SECURITY_SETTINGS.
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