Why I Removed Google reCAPTCHA v3 (+ 3 Alternative Spam Protection Services For WordPress)
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- ➡️ Google reCAPTCHA is probably the most popular anti spam service in the world. But there are several strong arguments for considering a move away from reCAPTCHA over to an alternative anti spam solution. Here are the facts that made me leave reCAPTCHA (and three spam protection alternatives for WordPress).
Links mentioned in the video:
➡️ Read the full blog post here: divimundo.com/en/blog/why-i-r...
➡️ All WP Armour discounts: divimundo.com/en/wp-armour-ho...
➡️ All CleanTalk discounts: divimundo.com/en/cleantalk-sp...
➡️ All Divi theme discounts: divimundo.com/en/divi-discounts/
More links mentioned in the video:
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission, but it will never cost more for you.
➡️ Read more about WP Armour - Honeypot Anti Spam: divimundo.com/wparmour/
➡️ Read more about CleanTalk Spam Protection: divimundo.com/cleantalk/
➡️ Read more about the Divi Contact Form module Spam Protection: divimundo.com/diviform/
VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro: Is it time to leave Google reCAPTCHA v3?
01:28 - Reason 1: Is Google reCAPTCHA v3 GDPR compliant?
03:33 - Reason 2: Google reCAPTCHA v3 could reduce your page speed
04:54 - Reason 3: The reCAPTCHA badge adds design clutter
06:24 - Summary: Pros & cons of Google reAPTCHA v3
07:32: Alternative 1: WP Armour Honeypot Anti Spam
09:23: Alternative 2: CleanTalk Spam Protection
10:35: Alternative 3: The Divi Contact Form Basic Captcha
It’s easy to see why Google reCAPTCHA is a popular anti spam service: It’s free, most WordPress plugins and themes offer simple integration and Google is a fairly trusted developer. I myself have been an advocate in several Google reCAPTCHA v3 tutorials.
But external factors like increased integrity awareness, GDPR and the importance of page speed makes many web developers question if reCAPTCHA is a good choice - or even a feasible choice. Here are three reasons why I have abandoned Google reCAPTCHA and why you maybe should consider moving to another anti spam service.
Sources used in this video:
➡️ Google reCAPTCHA FAQ for developers: developers.google.com/recaptc...
➡️ "Sued by Using Google Fonts: Data Privacy and GDPR" by Simon Wicki: wicki.io/posts/2022-02-goodby...
➡️ About GDPR fines: gdpr.eu/fines/
➡️ "reCAPTCHA v3 is loading unnecessary fonts" on GitHub: github.com/google/recaptcha/i...
➡️ How to hide the Google reCAPTCHA v3 badge: divimundo.com/en/blog/hide-th...
⚡ DiviMundo.com is dedicated to spread knowledge about WordPress and the Divi theme. The vision is that everyone should be able to design beautiful websites without exhausting coding issues. Read more at divimundo.com/en/ - Jak na to + styl
My experience of rC v3 is 90% of the time I still get a bunch of "click on all the boxes with X" which IMHO is culture insensitive... "crosswalk?" I don't have those but thankfully I know they mean "pedestrian crossing"... "fire hydrant?" same deal... Also a lot of the pictures are so grainy it is hard to process... It flat out fails in one browser I use thus blocking my access totally.... I have been known to abort purchases on sites because part way through suddenly rC pops up... I applaud anyone that removes rC from anything...
Thanks for the info. I wasn’t aware of the GDPR issue.
Are you aware of any decent non-Wordpress captcha alternatives?
Hi Jeff! CleanTalk works with a long list of platforms and supports custom integrations. It's not free but you can find some discounts here: divimundo.com/en/cleantalk-spam-protection-discounts/
A free option is Cloudflare Turnstile. I haven't tried it out myself yet but it looks promising; www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/
@@DiviMundo - Awesome. Thank you!
I came across this video because of the title. It was a good insight of captcha's world. I thought, maybe you mention also hCaptcha, but no. Do you know hCaptcha? Maybe make a video of that antispam-tool? I find it hard to install
I swapped to hCaptcha and my spam rocketed so, not a good alternative, it seems. Obviously crackers can hack it.
Thanks for the good info. I am guessing removal is easy? Also..is that new plugin mandatory...complianz? I am in the US.
Google reCaptcha is not added by WordPress by default, but some themes and plugins (for example contact form plugins and security plugins) might add it when you install them. So the process of removing it is a bit different, depending on the source.
Complianz is a cookie consent plugin. If you have visitors from the EU, you need to have some kind of solution that tells the visitors about how you use cookies and gives them the option to opt out (there are similar laws in other countries too). I use this plugin: www.cookieyes.com/welcome/?ref=victorduse
Hello There,
I'm struggling with the spam I'm getting through my Divi contact forms on a couple of my sites. I've set up the basic recaptcha but people are getting around that.
They are actually in and 'choosing a service' and I am guessing filling out the calculations from the basic. They are sending full-blown messages. So, I was tryng to add V3 and I tried V2 and neither seem to be working on my Divi sites.
The honey one you mentioned first, that is free... do you think it's good enough? Will it at least do better than the basic (addition) question?
Thank you... trying not to pull out all my hair.
Jen
Hi Jen! The free version of WP Armour (honeypot) will rescue at least 95% of your hair. 🙂 Try it out for a few weeks and evaluate. If you want two-step protection (more or less 100% bullet proof), you can try the pro version.
@@DiviMundo Hey there! I was curious if you know whether I could use both CleanTalk fire wall and reCAPTCHA
@@nikkizeober9875 Sutre you can but that’s wearing two helmets. I would recommend that you choose one. Here’s a comparison: cleantalk.org/help/cleantalk-vs-recaptcha
You mention V3 is easy integration. It seems that V3 is not so easy to implement as V2. To perform well you need to define "actions" that humans should do on your site. And then you need to evaluate on your own the form submission as the score is returned by V3. Simply installing V3 does not seem to stop ANY spam in fact. They should not have called it Recaptcha as it is a completely separate universe.
I've seen pretty remarkable drops in spam on a dozen sites after activating V3 and setting a score of 0.7-0.8, but I guess every site is different.
@@DiviMundo but then you need to define user ACTIONS for your website etc. And then set the acceptance on your forms. Will you do a video on that? Thanks. :)
@@thierry.lavallee I've abandoned Google reCAPTCHA (for the reasons stated in the video) so I'll probably not do any new tutorials about it before they fix these issues. But I've heard lots of good things about Cloudflare Turnstile as an alternative to CAPTCHA. Have you tried it? From my understanding, it's completely free.
blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-private-captcha-alternative/
Your browser will normally cache all that stuff so you need to 1) test that on the second request to a site and 2) do it yourself with the chrome debugger tools. That site you mentioned is likely only measuring uncached performance.
Thanks for the heads up! I'll check it out.
You can also add a Simple Math Captcha field for your forms =D
Yes, I’m showing that in the end of the video
@@DiviMundo I meant doing it by code - if you use CF7 for example.
From April, 2024 they inform me that I will have to start paying for this. Can you decypher the fees for us?
Do you mean paying for Google reCAPTCHA v3?
@@DiviMundo Here is the email I got from them, it's all versions, it seems. Starting April 1, 2024, we will be expanding existing features and providing additional pricing options for Google reCAPTCHA product tiers.
What do you need to know?
Starting April 1, 2024, the following price changes will be available with Google reCAPTCHA:
Inclusion of transaction protection in reCAPTCHA Enterprise and a price reduction from $40 to $1 per 1,000 assessments. reCAPTCHA Enterprise will also include 10,000 no-cost assessments per month instead of 1 million.
Addition of reCAPTCHA Standard for bot protection at $8/month for up to 100,000 assessments per month.
Renaming of the reCAPTCHA no-cost product to reCAPTCHA Lite, providing protection for up to 10,000 instead of 1 million assessments per month.
I am happy to leave Google Recapture. Because I don't trust any Google products.
What type of spam protection would be your choice?
in Deutsch bitte!
Warum? Sprechen sie nicht Englisch?
Entschuldigung, mein Highschool-Deutsch ist zu schlecht. 🙂
@@DiviMundo danke, ich lerne deutsch. Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut! Dein Englisch ist super!
@@king0vdarkness Ich zitiere einmal die Überschrift:
"Warum ich Google reCAPTCHA v3 entfernt habe (+ 3 alternative Spamschutzdienste für WordPress)"
Die ist in Deutsch!
Entweder oder !!!
@@DiviMundo Ein echter Oberschlauer !!!!!! Zum Glück kaufe ich meine Software und Plugins ohne Affiliate und muss solche Typen wie dich nicht mitfinanzieren!