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I've had the Anti-Splog plugin installed and set up for a couple of months now. I decided to test user registration just now. There was no reCaptcha function. I checked the settings and it looks like its set up for it - keys are there and reCaptcha is selected. Is this just for registering new blogs, or is it supposed to perform on user registration? If so, where should I troubleshoot? If not, do I need user registration reCaptcha? If so, what is a good plugin for mu/ multi-site?
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The recaptcha is only shown on the blog page of the registration form. This is because of bugs in WordPress that allow spammers to bypass any protections on the first/user part of wp-signup.php
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It might protect user signups, but not blog signups (the main source of spam). If you have both then they have to enter 2 recaptchas, one on each screen. For all intents and purposes though blog signups are the main thing you need to protect.
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The recaptcha is only shown on the blog page of the registration form. This is because of bugs in WordPress that allow spammers to bypass any protections on the first/user part of wp-signup.php
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13827
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Thanks Aaron. So, if I understand you correctly, just leave it alone? A plugin like WP-reCaptcha won't add any benefit?
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It might protect user signups, but not blog signups (the main source of spam). If you have both then they have to enter 2 recaptchas, one on each screen. For all intents and purposes though blog signups are the main thing you need to protect.
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Thanks Aaron.
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