Support Thread for Google reCAPTCHA plugin

I have installed this and it seems to be working as designed. I wonder, though, where in the code should I look to change the behavior so that the Name and Email fields are not erased when the "Please verify that you are not a robot" message gets displayed on the Contact Us page? The Message itself remains intact, but I suspect some customers will be annoyed by the other fields getting erased.
Thank you,
Lars

David Allen:

I've started this thread to provide support for my Google reCAPTCHA plugin. http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=1455
Any questions or problems let me know below
Regards
David

It looks like did not work where google.com is not available. Can you update it to use reCAPTCHA globally (i.e. China)?
Thanks

James Y:

It looks like did not work where google.com is not available. Can you update it to use reCAPTCHA globally (i.e. China)?
Thanks
I could be wrong.... but I think they call it Google reCAPTCHA because Google supplies the behind the scenes workings.....

where in the code should I look to change the behavior so that the Name and Email fields are not erased
I've updated the GitHub files to include this.

an you update it to use reCAPTCHA globally (i.e. China)?
Yes.
https://groups.google.com/g/recaptcha/c/XBhetkVgh84/m/pQTC5Sx6AgAJ
Done on GitHub.

torvista:

Yes.
https://groups.google.com/g/recaptcha/c/XBhetkVgh84/m/pQTC5Sx6AgAJ
Done on GitHub.

I will check it and let you know. Thank you very much

I selected the invisible in v2 which is definitely what I want - and since it's invisible, I can't tell if it's working or not! Has anyone tried the invisible and found it didn't work?

delia:

I selected the invisible in v2 which is definitely what I want - and since it's invisible, I can't tell if it's working or not! Has anyone tried the invisible and found it didn't work?

How did you set it to invisible and I might give it a try to see what happens?

when you create the account with google, you get that choice

torvista:

I implemented this solution to reduce the small amount of spam being sent throught the contact us form.
I am getting more now. Can't say if that it just more attacks or the reCaptcha is getting bypassed.

With this plugin implemented (ZC 1.5.6b), I get more spam. Most of it is in Russian, but some comes through in English. A few have even been messages advertising a system that can "break any Captcha." I presume the latter must be working, since I keep getting two or three spam messages per day.

CottageOven:

With this plugin implemented (ZC 1.5.6b), I get more spam. Most of it is in Russian, but some comes through in English. A few have even been messages advertising a system that can "break any Captcha." I presume the latter must be working, since I keep getting two or three spam messages per day.
You might find that Access Blocker (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=2237) can help.

Thank you. I'll check it out. Previously, I had tried blocking via my .htaccess file, but it didn't help. The add-on you mentioned seems to have potential.

Thank you so much! So far, Access Blocker seems to be doing the trick. I have in on debug mode, so I'm able to see the log of attempts that have been rejected and none of those were emails that should have been sent. Excellent!

I am trying to upgrade the site to zen 1.5.7. I went to google and selected v2 visible. Received the public and private keys, saved them in the file, uploaded all the contents of the includes folder. Then uploaded the contents of the v-155-only folder. However on my contact page I see the captcha but I don't have to use it. If I click submit it submits the form. No logs are being created. I have tried uploading the files twice now with no change. Where should I look to make it stop the submit if captcha hasn't been used?

Have you applied the change to the version of tpl_contact_us_default.php in your template?

I need some help to add reCAPTCHA function to my advanced search page. zc 1.57c. Google reCAPTCHA v3.4

I tried to add <?php echo recaptcha_get_html(); ?> to tpl_advanced_search_default.php. The reCAPTCHA button shows up in my advanced search page, but it does not work.

In includes/includes/classes/observers/class.google_recaptcha.php, I changed the following code:

Under function __construct(), following code is added:

$pages_to_check[] = 'NOTIFY_ADVANCED_SEARCH_CAPTCHA_CHECK';

Under $event_array, NOTIFY_ADVANCED_SEARCH_CAPTCHA_CHECK' => 'advanced_search' is added. I tried to use "advanced_search", "advanced_search_result" even "contact", no help.

In includes/modules/pages/advanced_search_result/header_php.php I added the following code at the last line. No help.

$zco_notifier->notify('NOTIFY_ADVANCED_SEARCH_CAPTCHA_CHECK', $_POST);

In includes/modules/pages/advanced_search/header_php.php advanced_search I added the following code at the first line. No help.

$zco_notifier->notify('NOTIFY_ADVANCED_SEARCH_CAPTCHA_CHECK', $_POST);

What is the problem you are trying to solve with a recaptcha on the Search page?

Thanks for your reply. We received DDoS attacks recently and they tried to reach the advance search result pages. I tried to add a verification on our advanced search page. But I did some researches and I found out that by current settings, all the search results are kind of "advanced search". So this solution will not work then.

This plugin is really great. Previously bots were creating a ton of garbage accounts and this has completely stopped that.

Unfortunately I now have a bot testing out credit card numbers on my Zen Cart sites which is resulting in high credit card fees for all the authorization attempts. The bot is creating a Zen Cart account, I assume the human is doing that step to get through the reCAPTCHA, and then the bot is using that one account to complete the checkout process and try to charge a credit card. And doing this many many times.

Would it be possible to add a reCAPTCHA to some part of the checkout process so we can be sure it is a human checking out and not a bot? This functionality would likely be useful for other users as well who may be experiencing this type of problem, it seems to be becoming more common. For example adding a reCAPTCHA on the checkout_shipping or checkout_payment pages.

I tried to add a reCAPTCHA to checkout_shipping by editing these pages,

includes/classes/observers/auto.non_captcha_observer.php
includes/classes/observers/class.google_recaptcha.php
includes/modules/pages/checkout_shipping/header_php.php
includes/templates/MY_DEFAULT_TEMPLATE/templates/tpl_checkout_shipping_default.php

The reCAPTCHA is displayed on the shipping page but the user isn't being required to select it so I obviously am doing something wrong. All of the pages above seemed straightforward to edit except for checkout_shipping/header_php.php -- I'm unsure about the change I made there. I am running the current version of Zen Cart. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Scott

Hi All

I am using Fast and Easy Checkout by Numinix. On top of it I have installed this module. I see the captcha on both login and contact page. But the error thrown when you forget to click the robot checkbox is shown on Contact us page but not on Login page. The functionality though is working fine. Please help with a resolution.