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BuddyPress Security Check
Combat spam registrations for a BuddyPress-powered site using Google's reCAPTCHA
The facts
- Rating
- 4.1★ from 14
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 25 Jan 2018
- Added
- Jan 2013
- Tested up to
- WP 4.9.31
- Downloads
- 51,749
Our analysis
AI-assistedBuddyPress Security Check is a WordPress plugin designed to enhance security on BuddyPress registration and login pages by adding Google’s reCAPTCHA. This helps prevent bots from registering and reduces spam registrations on your site.
To use the plugin, you need to register your site with Google and input the site key and secret key in the admin settings. An alternative security check method is also available for those who prefer not to use Google’s service.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for websites using BuddyPress that want to enhance registration security.
What it does well
- ✓Adds Google reCAPTCHA to BuddyPress registration and login pages
- ✓Helps prevent spam registrations
- ✓Alternative security check method available
- ✓Supports multiple languages through community translations
Where it falls short
- •Requires at least PHP 5.3
- •Last updated in January 2018
- •Limited active installs and low directory score
Verdict
BuddyPress Security Check provides a straightforward solution for preventing spam registrations, but its age and low active install count may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Shea Bunge's own description of BuddyPress Security Check, lightly tidied.
Important: Since version 2.0, this plugin now requires at least PHP 5.3. Please ensure you are running the latest available version of PHP on your server.
This plugin adds Google’s reCAPTCHA to the BuddyPress registration page and WordPress login page to prevent bots from registering and keep your site free from spam registrations.
reCAPTCHA is “tough on bots, easy on humans”: while it is increbianle effective on preventing bots from registering, most of the time all the user needs to do to verify themselves is simply check a box.
After installing this plugin, you will need to register your site with Google (requires a Google account) and enter the site key and secret key on the Settings > BuddyPress > Options admin menu. If you would prefer not to use Google’s service, there is an alternative security check method also available; see below;
Prior to version 2.0, a less effective security check method was used where the user needed to answer simple math sum before registering. This method is still available, and can be turned on on the Settings > BuddyPress > Options menu.
You can learn more at the plugin’s website, or on GitHub
Translations
Thanks to the awesome work of the following translators, this plugin can be used in these languages:
- Indonesian thanks to Jordan Silaen from ChameleonJohn.com
- Russian thanks to Howard Steele from SuperbWebsiteBuilders.com
- Swedish thanks to Thord D. Hedengren
- French thanks to Frédérick Baldo
- Serbo-Croatian thanks to Andrijana Nikolic from WebHostingGeeks and Ogi Djuraskovic from FirstSiteGuide.com
- Spanish thanks to Renato Alves
- Hungarian thanks to Laszlo Espadas
- Brazilian Portuguese thanks to Renato Alves
- Danish thanks to Andreas Bjørn Hassing Nielsen
- Italian thanks to Nicole Curioni
- Belarusian thanks to Natasha from uStarCash
If you have a translation to contribute, please sent it through to me by email or on GitHub.
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