Title: Ironclad CAPTCHA WP plugin
Author: Andrey Yeriomin
Published: <strong>January 11, 2010</strong>
Last modified: March 30, 2012

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used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Ironclad CAPTCHA WP plugin

 By [Andrey Yeriomin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrey-yeriomin/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ironclad-captcha-wp-plugin.zip)

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 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/ironclad-captcha-wp-plugin/#developers)

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## Description

With this plugin you can easily install and use Ironclad CAPTCHA in your WordPress
blog. 3D captcha renders several intersecting colored and rotated objects and asks
user to count objects of some type. Humans can easily do it (much easier than read
twisted text) and bots can’t do it at all and never will. Moreover, this captcha
stops even spammers with human-based recognition of captchas, as Ironclad CAPTCHA
has very unusual answer entering process. Just install the plugin, register and 
get API key on the official site (for free) and forget about spam forever.

### Configuration

Go to Settings section in WP control panel and then to Ironclad CAPTCHA sub-section.
You should get API-key to for your blog/site to make Ironclad CAPTCHA appear on 
it. In order to do this you should register here:

http://www.securitystronghold.com/products/ironclad-captcha/signup/

Then enter your Ironclad CAPTCHA account there, add your site to the list and copy
generated API key.Then insert this key into “API key” field on the page of Ironclad
CAPTCHA plugin settings inside your WP control panel. The valid API key looks something
like IRONCLAD-CAPTCHA-ABCDE-0123456789. After that, Ironclad CAPTCHA should appear
in the comments form of your WP blog. Enjoy!

### License

This plugin is free for everyone. Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use
it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog and alter it any way you like.
You must not, however, remove copyright notice implicitly or explicitly, under any
conditions.

### Links and Support

About Ironclad CAPTCHA:

http://www.securitystronghold.com/products/ironclad-captcha/

Sign up for API key:

http://www.securitystronghold.com/products/ironclad-captcha/signup/

Log in to the control panel:

http://www.securitystronghold.com/products/ironclad-captcha/login/

Questions? Problems? Wishes? Suggestions?

Then open support ticket here: http://www.securitystronghold.com/support/

We’ll be glad to help you!

## Installation

Unpack archive with plugin into “wp-content/plugins” folder on your WP-based site/
blog. You will see “ironclad-captcha” folder with several files there. Log into 
WP control panel and go to Plugins section. Find “Ironclad CAPTCHA” string in the
list of available plugins and click Activate next to it. Plugin is installed now!
Don’t forget to configure it.

## FAQ

Q: Can I change the look and feel of CAPTCHA or make it fit my blog’s design?
 A:
Sure! All styles are contained in “wp-content/plugins/ironclad-captcha/captcha.css”.
You can change it as you like.

Q: I don’t like “Are you a human?” string. I want to type there something different.
How can I do this?
 A: Log into your Iconclad CAPTCHA account (where you got your
API-key), click on Settings link next to the name of your site/blog and change this
or several other settings.

Q: My captcha appears under “Send comment” button. Is it possible to move it ABOVE
that button?
 A: Yes, but due to some limitations of WP you should do it by hand.
Don’t worry, it’s quite easy! Open “wp-content/themes” folder of your WP installation
and locate folder with the name of the color theme you use in your WP now. Then 
locate “comments.php” file inside that folder and change the following string:

ID); ?>

You should move it several lines upper, to make it right below the line with < textarea
> definition. Save the file and upload it to your WP site if you edited it locally.

In some versions of WordPress these lines are in wp-includes/comment-template.php
file. You should move specified lines above, right before ‘

<

p class=”form-submit”>’.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[doesn't work at all](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-at-all-113/)󠁿

 [Gargo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gargo/) February 7, 2017

doesn’t work at all

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## Contributors & Developers

“Ironclad CAPTCHA WP plugin” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Andrey Yeriomin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrey-yeriomin/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ironclad-captcha-wp-plugin/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Andrey Yeriomin ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andrey-yeriomin/)

## Support

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