Kadence CAPTCHA Adds Support for CloudFlare Turnstile

We’ve added support for Cloudflare Turnstile to the Kadence CAPTCHA plugin. Turnstile is an invisible CAPTCHA alternative. You can still use Google’s reCAPTCHA versions 3 and 4, but you may want to switch to Cloudflare Turnstile for a better user experience on your WordPress login, comment, and WooCommerce screens. CAPTCHAs increase your site’s security by verifying user interactions are coming from humans, not bots. Turnstile can do this without your site’s visitors even knowing it’s there!

What is a CAPTCHA and Why Should I Use One?

CAPTCHA stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” Automated scripts and bots are widely used to simulate human interactions on the web for nefarious purposes like spamming your site’s forms or testing common or stolen login credentials on your site’s login forms. Carding attacks on WooCommerce are a security threat e-commerce site owners face.

Using a CAPTCHA lets you verify it’s a real person who is submitting a form, buying your products, or trying to log in to your site. Bots are screened out and blocked if they’re unable to pass the “prove you’re human” test presented to them by a CAPTCHA.

Google’s reCAPTCHA uses image identification puzzles to separate bots from humans. This can get annoying for us humans. If you have to identify photos and solve other puzzles to prove your humanity several times a day, this becomes very bothersome. Adding a CAPTCHA like this in your store’s checkout screen adds friction for customers and may reduce your sales. 

That’s where Cloudflare Turnstile comes in as an invisible CAPTCHA or noCAPTCHA service.