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This can be used on pages, forms, or custom flows where the site owner wants to request human verification.<\/p>\n\n<p>Checkify is designed around privacy-first verification. The WordPress site receives a verification result, not unnecessary personal identity data.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>CAPTCHA alternative for WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Privacy-first human verification<\/li>\n<li>Site connection using a QR code<\/li>\n<li>Local QR rendering in the browser<\/li>\n<li>Shortcode support using [checkify_verify]<\/li>\n<li>Live Checkify API integration<\/li>\n<li>No external QR code generation service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>How it works<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install and activate the Checkify plugin.<\/li>\n<li>Open the Checkify settings page in WordPress.<\/li>\n<li>Generate a connection QR code.<\/li>\n<li>Scan the QR code in the Checkify app to connect your WordPress site.<\/li>\n<li>Create or select a Checkify Pass for human verification.<\/li>\n<li>Paste the Checkify Pass ID into the plugin settings.<\/li>\n<li>Add [checkify_verify] to the page where you want to show human verification.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>The shortcode creates a verification request, renders a QR code locally in the visitor's browser, polls for verification status, and stores a temporary local verification result for that visitor.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to Checkify services to provide human verification.<\/p>\n\n<p>Service used:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Checkify API: https:\/\/api.checkify.me<\/li>\n<li>Checkify website: https:\/\/checkify.me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin connects to Checkify when:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>A site administrator creates a site connection claim.<\/li>\n<li>A site administrator polls the status of a site connection claim.<\/li>\n<li>A connected WordPress site creates a verification request.<\/li>\n<li>A connected WordPress site checks the status of a verification request.<\/li>\n<li>A connected WordPress site confirms a completed verification result.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin may send the following data to Checkify services:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>The WordPress site domain.<\/li>\n<li>A Checkify site identifier.<\/li>\n<li>A Checkify installation identifier.<\/li>\n<li>A Checkify Pass or launcher identifier configured by the site administrator.<\/li>\n<li>Verification request identifiers.<\/li>\n<li>Verification status tokens.<\/li>\n<li>Request timestamps.<\/li>\n<li>Cryptographic signatures used to authenticate the WordPress installation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin does not use an external QR code generation service. 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