Title: Captcha simplified?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Captcha simplified?

 *  [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * (@emerogorek)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/)
 * I have one location in my site that allows comments. They are few and far between.
   Somehow I get whoremail and sex comments from some robo source. Comments have
   to be validated but they still give me the creeps.
 * I do not want to make legitimate users be harassed by Captcha. What might be 
   the user simplest method to assure that what is in my site is not mechanic?
 * I see all sorts of add-ons but they are all described the same. Do I have to 
   explore all of them?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/#post-5401438)
 * I heard if you have a form that asks for both first and last name, bots will 
   fill in the same name for both.
 *  Thread Starter [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * (@emerogorek)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/#post-5401443)
 * This tends to prove my point, no?
 * I have seen web sites that have the user enter the solution to a simple question
   or puzzle. Some ask what number is in the picture.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/#post-5401445)
 * If you consider legitimate users will have both the same first and last name 
   then yes that proves using that as a method for detecting bots will detriment
   your users.
 *  Thread Starter [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * (@emerogorek)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/#post-5401481)
 * I am still not sure what you are suggesting. It is not that I want to recognize
   who is fake and who is not. Just don’t want the trash to even place a message.
 * At the same time, I don’t want to hassle my users with complex captchas that 
   are a royal pain to resolve.
 * I want to start with the simplest goon trap possible.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Emerogorek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emerogorek/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/captcha-simplified/#post-5401481)
 * Status: not resolved

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