=== Captcha Bank - Security & Protection === Contributors: contact-banker, Gallery-Bank Tags: captcha bank, admin, ajax, anti-spam, anti spam, spam control, antispam security, antispam, captcha, captcha numbers, protection shield, captcha plugin, captcha words, comment, comments, contact form with captcha, cpatcha, label, login, lost password, match captcha, registration, security, spam, spam protection, text captcha, web form protection, login protection, wordpress protection, shield, security, wordpress security, captcha protection, case sensitive captcha, wordpress captcha, admin comment, contact bank, plugin, register, best captcha, best wordpress captcha, simple captcha, popular captcha, spam, form, best captcha Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 4.2.2 Stable tag: 2.1.21 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html Captcha Bank is an easy to use wordpress Captcha plugin to prevent spam on your site while letting real people pass through with ease. It's more than just a Captcha! == Description == #### Captcha Bank = Tough on bots, Easy on humans [**WP Captcha Bank - Best Captcha Plugin**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/) is a powerful WordPress shield which allows you to protect your WordPress website from SPAM. You can display **Captcha** on Login Form, Registration Form, Comment Form, Admin Comment form, Contact Bank Form and Hide **Captcha** for registered users easily. **Captcha Bank** is loaded with more than 50+ settings including advance protection features such as Login Logs, Auto IP Block, Security Protections and much more. **Captcha Bank**, a bullet proof captcha validator allows you to display **captcha** in different formats such as alphabets, digits or both. Its an advance protection shield that protects your website from spam by means of **captcha logic**, easily understood by human beings. Its a protection method for Website Login, Website Registration and Comment Spam in Blogs which makes the Captcha Bank powerful. **Captcha Bank** uses our own Tech Banker API based on Maxmind Database to fetch location and other details based on IP Address for its feature Login Logs. Captcha Bank is built for security. Armed with state of the art technology, it always stays at the forefront of spam and abuse fighting trends. > #### **Live Demos - Captcha Bank** > * [**Captcha Bank**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/) > * [**Captcha Bank Demos**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/) > * [**General Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/general-settings/) > * [**Layout Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/layout-settings/) > * [**Font Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/font-settings/) > * [**Display Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/display-settings/) > * [**Security Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/security-settings/) > * [**Message Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/message-settings/) > * [**Login Logs Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/login-logs/) > * [**Plugin Settings Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/plugin-settings/) > * [**Captcha for Login Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-login-form/) > * [**Captcha for Registration Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-registration-form/) > * [**Captcha for Reset Password Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-reset-password-form/) > * [**Captcha for Comment Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-comment-form/) > * [**Captcha for Admin Comment Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-admin-comment-form/) > * [**Captcha for Contact Bank Form Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/captcha-for-contact-bank-form/) > * [**System Status Demo**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/demo/system-status/) = Useful Links - Captcha Bank = **[Captcha Bank Knowledge Base](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/knowledge-base/)** **[Support Desk - Feel Free to ask your queries](http://tech-banker.com/forums/forum/captcha-bank-support/)** **[Upgrade to Premium Edition](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/pricing/)** **[Like & Support Us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TechBanker/)** = Key Features in Captcha Bank Lite Edition = * Multi-Lingual. Available now in 36 Languages. * Case Sensitive Captcha. * Display Captcha on Wordpress Login Form. * Display Captcha on Registration Form. * Different Captcha Type. * Number of Captcha characters. * Captcha Width and Height * Captcha Title and Tooltip * Login Logs. * Captcha Text Case * Captcha Preview = Key Features in Captcha Bank Premium Editions = * Multi-Lingual. Available now in 36 Languages. * 50 + Settings * Captcha for Login Forms * Captcha for Registration Forms * Display Captcha for Comments Form * Display Captcha for Admin Comments Form * Display Captcha for Contact Bank Forms * Display Captcha for Lost Password Form * Block & White List IP Addresses * Captcha General Settings * Captcha Layout Settings * Captcha Font Settings * Captcha Message Settings * Captcha Security Settings * Different Captcha Backgrounds * Case Sensitive Captcha * Auto IP Block * Block IP Ranges * Maximum Login Attempts * Roles & Capabilities * Login Logs * Captcha Preview Visit [**Captcha Bank**](http://tech-banker.com/products/wp-captcha-bank/) to upgrade to Pro Editions now. = Technical Support = Technical Support by the Development Team for Installation, Bug Fixing, Plugin Compatibility Issues. = Plugin Updates = Automatic Plugin Update Notification with New Features, Bug Fixing and much more. = Multi-Lingual = Multi-Lingual Facility allows the plugin to be used in 36 languages. = Login Logs = Allows you to track the current users who are logged in into you website and show there Geo Location on the map. It shows various details such as Username, IP Address, Location, Login Date & Time, Login Status, Action to Block or White list IP Address. = Captcha General Settings = Allows you to set various settings for **Captcha** which includes Title, Tooltip, number of characters, **Captcha** type, Text Case for **Captcha**, **Captcha** text case sensitivity, Width and Height = Captcha For Login Form = Allows you to display **Captcha** on WordPress Login Form. = Captcha For Registration Form = Allows you to display **Captcha** on WordPress Registration Form. = Captcha For Comments Form = Allows you to display **Captcha** on WordPress Comment Form. = Captcha on Admin Comments Form = Allows you to display **Captcha** on WordPress Admin Comment Form. = Captcha For Reset/Lost Password Form = Allows you to display **Captcha** on WordPress Reset/Lost Password Form = Hide Captcha For Users = Allows you to hide **Captcha** for Admin Comment form when the user is other than Administrator. = Captcha General Settings = Allows you to set various settings for Captcha which includes Title, Tooltip, number of characters, Captcha type, Text Case for Captcha, Captcha text case sensitivity and Width & Height. = Captcha Layout Settings = Allows you to set various Layout Settings such as Background, Lines, Dots, Text Transparency, and Signature for **Captcha**. = Captcha Font Settings = Allows you to set different Font Settings (Font Family, Font Size, and Font Color) for **Captcha** Text. = Captcha Message Settings = Allows you to set different settings for error messages such as **Captcha** Empty Error, **Captcha** Invalid Error, IP Block Message, Max Login Attempts and Maximum Login Exceeded Error. = Roles & Capabilities = Allows you to controls the capabilities of WP **Captcha** Bank among different roles of WordPress users. = Captcha For Contact Bank = Allows you to Integrate Captcha on Contact Bank Form. For this you need to purchase both the plugins separately. = Block Login IP Address = Allows you to block the IP Addresses of the login users from the Login Logs if he is considered as unauthorized. = Maximum Login Attempts = Allows you to set number of login attempts left for the user incase **Captcha** code is left empty or filled invalid. = Auto IP Block = Allows you to Blocks IP addresses for next 24 hours when the limit of login attempts is reached. = Block IP Ranges = Allows you to block range of IP Addresses that are considered undesirable or hostile. = Block Single IP Address = Allows you to add single IP Address for blocking it as per your requirement. = Captcha Bank is now available in the following Languages = * Albanian (sq_AL) * Arabic (ar) * Belarusian(be_BY) * Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) * Bulgarian (bg_BG) * Chinese (zh_CN) * Croation (hr) * Czech (cs_CZ) * Danish (da_DK) * Dutch (nl_NL) * English (en_GB) * Estonian (et) * Finnish (fi_FI) * French (fr_FR) * German (de_DE) * Greek (el_GR) * Hebrew (he_IL) * Hungarian (hu_HU) * Indonesian (id_ID) * Italian (it_IT) * Japanese (ja) * Korean (ko_KR) * Malay Malaysia (ms_MY) * Norwegian (nb) * Polish (pl_PL) * Portuguese (pt_PT) * Romanian (ro_RO) * Russian (ru_RU) * Serbian (sr_RS) * Slovenian (sl_SI) * Slovak (sk_SK) * Spanish (es_ES) * Swedish (sv_SE) * Turkish (tr) * Thai (th) * Ukrainian (uk) = Technical Support - Captcha Bank = If any problem occurs, please contact us at [support@tech-banker.com](mailto:support@tech-banker.com). == Installation == ### Performing a new installation for Captcha Bank. After downloading the ZIP file, 1. Log in to the administrator panel. 2. Go to Plugins Add > New > Upload. 3. Click "Choose file" ("Browse") and select the downloaded zip file. **For Mac Users** > * Go to your Downloads folder and locate the folder with the plugin. > * Right-click on the folder and select Compress. > * Now you have a newly created .zip file which can be installed as described here.* > * Click "Install Now" button. > * Click "Activate Plugin" button for activating the plugin. == Other Notes == = Minimum requirements for Captcha Bank. = * Wordpress 3.3+ * PHP 5.x * MySQL 5.x If any problem occurs, please contact us at [support@tech-banker.com](mailto:support@tech-banker.com). == Frequently Asked Questions == = How to set Title for Captcha? = To set Title for **Captcha**, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set the Title for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-title.png) = How to set Tooltip for Captcha? = You can set Tooltip for **Captcha** which would be displayed when you hover on the **Captcha**. To do so, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set the Tooltip for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-tooltip.png) = How to set number of characters to be displayed for Captcha? = In order to set number of characters to be displayed for **Captcha**, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set number of characters to be displayed for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-characters.png) = How to set the Type of Captcha to be displayed? = **Captcha** Can be displayed in three different types i.e. Only alphabets, Only Digits and both Alphabets and Digits. To set Type of characters to be displayed, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set Type of characters to be displayed. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-type.png) = How to set the Text Case for Captcha? = **Captcha** characters can be set to either Upper Case, Lower Case or Ramdom. To set Text Case for **Captcha** as one of the above, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set the Text Case for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-text-case.png) = How to set Width for Captcha? = You can set Width for **Captcha** by locating WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set Width for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-width.png) = How to set Height for Captcha? = You can set Height for **Captcha** by locating WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set Height for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-height.png) = How to set Case Sensitivity for Captcha? = You can set the Case Sensitivity for your **Captcha** by locating WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the General Settings tab and here you can set Case Sensitivity for **Captcha**. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-case-sensitive.png) = How to set Captcha on Login Form? = You can set **Captcha** on Login Form. For this you need to locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the Display Settings tab and here you can set **Captcha** on Login Form. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/enable-captcha-login-form.png) = How to set Captcha on Registration Form? = In order to set **Captcha** on Registration Form, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on **Captcha** Settings link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-settings-menu.png) Once you click on it, this page would open. Then click on the Display Settings tab and here you can set **Captcha** on Registration Form. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/enable-captcha-for-registration-form.png) Note* : To set **Captcha** on Registration form you need to tick the membership box located on General Settings page under Settings Link on the left side of the dashboard menu. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/general-menu.png) Once you click on the link this page would open. Tick the "membership" textbox to display **Captcha** on Registration Form. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/registration-form.png) = What is Login Logs? How to view Log Information for login users? = Login Logs allows you to track the current users who are logging into you website and show there Geo Location on the map. It allows you to view the information such as Username, IP Address, Location, Date and Time, **Captcha** Status (whether user was able to login or not into the WordPress site using **Captcha** Bank) and action to be performed to Whitelist or Block IP Address for the login user. To view all the Log Information (Username, IP Address, Location, Date and Time, **Captcha** Status) for login users you need to go to the WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of the WordPress dashboard. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/login-logs-menu.png) Then click on Login Logs tab on the top of the page just next to **Captcha** Settings tab. Here you can view all the Log Information (Username, IP Address, Location, Date and Time, **Captcha** Status) for login users. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/login-logs.png) = How to view Status of you System? = In order to view status of your system, locate WP **Captcha** Bank Menu on the left side of WordPress Dashboard Menus and then click on System Status link. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/system-status-menu.png) Once you click on the link, this page would open and there you could see the status of your system. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/systemreport-736x1024.png) = How to Preview Captcha ? = You can Preview the **Captcha** at the bottom of various Settings pages such as General Settings, Layout Settings, Font Settings, Display Settings and Message Settings. [Click here to view the Image](http://tech-banker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/captcha-preview11.png) After changing settings, when you click on the Save Settings button you can see the updated **Captcha** Preview. == Screenshots == 1. **WP Captcha Bank General Settings Page** 2. **WP Captcha Bank Layout Settings Page** 3. **WP Captcha Bank Font Settings Page** 4. **WP Captcha Bank Display Settings Page** 5. **WP Captcha Bank Security Settings Page** 6. **WP Captcha Bank Message Settings Page** 7. **WP Captcha Bank Login Logs Page** 8. **WP Captcha Bank Plugin Settings Page** 9. **WP Captcha Bank System Status Page** 10.**Captcha on Login Form** 11.**Captcha on Registration Form** 12.**Captcha on Lost Password Form** 13.**Captcha on Comment Form** 14.**Captcha on Admin Comment Form** 15.**Captcha on Contact Bank Form** == Changelog == = 2.1.19 = * Compatiblility Tested with WordPress 4.2.2 = 2.1.19 = * Compatible with WordPress 4.2.1 = 2.1.18 = * Compatible with WordPress 4.2 = 2.1.17 = * Compatible with WordPress 4.1.2 = 2.1.16 = * Minor Bugs Fixed. = 2.1.15 = * Formatting Issue Fixed. = 2.1.14 = * Minor Bugs Fixed. = 2.1.13 = * Minor Bugs Fixed. * Premium Editions Section Updated. = 2.1.12 = * Minor Bugs Fixed related to user roles. = 2.1.11 = * Minor Bugs Fixed. * Other Services Section Updated. * Premium Editions Section Updated. = 2.1.10 = * Fixed few Bugs and Errors for Install Script * Added New Feature - Feature Request = 2.1.9 = * Fixed few Bugs and Errors for Plugin Auto Updation * Unset Plugin Auto Updates on plugin uninstallation * Updated languages for Captcha Bank Plugin = 2.1.8 = * Implemented New Feature - Automatic Captcha Bank Plugin Update Enable/Disable. = 2.1.7 = * Fixed few Bugs and Errors = 2.1.6 = * Added google-maps-bank in recommended-plugins file = 2.1.5 = * Updated Captcha Bank in German Language = 2.1.4 = * Pricing changed = 2.1.3 = * Updated Captcha Bank in Portuguese Language = 2.1.2 = * Changed marker effect in Login Logs file. = 2.1.1 = * Few Bugs Fixed = 2.1.0 = * Compatible with WordPress 4.1 = 2.0.9 = * Changed variable for roles and capabilities to avoid conflictions with other plugins = 2.0.8 = * Fixed bug related to Free GeoIP API to Tech Banker API for Login Logs = 2.0.7 = * Changed Free GeoIP API to Tech Banker API = 2.0.6 = * Fixed major issue with Registration Form for Multisite. * Optimized Code * Added Update Message for latest versions = 2.0.5 = * Added Compatibility with Multisite WordPress * Added Compatible with WordPress 4.0.1 * Updated Pricing Table * Optimized Code * Fixed other Bugs and Errors = 2.0.4 = * Bug Fixed for Updation from Version previous to 2.0 * Fixed Black Image Bug * Optimized Code * Fixed other Bugs & Errors = 2.0.3 = * Optimized Code * Updated Roles & Capabilities * Changed Install Script with version number 2.0 * Updated links to open it in new window for Pricing Table * Updated Plugin Customization link in Plugin header = 2.0.2 = * Added Tooltips * Fixed Captcha Black Background Bug * Optimized Code * Removed unwanted Files & Fonts = 2.0.1 = * Udpated Po & Mo Files * Updated Css Fixes * Updated Our Services Section * Optimized Code * Removed unwanted Files & Fonts = 2.0.0 = * Major Version Release * New Feature : Introduced Layout Settings in Captcha Bank which allows you to set various Layout Settings such as Background, Lines, Dots, Text Transparency, and Signature for Captcha. * New Feature : Introduced Font Settings such as Font Family, Font Size and Font Color for Captcha in Captcha Bank. * New Feature : Introduced Security Settings including Auto IP Block, Maxiumum Login Attempts and Block IP Ranges in Captcha Bank. * New Feature : Introduced Message Settings which allows you to set different settings for error messages such as Captcha Empty Error, Captcha Invalid Error, IP Block Message, Max Login Attempts and Maximum Login Exceeded Error.. * New Feature : Introduced Hide captcha for registered users in Display Settings of Captcha Bank. * New Feature : Introduced Plugin Settings (Roles and Capabilities) in Captcha Bank. * New Feature : Introduced Login Logs in Captcha Bank which allows you to track the current users who are logged in into you website and show there Geo Location on the map. It shows various details such as Username, IP Address, Location, Login Date & Time, Login Status, Action to Block or White list IP Address. * New Feature : Highly Optimized Code. = 1.9 = * Captcha Bank Compatibility to 3.9.1 = 1.8 = * Captcha Bank Layout Changed = 1.7 = * Captcha Bank Compatibility to 3.9 = 1.6 = * Captcha Bank Compatibility to 3.8.2 = 1.5 = * Captcha Bank Compatibility to 3.8 = 1.4 = * Captcha Bank Documentation Added = 1.3 = * Bugs Fixed with Comments Section Captcha * Captcha Bank Database Changes * Captcha Bank Improved CSS = 1.2 = * Bugs Fixed with Session Errors * Captcha Bank Improved CSS = 1.1 = * Bugs Fixed with functionality related to Browsers * Captcha Bank Improved CSS = 1.0 = * Initial Release for Captcha Bank