Tips and Tricks HQ

mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ

<p>Bot Protection with Turnstile lets you drop-in Cloudflare’s privacy-focused, no-CAPTCHA challenge on the most common attack surfaces of a WordPress site:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Core WordPress forms</strong> – Login, registration, password reset, and comment forms.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce</strong> – Protect checkout, login, registration, and password reset forms.</li>
<li><strong>bbPress</strong> – Secure forum registration, login, and topic creation forms.</li>
<li><strong>Contact Form 7</strong> – Add Turnstile to your CF7 forms to block spam submissions.</li>
<li><strong>Accept Stripe Payments</strong> – Protect checkout and payment pop-up forms.</li>
<li><strong>Simple Download Monitor</strong> – Secure download buttons and squeeze forms.</li>
<li><strong>Simple Shopping Cart</strong> – Add Turnstile to your shopping cart plugin’s manual checkout forms.</li>
<li><strong>WP Express Checkout</strong> – Protect checkout 100% discount checkout forms with Turnstile.</li>
<li><strong>WP eMember</strong> – Secure registration, login and password reset forms with Turnstile.</li>
</ul>
<p>Just add your Turnstile <em>Site Key</em> and <em>Secret Key</em>, choose the forms you want to protect, and you’re done. No more subjecting your users to image puzzles or accessibility headaches.</p>
<p>Turnstile can generate multiple types of non-intrusive challenges to verify users are human, all without showing visitors a puzzle.</p>
<h3>Highlights</h3>
<ul>
<li>Zero-friction, user-friendly bot protection.</li>
<li>A free reCAPTCHA alternative for WordPress.</li>
<li>Works even when visitors are behind ad-blockers or privacy extensions.</li>
<li>Granular toggles to enable/disable on individual forms.</li>
<li>Debug logging feature.</li>
<li>Fully translatable and developer-friendly with action/filter hooks.</li>
<li>Road-map for upcoming integrations with other popular plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Getting Started</h3>
<p>It’s quick and easy to get started with the Bot Protection plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li>Generate a Site Key and Secret Key in your Cloudflare account, then enter them in the plugin’s settings page.</li>
<li>Choose which forms you want to protect with Turnstile and click Save.</li>
<li>Turnstile challenges will automatically appear on the selected forms to to block bots and spam.</li>
</ul>
<p>For more detailed instructions, please see our <a href="https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/bot-protection-with-turnstile-plugin" rel="nofollow ugc">setup guide</a>.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin integrates with the Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA service to help protect WordPress forms from spam and automated abuse.</p>
<p>When a protected form (such as login, registration, or comment) is displayed, the plugin connects to Cloudflare Turnstile to generate a CAPTCHA challenge. When the form is submitted, Turnstile receives the user’s IP address and browser metadata to verify whether the submission is from a human or bot.</p>
<p>This service is provided by Cloudflare, Inc.:<br />
– Terms of Service: https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/<br />
– Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</p>


Bot Protection with Turnstile

A lightweight plugin that protects core WordPress forms and selected third‑party plugins from spam and bot attacks using Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA.

bostonwebgroup

timh

<p>BWG CF Turnstile integrates Cloudflare’s Turnstile service with Gravity Forms to provide an effective and user-friendly way to block spam and bot submissions. Turnstile is Cloudflare’s privacy-focused alternative to CAPTCHA that offers better user experience while still providing strong protection.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic Integration</strong>: Adds Turnstile protection to all your Gravity Forms or just the ones you select</li>
<li><strong>Manual Mode</strong>: For custom placement of the Turnstile widget within your forms</li>
<li><strong>Server-Side Validation</strong>: Securely validates submissions with Cloudflare’s API</li>
<li><strong>Theme Compatibility</strong>: Works with all Gravity Forms themes, including Orbital</li>
<li><strong>Easy Setup</strong>: Simple configuration with minimal settings</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>Gravity Forms 2.4 or higher</li>
<li>A Cloudflare account to obtain Turnstile site and secret keys</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Considerations</h3>
<p>Cloudflare Turnstile is designed with privacy in mind. Unlike traditional CAPTCHA services, Turnstile is designed to respect user privacy while still providing effective protection. For more information about Turnstile’s privacy practices, please refer to <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare’s documentation</a>.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin integrates with Cloudflare Turnstile, an external service provided by Cloudflare. The plugin communicates with Cloudflare’s services for form protection functionality.</p>
<h3>What is Cloudflare Turnstile?</h3>
<p>Cloudflare Turnstile is a privacy-preserving alternative to CAPTCHAs that helps protect forms from bots and automated attacks. It challenges visitors in a way that doesn’t disrupt the user experience.</p>
<h3>When does this plugin connect to Cloudflare?</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>JavaScript Widget Loading</strong>: When a page containing a protected Gravity Form is loaded, the plugin loads the Turnstile JavaScript widget from <code>https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js</code>. This happens on every page load where a protected form is displayed.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Token Verification</strong>: When a form is submitted, the plugin sends a verification request to <code>https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify</code> to validate the Turnstile token.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>What data is sent to Cloudflare?</h3>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>During Widget Loading</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your site key (public identifier)</li>
<li>Standard browser information (user agent, IP address)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>During Token Verification</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>The Turnstile response token</li>
<li>Your secret key (for authentication)</li>
<li>The user’s IP address (optional, for additional validation)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Legal and Privacy Information</h3>
<p>By using this plugin, you agree to Cloudflare’s terms and privacy policies:<br />
– <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Terms of Service</a><br />
– <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Privacy Policy</a><br />
– <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare Turnstile Documentation</a></p>
<p>It is your responsibility to ensure that your use of this plugin complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including data protection laws in your jurisdiction. We recommend reviewing Cloudflare’s privacy policy and terms of service, and updating your own privacy policy to inform users about the use of Cloudflare Turnstile on your website.</p>


BWG CF Turnstile

Add Cloudflare Turnstile protection to your Gravity Forms to prevent spam and bot submissions.

Bot Protection with Turnstile vs BWG CF Turnstile