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Use the shortcode `[recaptcha-protected-download]` to wrap any direct download link that you’d like reCaptcha to process.
`[recaptcha-protected-download]https://example.com/download.zip[/recaptcha-protected-download]`
Example
Here’s my `hello world` post HTML:
<pre>
Hello! This page is dynamically generated with my plugin called Content Generator which you can download from <a href="[recaptcha-protected-download]https://my-cdn.tld/static/content-generator.zip[/recaptcha-protected-download]">here</a>.

You can also download WordPress following <a href="[recaptcha-protected-download]https://wordpress.org/latest.zip[/recaptcha-protected-download]">this URL</a>
</pre>
Which is parsed as follows:
<pre>
Hello! This page is dynamically generated with my plugin called Content Generator which you can download from <a href="#rcpdl=371bce9996c0afc711648c2c4f3d5c97">here</a>.

You can also download WordPress following <a href="#rcpdl=7039e773658ed3c70d50e791ed4940fd">this URL</a>
</pre>
About
This plugin opts to generate fake links (anchors) controlled with JavaScript to open up a modal once clicked to opt users to complete the anti-spam test with <a href="https://github.com/google/recaptcha/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCaptcha</a>.
Once a user successfully submits a test, an AJAX callback will then verify the response and parse the download.
`md5` is used to hash the download links and fetch them later once a user submits a test.
You must provide your Google reCaptcha credentials which you can obtain from <a href="https://google.com/recaptcha/admin" rel="nofollow ugc">this page</a>
Once you activate the plugin, you should now navigate to “Settings” > “reCaptcha Downlaods” (or “Options” > “reCaptcha Downlaods” for network activated plugin) and add your Google reCaptcha credentials (public and private keys) which you can obtain from https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin
The development version of this plugin is hosted on Github, feel free to fork it, contribute and improve it, or start a new issue if you want to report something like an unusual bug.
Here’s the Github repo: https://github.com/elhardoum/recaptcha-protected-downloads
Thank you!

reCaptcha Protected Downloads

Protect your downloads from bots and spiders with a shortcode and Google's no-captcha reCaptcha

OOPSpam Team

<a href="https://www.oopspam.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OOPSpam</a> is a modern anti-spam solution that uses advanced AI and machine learning to protect your WordPress forms and comments from spam. Our system has blocked over 1 billion spam attempts across 3.5M+ websites, maintaining 99.9% accuracy without compromising user privacy or accessibility.
Unlike traditional CAPTCHA solutions that can hurt your conversion rates, OOPSpam works silently in the background, analyzing submissions against our extensive database of 500M+ malicious IPs and emails to catch both bot and human spammers.
<h3>Why Choose OOPSpam?</h3>
<ul>
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</ul>
<h3>What Our Users Say</h3>
<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
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<ul>
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</ul>
<h3>Supported form & comment solutions:</h3>
<ul>
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<li>Forminator</li>
<li>WPForms</li>
<li>Formidable Forms</li>
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<li>Piotnet Forms </li>
<li>GiveWP Donation Forms</li>
<li>MailPoet</li>
<li>Beaver Builder Contact Form</li>
<li>Ultimate Member</li>
<li>MemberPress</li>
<li>Paid Memberships Pro</li>
<li>Jetpack Forms</li>
<li>MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress</li>
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<li>SureCart</li>
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</ul>
OOPSpam Anti-Spam WordPress plugin requires minimal configuration. Check out our <a href="https://help.oopspam.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">comprehensive WordPress guide</a> for detailed setup instructions. To get started quickly, <a href="https://app.oopspam.com/Identity/Account/Register" rel="nofollow ugc">get a key</a> and paste it into the appropriate setting field under Settings=>OOPSpam Anti-Spam. If you have a contact form plugin, make sure you enable spam protection on the settings page.
Please note: This is a premium plugin. You need an <a href="https://app.oopspam.com/Identity/Account/Register" rel="nofollow ugc">OOPSpam Anti-Spam API key</a> to use the plugin. Each account comes with 40 free spam checks per month. 
If you already use OOPSpam on other platforms, you can use the same API key for this plugin.

OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)

This is a great plugin with a very responsive and knowledgable support team.

I emailed them yesterday with a kind of obscure WooCommerce feature request and they had a fix deployed within 12 hours.

Yes, it's a paid service if your site has any kind of volume at all, but it's extremely effective and fully built for privacy and GDPR compliant. We're trying to de-G00glify everything for our clients so their websites are not tracking users every move and implementing this service is part of our (slow and tedious) move in that direction. 

Pricing is perfect for agencies as they do tiers by actual # of API calls and no limit on the number of sites you can install this on. Most competitors we were looking at had per-site license structures that were not going to work for us.

Works well for default comment fields, WPForms and WooCommerce. Has some other integrations but those are the ones we tried.

If you have any doubts, just go back into your logs of spam that slipped through reCAPTCHA and Akismet and a honeypot... pick a message and enter the data on the app.oopspam.com dashboard you can edit the test data right there and it will show you what spam score their system would give that message.

Great Service

Protect your forms from spam with 99.9% accuracy - no CAPTCHA, no JavaScript, no tracking. Trusted by 3.5M+ websites.

reCaptcha Protected Downloads vs OOPSpam Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for WordPress Forms & Comments (No CAPTCHA)