<p>Has anyone tried using the Craft reCAPTCHA plugin from Matt West? The issue I am experiencing is that if a Contact Form is submitted without ticking the reCAPTCHA widget, the form does not submit - that's good! - but there is no error message posted on the form page to remind the user to 'prove they are human'</p>

<p>Thanks for any suggestions! </p>

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2018-11-17T22:49:39.303Z
From a User Experience point of view I use the Pixel & Tonic honeypot plugin. It takes responsibility of spam filtering away from the user. But I’m response to your actual question, sorry, bud, I’m no help there.
Jay
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2018-11-18T01:00:00.993Z
@Jay On the flip side, the honeypot technique is minimally effective.  I feel like most bots/scripts are smart enough to get around it.
Brad Bell
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2018-11-18T02:56:01.293Z
@BradBell this is a good point. At this stage, I'm only dealing with clients that are getting hundreds of emails, not thousands. So a honeypot seems to have worked enough for their needs.
Jay
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2018-11-18T16:21:01.303Z
My experience with the Honeypot field approach aligns with @BradBell comment
Roi Agneta
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Craft reCAPTCHA Plugin (Matt West)
# Craft reCAPTCHA Plugin (Matt West)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-17)

Has anyone tried using the Craft reCAPTCHA plugin from Matt West? The issue I am experiencing is that if a Contact Form is submitted without ticking the reCAPTCHA widget, the form does not submit - that's good! - but there is no error message posted on the form page to remind the user to 'prove they are human'

Thanks for any suggestions!

**Tags:** craft3, plugins, plugin-recaptcha
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: From a User Experience point of view I use the Pixel & Tonic honeypot plugin. It takes responsibility of spam filtering away from the user. But I’m response to your actual question, sorry, bud, I’m no help there.  
> **username_2**: @Jay On the flip side, the honeypot technique is minimally effective.  I feel like most bots/scripts are smart enough to get around it.  
> **username_1**: @BradBell this is a good point. At this stage, I'm only dealing with clients that are getting hundreds of emails, not thousands. So a honeypot seems to have worked enough for their needs.  
> **username_0**: My experience with the Honeypot field approach aligns with @BradBell comment  

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