Adding reCaptcha to the Email Sharing Button

The Email button is great, and you can make it even better by adding a Captcha to the submission form:

To add the Captcha to your site, follow these steps:

1. Start by registering on this site. Upon registration for reCAPTCHA v2, you will receive a Public/Site and a Private/Secret key.
2. Open your site’s wp-config.php file in your favorite text editor, and add the following constants with both reCaptcha keys right before /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */:

   define( 'RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY', 'XXXXXXX' );
   define( 'RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY', 'XXXXXXX' );
   
   

3. Voila! Your email sharing buttons are now protected against spammers!

Jeremy Herve

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