How To: Set Up Image Verification (CAPTCHA)

Important

Bots can bypass the CAPTCHA described in this article. We recommend using one of the third-party Google reCAPTCHA add-ons from our Marketplace instead.

Image verification (CAPTCHA) is a way to determine that it’s a human being that attempts to do something in your store: create an account, log in to an existing account, leave a comment, etc. If enabled and configured, image verification will allow to perform these and many other actions only if a user enters the text from a randomly generated image.

You can see how image verification works in the picture below: there is a new mandatory Anti-bot validation field.

Image verification as it appears on the login page: it adds the new mandatory Anti-Bot Validation field.

To enable image verification in your store, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Administration panel, go to Settings → Image Verification.
  2. Tick the necessary checkboxes in the Use for section.
  3. Fill in other fields as you see fit.
  4. Click the Save button.

Important

You must have GD Library installed on the server for CS-Cart to display verification images. PHP must be compiled with freetype support. So PHP must be configured with the following keys: --with-gd --enable-gd-native-ttf

Image verification settings allow you to determine what actions require anti-bot validation.