Joomla HCaptcha Extension

A simple CAPTCHA Plugin using the [hCaptcha](https://www.hcaptcha.com/) CAPTCHA service
to protect your Joomla website against SPAM.

The Plugin can be easily kept up-to-date because it uses Joomla! Update System.
There are two versions: one for Joomla 3.9/3.10 and another version for Joomla 4.0

Instructions

- [Download the latest version of hCaptcha](https://data2site.com/download/hcaptcha) for Joomla 3.10 or Joomla 4.0
and install using Joomla's Extension installer
- in the Joomla back-end: Extensions > Install
- Create a free account at [https://hcaptcha.com](https://hcaptcha.com)
- Add your site to https://hcaptcha.com and get a Secret Key + Site Key
- Add the Secret Key + Site Key to the hCaptcha plugin
- in the Joomla back-end: Extensions > Plugins > Select: hCaptcha
- add the Site Key + Secret Key
- publish the hCaptcha Plugin
- Configure your Joomla site to use hCaptcha as default:
- in the Joomla back-end: System > Global Configuration > [Site] tab >
Default Captcha > Select "Captcha - hCaptcha"
- Test your forms on the front-end of your Joomla website to see if the hCaptcha
has been configured properly and works correctly.

Content-Security-Policy Settings

If you use CSP headers, please add the following to your configuration:
script-src should include https://hcaptcha.com https://.hcaptcha.com
frame-src should include https://hcaptcha.com https://.hcaptcha.com
style-src should include https://hcaptcha.com https://*.hcaptcha.com

Translations

This plugin has been translated into the following languages:
- Dutch (nl-NL) by Peter Martin ([@pe7er](https://github.com/pe7er))
- English (en-GB) by Peter Martin ([@pe7er](https://github.com/pe7er))
- French (fr-FR) by Yannick Berges ([@micker](https://github.com/micker))
- German (de-DE) by Tobias Zulauf ([@zero-24](https://github.com/zero-24))
- Italian (it-IT) by Fabio Zignale
- Polish (pl-PL) by Mateusz Hajder ([@mhajder](https://github.com/mhajder))
- Spanish (es-ES) by Peter Martin ([@pe7er](https://github.com/pe7er))
- Turkish (tr-TR) by Mehmet Taş

Changelog

10-Jan-2024 : v1.4.3
$ Fixed multiple line issue with language files that occurred since Joomla 5.0.1/4.4.1 due to a security fix.

18-Feb-2022 : v1.4.2
$ Fixed issue in J4 version: replaced _QQ_ in language strings with \"
$ Refactored J4 version: removed the language prefix (e.g. en-GB) from the language files

24-Jan-2022 : v1.4.1
$ Fixed issue: Language strings are missing #35

18-Jan-2022 : v1.4.0
$ New Joomla 4 compatible version
$ Added Italian (it-IT) language File (Fabio Zignale)

02-Mar-2021 : v1.3.3
$ Added Turkish (tr-TR) language File (Mehmet Taş)

20-Nov-2020 : v1.3.2
$ Fixed issue with required Captcha that displayed (optional) (@brianteeman)

11-Nov-2020 : v1.3.1
$ Added async attribute improvement (@SniperSister)
$ Changed Update URL
$ Changed Language Labels to keep the word the same on all places

13-Oct-2020 : v1.3.0
$ Changed Language Labels to follow the convention used in the Joomla 4 PR
$ Improved Polish pl-PL language File (@mhajder)
$ Added Spanish es-ES language File (@pe7er)
$ Corrected minimum check to PHP 7.1 (@zero-24)
$ Changed file_get_contents to HttpFactory (@zero-24)

22-Apr-2020 : v1.2.0
$ Added French fr-FR language File (@micker)
$ Added Germany de-DE language File (@zero-24)
+ Added PHP 7.0 minimum check (@zero-24)
+ Added privacy message about IP beeing send to hcaptcha.com (@zero-24)

21-Apr-2020 : v1.1.0
$ Added Dutch nl-NL language File (@pe7er)
$ Added Polish pl-PL language File (@mhajder)
+ Added Theme configuration: Light / Dark
+ Added Size configuration: Normal / Compact

20-Apr-2020 : v1.0.0
+ Added Update server URL

10-Apr-2020 : v1.0.0-RC1
$ Added English en-GB language File (@pe7er)
+ Added ACL check to Dashboard + Profiles view