Avoid bots downloads

  • Resolved Andrea

    (@ancan)


    6 years, 11 months ago

    How can I prevent the bots from downloading the files?
    Perhaps implementing reCaptcha could be a solution?
    Therefore it seems interesting to activate the “download” button only after the reCaptcha control has been passed.
    In short, I would like my download to be done exclusively by a real person, not from the bots. Otherwise they mirror my documents in the download and people download the file from them and not from me. Made myself clear?

    Regards
    Andrea

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  • Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    Hi Andrea, have you considered password protecting the download files? This would eliminate the bot issue you are having.

    Regards

    Thread Starter Andrea

    (@ancan)

    I wanted to avoid complicating life for ordinary people who need to download my files.

    Thanks for the advice.
    Andrea.

    Plugin Contributor mbrsolution

    (@mbrsolution)

    You are most welcome. If you don’t need any more help, you can mark this support thread as resolved.

    Kind regards

    Thread Starter Andrea

    (@ancan)

    I have not marked “resolved” as it is not solved.
    I could not use passwords for simplicity, I do not want to oblige customers to register on the site to get access to downloads.
    I was wondering if it was possible to implement the use of reCaptcha.

    Thanks
    Andrea.

    Plugin Author mra13

    (@mra13)

    We will look at implementing a captcha option for it in the future.

    Plugin Author mra13

    (@mra13)

    The new version has an option to enable captcha on the download buttons.

    Thread Starter Andrea

    (@ancan)

    Thanks!
    Andrea.

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