Hi @rawdolphe,
no, there is no simple way to do that. This contact form is for who wants just a contact form with the fields: name, email, message, and agreement checkbox, and nothing else.
The plugin already has an anti-spam system that runs behind the scenes and you don’t need any reCAPTCHA.
This plugin doesn’t give you many possibilities. This is why it’s very light.
If you need reCAPTCHA in a easy way maybe better you use a different contact form plugin.
However, adding reCAPTCHA like many other things is possible, but only if you write your custom code.
For adding the reCAPTCHA you can use the filter ‘essential_form_after_checkbox’ to add the custom hidden fields needed by the reCAPTCHA.
You will have something that looks like:
add_filter( 'essential_form_after_checkbox', function( $output, $post, $settings, $atts ) {
$custom_fields = '<input ....>';
return $output . $custom_fields;
}, 10, 4 );
You will need to add your custom field also to the Essential Form allowed fields by filtering ”essential_form_fields_array’.
You will need something that looks like:
add_filter( 'essential_form_fields_array', function( $fields ) {
$fields[] = 'your_field_name';
return $fields;
} );
Then with the action ‘essential_form_before_sending’ you can add your custom code to validate the user.
You will have something that looks like:
add_action( 'essential_form_before_sending', function( $name,$email,$message,$post_id ) {
// Here you will need to get the data from the global variable $_POST and use them to validate the user
// If the user is not validated, then you can just stop the PHP execution, and no email will be sent, e.g. if( ....) { die() };
} );
This was just for giving you an idea and the direction. Never tested a reCAPTCHA, and I can’t help more on this.
Honestly, if I wanted a reCAPTCHA I would prefer a different contact form plugin that already integrates a reCAPTCHA.
As said, this plugin doesn’t need any reCAPTCHA because its inbuilt anti-spam system works behind the scenes, and most of all, it works.
I hope it helps.
Have a great day!
Jose
