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Hi, I've installed Recaptcha 3 on a Wordpress site that uses Job Manager. I've put the Recaptcha key into Job Manager and Recaptcha is confirming that it's set up correctly. But there is a bot that is repeatedly sending job applications in via the Job Manager form, and is not getting stopped by Recaptcha. 

I've tried fully deleting the job that the bot is attacking, but it just jumps to another one.

The Job Manager developers have said it's a Recaptcha problem, not them and to talk to Google. Apparently though Google don't provide help unless you pay for it?? So I'm stuck. Can someone please point me in the right direction on how to fix this and stop the bot applications.

Hi @hrontap ! reCAPTCHA v3 works in the background by scoring users, but it doesn't block bots directly — it just gives a score (0.0–1.0). It’s up to the plugin or site to decide when to reject a submission.

What you can do:

  1. Check the score threshold in Job Manager settings (if available) — lower it (e.g., from 0.5 to 0.3) to catch more bots.

  2. If Job Manager doesn’t let you set a threshold, it may not fully support reCAPTCHA v3's scoring logic.

  3. Alternative options:

    • Try switching to reCAPTCHA v2 ("I'm not a robot") — it’s more visible and often blocks bots better.

    • Add a simple honeypot field (a hidden field that bots fill but humans don’t).

    • Use an external firewall (like Cloudflare) to add extra bot protection.

reCAPTCHA v3 alone often isn’t enough without proper integration.

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