Logging (logs)

In the plug-in set­tings, you have the opti­on of acti­vat­ing log­ging. As soon as you acti­va­te this func­tion, all forms are recor­ded. This docu­ments whe­ther a form was sent suc­cessful­ly or mark­ed as spam.

Activate logging #

To acti­va­te log­ging, first go to Captcha > Dash­board > Logs. The­re, click on Acti­va­te log­ging to acti­va­te log­ging.

Then save the set­tings you have made by cli­cking on the Save but­ton.

Evaluate logs #

Switch to the Captcha tab > Log ent­ries to eva­lua­te the logs. The­re you will find an over­view of all forms that were trans­mit­ted and eva­lua­ted while log­ging was acti­va­ted.

Overview

The Sta­tus column shows you at a glan­ce whe­ther an ent­ry has beenveri­fied or clas­si­fied asspam.

The title of the log shows the date and time at which the form was vali­da­ted.

Details

Click on an ent­ry or the link to edit to access fur­ther tech­ni­cal details.

Use for exam­p­le w3schools.comto make the con­tent clea­rer and easier to read.

In addi­ti­on to the form data, the fol­lo­wing values are log­ged:

/**
 * Standard Formular Daten von CF7
 */
_wpcf7: 31
_wpcf7_version: 5.9.7
_wpcf7_locale: cz_CZ
_wpcf7_unit_tag: wpcf7-f31-p2-o1
_wpcf7_container_post: 2
_wpcf7_posted_data_hash:

/**
 * Formular Felder
 */
Anmerkung: test
checkbox-735: Ich habe die Datenschutzhinweise gelesen und bin damit einverstanden
  
/**
 * Captcha Felder (CF7 Only)
 * Die Bezeichnung kann variieren, abhängig davon, ob Sie diese geändert haben.
 */
f12_captcha-443: 8
f12_captcha-443_hash: $2y$10$AaEFLIYRhdmKPY2gHF7Re...q6OQYshbO2acDYFEuSrl2/JRTpytG

/**
 * Zeiterfassung
 * Felder die dazu dienen, festzustellen, wie schnell das Formular versendet wurde
 */
php_start_time: 1721715548.4051
js_end_time: 1721715596.486
js_start_time: 1721715553.064
Timer Data: Form loaded: 23.07.2024 06:19:08 [1721715548.4051],Form submitted: 23.07.2024 06:19:54 [1721715594.4],Time passed: 45995 ms, 46 sec,
Timer Data PHP: Form loaded: 23.07.2024 06:19:08 [1721715548.4051],Form submitted: 23.07.2024 06:19:54 [1721715594.4],Time passed: 45995 ms, 46 sec,
Timer Data JS: Form loaded: 23.07.2024 06:19:13 [1721715553.064],Form submitted: 23.07.2024 06:19:56 [1721715596.486],Time passed: 43422 ms, 43 sec,
/**
 * Schutz vor Mehrfacheinreichung
 */
f12_multiple_submission_protection: $2y$10$q8dm2qtAg6byepUvikxlDOBZV.Z0fMJVFuvwAvLBgF3MOIVSJikya
  
/**
 * Captcha Felder
 * Die Bezeichnung kann variieren, abhängig davon, ob Sie diese geändert haben.
 */
f12_captcha: 20
f12_captcha_hash: $2y$10$7rEl3t5zS2KSyp.5nXM1WOhu80NzgmTxbfDl2HHpyqS1dERe3jva6

/**
 * Browser Informationen
 * Zusätzliche Informationen über den Browser des Besuchers
 */
Browser Data: browser_name:Chrome,browser_version:126.0.0.0,platform_name:Windows,device_type_name:Desktop,is_mobile:,
/**
 * Header Informationen
 * Zusätzliche Informationen über den übermittelten Header der Anfrage
 */
Header Data: Accept:application/json, */*;q=0.1,Accept-Encoding:gzip, deflate, br, zstd,Accept-Language:de-DE,de;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7,Connection:close,User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36,

/**
 * Der Name des Prozesses, der die Nachricht als Spam eingestuft hat
 */
Log Message: captcha-protection

Possible log messages and their meaning #

The fol­lo­wing mes­sa­ges can be dis­play­ed as log mes­sa­ges:

• captcha-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  The user was unable to sol­ve the captcha.
• timer-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  The form was sub­mit­ted too quick­ly. This mes­sa­ge often occurs when bots try to fill out and send forms via your site.
• ip-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  The user’s IP address has been blo­cked. This error is trig­ge­red if too many mes­sa­ges have been clas­si­fied as spam and IP pro­tec­tion is acti­va­ted.
• java­­script-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  This error occurs if the visi­tor was unable to inter­pret Java­Script. This often indi­ca­tes misu­se by bots.
• mul­­ti­­p­le-sub­­­mis­­si­on-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  This error occurs if an attempt is made to sub­mit the form seve­ral times in quick suc­ces­si­on.
• rule-pro­­tec­­ti­on
  This error occurs if the visi­tor has ente­red a word that is on the black­list, or has used BB code or too many links in the text.

The log mes­sa­ges depend on the acti­va­ted pro­tec­tion methods.

Deleting logs #

The logs can be easi­ly dele­ted by navi­ga­ting to Captcha > Dash­board > Logs and sel­ec­ting the Dele­te all opti­on.

Alter­na­tively, you have the opti­on of only dele­ting ent­ries that are older than 3 weeks.