“Failed honeypot validation.” on form registration submission

All plugins are deactivated except WPUM, logically. And the site is using twenty twelve theme. Thanks

Hi there,

I’ve just tested it on your own site but I can’t see any issue. I’ve successfully registered a test account ( [email protected] ).

The error message would only appear if you had tried to add any type of content to the honeypot field (hidden via css) used to prevent spam registrations by bots.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Alessandro Tesoro.

@alessandrotesoro thanks for the answer. Yes, I see the honeypot field hidden by css there! How did it show up? Is there a setting or something? I didn’t add it.

It is displaying my email too but it was hidden.

How do I get rid of this field?

Please help

Thank you!!!

I went ahead and used:

function wpum_get_rid_of_honeypot_field( $fields ) {

	if ( isset( $fields['robo'] ) ) :
		unset( $fields['robo'] );
	endif;

	return $fields;

}
add_filter( 'wpum_get_registration_fields', 'wpum_get_rid_of_honeypot_field' );

Is there any other way to do it? Or a setting in the back end??

Thank you for your help!

Hi @karlosuccess,

You shouldn’t disable the honeypot field. Unless you enable recaptcha, you’ve enabled yourself to be a target of spam registrations.

The honeypot antispam technique works by adding an “hidden” field to a form. Humans won’t know about the field because it’s visibly hidden, while bots wouldn’t know that the field is hidden so they’ll try fill that field anyways. When the field is filled with content, then the validation error appears. So the only reason you’re getting the message is because you’re filling the field in somehow.

You can read more about the subject here https://solutionfactor.net/blog/2014/02/01/honeypot-technique-fast-easy-spam-prevention/

On your site the field doesn’t display, so I’m not sure how you’re triggering the error.

Oh I see, thanks for clarification. Also, in case I decide to enable recaptcha, is there a way to disable the honeypot from backend or I need to do it like this?

For some reason is populating my email in the honeypot field in firefox (not in chrome, i didnt test IE). Please see screenshot.
https://snag.gy/Ikm0Hs.jpg

That is why it is not passing the validation.

Any thoughts?

Thank you

It’s high likely you have some browser extension or something else on your system installed that is forcing that. WPUM won’t automatically fill that field, and the field it’s forcibly hidden by default. I’m using firefox too https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2i8v48x8delhie/Schermata%202018-09-06%20alle%2010.11.43.png?dl=0

Anyways, if you wish to disable the field, you can use the code you’ve posted in one of your previous messages.

Alright thanks.