Make captcha field larger than 5

Is there a way to increase the size of the captcha field from 5 to 8 characters?

Hi Kresja,

Not as a setting, you could hack the code but why bother??

Bob

I am starting to get spam via my contact form and was hoping that if I created a longer captcha it may discourage the spammer.

Hi Krejsa,

Unlikely but possible - the problem is that it will deter the users that you want to submit the form even more.

Bob

Any Suggestions? The IP addresses appear to be coming from Russia, Indonesia, and now France.I am getting new ones each day for the last 3 days. As a new one comes up, I am blocking the address at the website.

Hi Krejsa,

Nothing that isn't in the FAQs, usually you can find some kind of pattern* in the answers and use Serverside validation to block anything that matches the pattern.

Bob

Email address domain, standard phrase, URL in the body, . . .