Title: Plugin Not Compatible with Cloudflare WARP
Last modified: April 5, 2024

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# Plugin Not Compatible with Cloudflare WARP

 *  Resolved [generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * (@generosus)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible-with-cloudflare-warp/)
 * Good Day,
 * Unfortunately, your latest plugin revision, [V7.11.5](https://prnt.sc/AOAhBxkRi9G0),
   did not fix the condition where we frequently get the message “Login Verification
   Required” when reCAPTCHA is enabled AND [Cloudflare WARP](https://one.one.one.one/)
   is installed on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices.
 * The above also occurs when the reCAPTCHA threshold score is set between .1 and.
   5. Disabling reCAPTCHA is not an option for us.
 * Kindly share this with your developers to confirm the above and provide a fix.
   Best to disconnect the email verification logic when reCAPTCHA is enabled.
 * The change you made in [V7.11.4](https://prnt.sc/QTo4ZCYHr1dg) really messed 
   things up. Let Google reCAPTCHA do its job (standalone) without adding an email
   verifcation procedure. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
 * The above issue may also occur when using other VPN client services.
 * **Please share this with your developers and consider reversing the change you
   made in V7.11.4.**
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible-with-cloudflare-warp/#post-17678046)
 * Thanks for this [@generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/),
   I escalated your thoughts since the update, and experience with WARP to the development/
   QA teams to look into as something appears to have changed for you. We will likely
   try to reproduce what you’re seeing so that we can get a better understanding
   of the situation.
 * The verification emails have been a part of the reCAPTCHA process since day 1
   as far as I know as a fallback, so it seems that you weren’t really experiencing
   these at all before whereas now they’ve very much caught your attention.
 * Many thanks,
   Peter.
 *  Thread Starter [generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * (@generosus)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible-with-cloudflare-warp/#post-17681075)
 * Hi [@wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/),
 * Thanks for the clarification (i.e., “verification emails have been a part of 
   the reCAPTCHA process since day 1”). With WF 7.11.4 and Cloudflare WARP installed,
   something triggered this issue.
 * In any case, it appears we can now sign using reCaptcha without gettting the 
   pesky email verification request, so something must have changed for the better
   in the backend (we haven’t touched anything).
 * We’ll continue to monitor this topic and report back if the issue surfaces again.
 * Hi [@webby1973](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webby1973/),
 * Thanks for you input. Yes, we’re aware of Cloudflare Turnstile. It’s still buggy
   for some sites (like ours), so we’re waiting for it to mature and/or Wordfence
   to offer that option in the plugin’s built-in setttings section.
 * Thanks, y’all! 🙂
 *  Plugin Support [wfpeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfpeter/)
 * (@wfpeter)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible-with-cloudflare-warp/#post-17708801)
 * Hi [@generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/), we have a bit
   of information that may be of assistance.
 * In summary, the verification emails have always been in the Wordfence plugin 
   since the captcha was implemented. Google reCAPTCHA v3 only provides a score 
   and nothing else. reCAPTCHA v3 doesn’t fall back to picking bicycles/traffic 
   lights/etc., it only gives a score for the user so any fallback is left to the
   implementer.
 * Wordfence 7.11.4 made a necessary change to captcha handling. As a side-effect
   of requesting captcha scores twice, some users got lower scores. Scores may become
   lower further if you log in and out excessively. Google may consider you to be
   more like a bot when logging in repeatedly.
 * In 7.11.5, we revised the reCAPTCHA verification to avoid sending verification
   requests too frequently, which was artificially lowering scores and causing more“
   Verification Required” emails than usual to be sent out. They now use Google’s
   token expiration time before sending another score request. This should be the
   same process as 7.11.3.
 * We have seen some behavior where Google may see an increasing number of bots 
   on certain hosts, or services like Cloudflare Warp, which _could_ contribute 
   to lower scores for real users using it. VPNs that we test with often cause lower
   scores than using our own ISPs, likely for the same reason. Google does not share
   any details of how scores are calculated, so this is an observation from doing
   hundreds of logins on various sites.
 * A possible solution if you’re stuck with low scores: You can go to [https://www.google.com/recaptcha/](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/)
   admin and generate a new set of reCAPTCHA v3 keys and replace the existing keys
   in Wordfence’s settings. This resets any history the site had accumulated that
   could result in constantly low scores, but **not** reset the score history chart
   in the Wordfence plugin.
 * I hope that helps you out!
   Peter.
 *  Thread Starter [generosus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/generosus/)
 * (@generosus)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-compatible-with-cloudflare-warp/#post-17710483)
 * Thank you, Peter. Again, excellent reply.
 * As stated before, we no longer get the email verification request as frequently
   as we used to. Perhaps because Google has been “trained” at our end, Cloudflare
   updated their code, and/or your code changes kicked in after we “flushed” our
   DNS cache, etc.
 * Your information is extremely valuable, so kindly consider amending your [documentation](https://www.wordfence.com/help/login-security/)
   to reflect it by adding a “Troubleshooting” section to it.
 * Again, thank you!

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