Add a reCAPTCHA to a WordPress website (for dummies)
This guide will help a WordPress site secure their contact forms, comment sections, and other areas of their site with a Google reCAPTCHA to help protect the site from spam and bot
How to register a site for a reCAPTCHA
Before you start, you will first need to set up your site with Google to be able to use a Google reCAPTCHA. You can do this using a Google account and logging into your admin console. You can do this from here.
Once logged in you can now register your site with Google with the following steps:
Enter a Label to help identify the site in the future.
Choose the type of reCAPTCHA you wish to use. You can find out more about the different options here.
Under the Domains section enter your domain name.
Under the Owners section choose the emails of the owners of your site. Your Gmail will already be listed but you can add further emails below it.
Click to Accept the reCAPTCHA Terms of Service and choose Accept the reCAPTCHA Terms of Service
Click SUBMIT.
You will now be presented with a SITE KEY and SECRET KEY; you will need these to now activate your captcha on your site. Don’t worry if you close the page, you can get the keys again from the settings page.
Adding your reCAPTCHA to your WordPress site
Now you have your Google reCAPTCHA you can now add it to your site.
Have a look at your current plugins for contact forms, sign up or comment sections and check to see if they have the option to integrate a reCAPTCHA. If they do all you should need is your Site Key and Secret Key to enable your reCAPTCHA and make it show on your site.
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