How to install CAPTCHA WordPress plugins

1. Sign in to your Google account;

2. Go to reCAPTCHA Admin Console. There, you’ll see a registration form set for reCAPTCHA Enterprise by default. If you wish to opt for a classic reCAPTCHA, click “Switch to create a classic key”;

3. Fill in the form to register your website:

• enter a Label – your website label for you to easily find it in the future,
• choose the reCAPTCHA type – it can be either v3 (score-based) or v2 (a challenge). In the second option, you can pick “I’m not a robot” checkbox or an invisible badge (if you’ve selected the classic key, you can also choose the solution for Android apps),
• insert Domains that you wish to register – the registration will apply for all the subdomains within the entered domains. In the case of reCAPTCHA for Android – here, you’ll have to insert Packages,
• if you’ve chosen the classic key, provide the domains’ (or packages’) Owners by entering their e-mail addresses. Below, you can also mark a “Send alerts to the owners” checkbox to get a notification each time Google detects issues with your site or app,
• if you’ve selected the Enterprise key (and you haven’t used Google Cloud before), click the GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM to create a project within your domain. In order to do that, type in the “Project Name” and pick the proper domain from the “Create in” list;

4. Once you agree to the Terms of Service, click the “SUBMIT” button;

5. After that, you will see two freshly generated keys: SITE KEY and SECRET KEY – copy and save both for later.

1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, go to the “Plugins” tab located on the left sidebar, and click “Add New”;

2. In a search bar, type “reCaptcha” – the name of the plugin;

3. After finding the plugin on the result list, click “Install Now” and after a while, when a button “Activate” appears, click it;

4. Proceed to the freshly appeared “reCaptcha” tab that appeared on the sidebar menu;

5. Provide all the necessary information: paste the Site Key and Secret Key generated in the first step and choose whether you want to opt for reCAPTCHA v2, v3 or Invisible. Choose where you wish reCAPTCHA to appear. You can choose from:

• WordPress default (free of charge):
  • Login form,
  • Registration form,
  • Reset password form,
  • Comments form,
• External Plugins:
  • Contact Form,
  • Testimonials,

6. You can also choose paid versions (in that case, before choosing where your reCAPTCHA should appear, click the “Upgrade to Pro” button and follow the instructions. Then, come back to this point of the guide). These are the options you will be then able to choose from:

• External Plugins:
  • Gravity Forms,
  • Ninja Forms,
  • Jetpack Contact Form,
  • MailChimp for WordPress,
  • Subscriber,
  • WPForms,
  • Contact Form 7,
  • Fast Secure Contact Form,
  • Caldera Forms,
  • Elementor Contact Form,
• WooCommerce:
  • WooCommerce Login form,
  • WooCommerce Registration form,
  • WooCommerce Reset password form,
  • WooCommerce Checkout form,
• BuddyPress:
  • BuddyPress Registration form,
  • BuddyPress Comments form,
  • BuddyPress Add New Group form,
• Divi:
  • Divi Contact Form,
  • Divi Login Form,
• bbPress:
  • bbPress New Topic form,
  • bbPress Reply form,
• Forums wpForo:
  • wpForo Login form,
  • wpForo Registration form,
  • wpForo New Topic form,
  • wpForo Reply form,
• Ultimate Member:
  • Ultimate Member Login form,
  • Ultimate Member Registration form,
  • Ultimate Member Profile form,
• MemberPress:
  • MemberPress checkout form,
  • MemberPress login form,
  • MemberPress forgot password form,
• LearnDash:
  • LearnDash login form,
  • LearnDash registration form,
• BuddyBoss:
  • BuddyBoss registration form;

7. Click the “Save Changes” button located in the page’s right section. That’s all!

1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, go to the “Plugins” tab located on the left sidebar, and click “Add New”;

2. In a search bar, type in the name of the plugin, in this case – “Advanced Google reCAPTCHA”;

3. After finding the plugin on the result list, click “Install Now” and after a while, when a button “Activate” appears, click it;

4. Proceed to the freshly appeared “Advanced Google reCAPTCHA” tab on the sidebar menu;

5. Provide all the necessary information: choose whether you want to opt for reCAPTCHA v2 or v3 and paste the Site Key and Secret Key generated in the first step. Choose where you wish reCAPTCHA to appear. You can choose from the following events:

• Login,
• Register,
• Lost Password,
• Comment Form,
• WooCommerce Register,
• WooCommerce Checkout,
• Easy Digital Downloads Register,
• BuddyPress Register;

6. Click “Save Changes” located under the form. That’s all!