Configuring reCAPTCHA

What is reCAPTCHA?

reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps protect your site against spam, malicious registrations and other forms of attacks where computers try to disguise themselves as a human. reCAPTCHA comes in the form of a widget that you can easily add to your blog, forum, registration.

Getting Started

• Visit https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin
• Follow the steps by select the reCAPTCHA version and get your site key and your secret key.

Configuration from the Admin panel

• Go to your Admin panel → Settings → General → Security
• Enable the "Captcha → Options" field by selecting the "Google reCAPTCHA" option
• Set these Settings fields: 'reCAPTCHA version', 'reCAPTCHA Site Key' and 'reCAPTCHA Secret Key'

Configuration using the .env file

• Login to your FTP account
• Open /.env file.
• Enable the feature by adding the CAPTCHA= variable: CAPTCHA="" (to disable), CAPTCHA="recaptcha" (to enable)
• Provide the keys:

  RECAPTCHA_VERSION=your-recaptcha-keys-version
  RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY=your-recaptcha-site_key
  RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY=your-recaptcha-secret_key

• Replace placeholders with v2 or v3 version and your actual keys
• Save the file.

NOTE: The .env file configuration overrides admin panel settings.