Add CAPTCHA in WordPress Login and Registration Form?

How to add Google reCAPTCHA in WordPress Login and Registration Form

reCAPTCHA in WordPress login and registration forms is a response test which confirms whether the user is human or not. reCAPTCHA helps prevent automated bots from submitting spam or malicious content to your form, ensuring that only real users can interact with it. In this tutorial, we will learn how to add Google reCAPTCHA in WordPress Login and Registration Forms.

Navigating to the reCAPTCHA Configuration Page

Go to the “Global Settings” from the RegistrationMagic menu in your WordPress dashboard. Drill into “Security” settings from the “Global Settings” page. You are now on the “Security” settings page to configure reCAPTCHA. Check the checkbox beside the “Enable reCaptcha” setting. This will reveal the option to select your reCAPTCHA version and add its keys. Please read Google’s reCAPTCHA documentation on how to get your reCAPTCHA keys to use in the settings of RegistrationMagic. Once you have selected your reCAPTCHA version and added its keys, just click on the “Save” button to save the settings.

reCAPTCHA on the Frontend

reCAPTCHA added from the “Global Settings” will automatically display it on your registration form. To illustrate, check the screenshot below which has the “I’m not a robot” statement embedded with a checkbox beside it.

reCAPTCHA on the Login Form

Enabling reCAPTCHA from the “Global Settings” will only show reCAPTCHA automatically on the registration and contact forms but not on the login form. To show it on the login form, additional settings need to be configured. By default, the login form is configured to show reCAPTCHA on 3 failed login attempts. If you need the reCAPTCHA to be visible on the login form always, then you need to visit the login form’s “Dashboard” and access the “Validation & Security” settings. In the “Validation & Security” settings, make sure “Display reCAPTCHA after failed login attempts?” setting is enabled and set “No. of attempts” to “0”. This will ensure reCAPTCHA remains visible on the login form all the time. This concludes our tutorial on adding Google reCAPTCHA in WordPress Login and Registration Forms.