How to Stop Contact Form SPAM with Contact Form 7 Recaptcha

Google has launched a new version of its reCAPTCHA code that helps you fight spam on your contact forms. WordPress Contact form 7 is one of the most popular plugins for creating lead generating forms.

 

The first step to setting up Contact Form 7 is to install the plugin on your WordPress website. To do so, in your WordPress dashboard, select Plugins > Add Plugin from the menu. Then type Contact Form 7 into the search function. Once the Contact Form 7 plugin is displayed, click Install > Activate.

If you are using Contact Form 7, and followed my tutorial on how to integrate Google reCAPTCHA with it,  you will need to do a minor update.

In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to revalidate your reCAPTCHA API key for v3.