How to setup Google reCAPTCHA in Magento 2

In this blog, we’ll explore “How to Setup Google reCAPTCHA in Magento 2” and understand how it helps protect your store from spam, bots, and fake submissions.

What is Google reCAPTCHA & Benefits

Google reCAPTCHA, a service provided by Google to safeguard your websites from spam and bots.

reCaptcha prevents spam and bot attacks to reduce suspicious access and fraud potential risk
reCAPTCHA protects user login, registration, and checkout processes and makes sure no robots are harming our site, making sure surfing our site are real humans.

To use CAPTCHA a valid Google API Website Key and Google API Secret Key are required

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Google reCAPTCHA in MAGENTO 2

CAPTCHA, short for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, reCAPTCHA is a tool that can differentiate between automated bots and humans.

In Adobe Commerce, CAPTCHA can be used in both Admin and Frontend areas. Adobe Commerce supports both standard CAPTCHA and Google CAPTCHA.

Enable Google CAPTCHA for Magento frontend

In the admin section go to

Store > Configuration > Security > Google CAPTCHA Storefront

for frontend Google reCaptcha configuration:

In Magento three types of Google captcha

reCaptcha v2 (“I am not a robot”)
reCaptcha v2 Invisible
reCaptcha v3 Invisible

Here we can configure all three types of reCAPTCHA

1. reCAPTCHA v2 (“I am not a robot”)

Google API Website Key: Enter Google captcha account website key
Google API Secret Key: Enter Google captcha account API key
Size: Select size from Normal or Compact
Theme: Can change the theme to Light or Dark
Language Code: can set language code (two character code)

2. reCAPTCHA v2 Invisible

Google API Website Key: Enter Google captcha account website key
Google API Secret Key: Enter Google captcha account API key
Invisible Badge Position: choose the badge position on each page. positions- Inline / Bottom Right / Bottom Left
Theme: Can change the theme to Light or Dark
Language Code: can set language code (two character code)

3. reCAPTCHA v3 Invisible

Google API Website Key: Enter Google captcha account website key
Google API Secret Key: Enter Google captcha account API key
Minimum Score Threshold: Score between (1.0 to 0, where 1.0 is a typical user interaction, and 0.0 is likely a bot)
Invisible Badge Position: choose the badge position on each page. positions- Inline / Bottom Right / Bottom Left
Theme: Can change the theme to Light or Dark
Language Code: can set language code (two character code)