How to Enhance Security with reCAPTCHA to Protect Your Checkout from Bots

Enhance your WooCommerce store’s security by integrating Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam and fraudulent orders during checkout.

To enable the Checkout Page reCAPTCHA settings, navigate to the Plugin Area → General Settings → Google reCAPTCHA Settings section.

Once you enable the Google reCAPTCHA Settings, you will be prompted to select the reCAPTCHA version you want to use. There are two versions available: reCAPTCHA v2 and reCAPTCHA v3. Choose the version that best suits your store’s needs to enhance security and prevent spam.

V2:

V3:

Generate the Google captcha key and update in the above fields - Go to the reCAPTCHA admin console

After enabling the settings, the reCAPTCHA will render as a required field on the checkout page. Customers must successfully complete the reCAPTCHA to place an order.

Note: reCAPTCHA v3 is not compatible with the WooCommerce Checkout Block. You can use reCAPTCHA v2 instead.