Note: The CAPTCHA field is a legacy field type. It uses Google’s legacy reCAPTCHA v2 (checkbox or invisible), which has known accessibility problems. Because of this, the field is no longer recommended. For alternative approaches, see the Spam Detection and Protection article.
Summary
The CAPTCHA field allows you to add a CAPTCHA field to your form, to help protect your website from spam and bot abuse by trying to determine if the form is being submitted by a human or defeating a form submission attempt by a scripted bot. The Gravity Forms Captcha field is available under the Advanced Fields section within the form editor.
Prerequisites
To communicate with the Google reCAPTCHA service of your choice, you will need a pair of API keys added to your settings. Refer to this guide for help obtaining your keys and entering them into your Gravity Forms settings.
Since Gravity Forms 3.0, the Gravity Forms reCAPTCHA Add-On is required to use the CAPTCHA field.
Common Settings
This field uses only common field settings for the Appearance settings. For a description of each of the common field settings, refer to this article. Below you will find a description of speciality settings that are particular to this field.
General Settings
Theme
This option is only available when using reCAPTCHA. Select the visual theme for the reCAPTCHA field from the Light and Dark options to better match your site design.
Advanced Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Language | This option is only available when using reCAPTCHA. Select the language you would like to use for the reCAPTCHA display from the available options. |
Merge Tags
This field does not have any available merge tags.
How To Add a Captcha Field to your Form
Check out this excellent blog post on how to add a Captcha Field to your form and why it’s useful.
