Craft CMS CAPTCHA
Why Choose Friendly Captcha for Craft CMS?
Don't make your users click on cars. Switch to a modern, invisible Craft CMS CAPTCHA.
User-Friendly
Friendly Captcha does not require any tasks from your users. It runs automatically in the background.
Fully Accessible
Don’t lock out your real users. Friendly Captcha is fully accessible and officially certified as WCAG 2.2 AA compliant gold standard.
Privacy-First
Friendly Captcha protects your users’ privacy and is compliant with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD, and more.
Easy to Integrate
Instal the Craft CMS CAPTCHA plugin and protect all forms. Works with native Craft forms and popular form builders like Formie.
Protect Your Craft CMS Site Against Threats
Bot protection for Craft CMS. Trusted by developers worldwide.
Your Craft CMS site handles valuable interactions: client inquiries through contact forms, user accounts, newsletter subscriptions, and custom entry submissions. But every unprotected form is an open door for spam, fake registrations, and automated bot attacks that compromise your site’s performance and data quality.
Friendly Captcha offers bot and spam protection without slamming it on real users. Our Craft CMS CAPTCHA plugin runs proof-of-work verification, is invisible to humans, and impossible for spam bots to bypass at scale. No behavioral tracking, no third-party cookies, no privacy trade-offs. Just install from the Craft Plugin Store, configure your forms (including Formie integration), and stop automated abuse while staying privacy-compliant.
How the Craft CMS CAPTCHA Integration Works
Create a Friendly Captcha account
Create your Friendly Captcha account for free to get started with Craft CMS CAPTCHA integration. Pick a plan that fits your needs and enjoy a 30-day free trial.
Log in and create an application
Create an application in the Friendly Captcha dashboard to get a sitekey for your Craft CMS integration, as shown in the screenshot below.
Create an API key for your application
Create an API key in the Friendly Captcha dashboard, as shown in the screenshot below.
Please make sure to copy and save the API key as you can only access it once.
Install the Friendly Captcha plugin in Craft CMS
Connect Friendly Captcha with Craft CMS
To finish the CAPTCHA integration, access the Friendly Captcha plugin settings in Craft CMS and paste the sitekey generated in step 2 and the API key generated in step 3 into the respective fields.
Your Craft CMS application is protected with Friendly Captcha.
FAQ
A Craft CMS CAPTCHA is a security plugin such as Friendly Captcha that protects forms (contact, login, registration) from bot spam and malicious submissions. These plugins add invisible and user-friendly verification steps, ensuring privacy compliance, to enhance site security without ruining user experience.
The “best” CAPTCHA for Craft CMS depends on whether you prioritize user experience and privacy (GDPR) or the industry-standard, free approach. Currently, Friendly Captcha is considered the best for privacy-first, user-friendly, invisible protection.
Yes, while Craft CMS does not require a CAPTCHA out of the box, it is highly recommended to add one to protect contact forms, user registration, and login pages from spam bots. A modern option like Friendly Captcha offers invisible, privacy-compliant protection without ruining user experience.
To verify that the integration is working properly, check out this step-by-step manual from our support website.
Friendly Captcha offers packages for any size of business based on the number of puzzle requests. You can find our plans and pricing models here.
Yes, absolutely. In order to get started, you can create a Friendly Captcha account here and take advantage of a 30-day trial period.
Create a Friendly Captcha account here and get a free 30 day trial. Then share the link to the Friendly Captcha documentation with your developer: developer.friendlycaptcha.com
Yes, Friendly Captcha is successfully used by a large variety of well-known corporations, governments and organizations. Contact us to learn more about our enterprise options.
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