reCAPTCHA is a Google service that helps you distinguish between human and automated access attempts (bots) in your LearnWorlds school.
LearnWorlds integrates with reCAPTCHA v3, which verifies requests with a score to protect you against spam and other types of automated abuse.
Where does the reCAPTCHA Validation Apply to?
The reCAPTCHA validation applies to the following:
- Sign up/in forms and Password Reset forms.
- All Marketing forms that accessed via :
- A shareable link.
- A form widget.
- Contact forms.
- Sign-up fields in the one-click sales funnels.
- All forms are in pop-ups.
- Course forms are not protected by reCAPTCHA & the reCAPTCHA feature does not distinguish between logged-in/out users. - reCAPTCHA is not available in the Mobile Apps.
How to Obtain the reCAPTCHA v3 Keys?
To obtain the keys needed for our reCAPTCHA integration, you must visit this link and log in to the reCAPTCHA admin console with your Google account.
Even if you already have reCAPTCHA v2 keys for your site, you will need to register your site again to get v3 keys.Follow the steps below:
1. As a Label, you need to add your LearnWorlds URL or your custom domain if you have one.
2. In the reCAPTCHA type, choose reCAPTCHA v3 because this is the one we need for our integration.
3. In the Domains field:
- Add your LearnWorlds URL if you don't yet have a custom domain.
- If you have multiple custom domains, you need to add the primary custom domain.
4. Accept the reCAPTCHA Terms of Service.
5. Click on Submit.
Upon submitting, you will see the below SITE & SECRET keys.
Go back to your LearnWorlds school in Website → Website Settings → reCAPTCHA, copy each of the keys, and paste them into the respective field. Click on Save.
You need to make sure that the keys you enter are the correct ones; otherwise, this can lead to various errors in the signup and form submission processes.
If you change or disconnect your domain without updating the reCAPTCHA keys, your school can become inaccessible—the login form will become unresponsive because it is still trying to validate reCAPTCHA against the old domain. Always update your reCAPTCHA configuration before or immediately after making any domain changes.To do so, navigate back to Website → Website Settings → reCAPTCHA and update the reCAPTCHA keys.
How Will the Users know the Submitted Form is Protected?
When a form is present, the reCAPTCHA icon appears at the screen's bottom right corner.
Note About Spam Protection
If you're receiving spam, enabling reCAPTCHA is highly recommended. It protects your website from fraud and abuse by preventing malicious software from submitting forms, creating accounts, or performing abusive activities.
Legitimate users will still be able to log in, make purchases, view pages, and create accounts normallywhile fake users and bots will be blocked.