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Spam protection

hCaptcha in Core Forms

Privacy-friendly, GDPR-aware spam protection as a reCAPTCHA alternative.

Get Lifetime — $249 Yearly — $59/yr

Bundled, no add-on tax Unlimited sites 20% off with code CFLAUNCH

hCaptcha is the privacy-respecting drop-in replacement for reCAPTCHA. Core Forms offers it as a first-class option for sites that don’t want Google in the request path.

What you get

How hCaptcha works in Core Forms

GDPR-friendly

No advertising tracking, no Google cookies.

Invisible mode

Default flow is silent unless a user looks suspicious.

Per-form override

Mix and match — use hCaptcha on contact forms only, for example.

Set it up

Connect hCaptcha in 3 minutes

  1. 1

    Register at hcaptcha.com

    Create a sitekey for your domain.

  2. 2

    Paste keys

    Settings → hCaptcha, paste the sitekey and secret.

  3. 3

    Enable on a form

    Form → Settings → Spam protection → hCaptcha.

Pairs well with

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Google reCAPTCHA v3 with per-form score thresholds and invisible challenges.

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Modern, invisible-first CAPTCHA from Cloudflare — no tracking, no puzzles.

Akismet

Automattic Akismet spam filtering with configurable whitelist keywords.

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Bundled with every Core Forms license.

hCaptcha — and every other integration on this site — is included with your license. Use code CFLAUNCH for 20% off either plan.

Get Lifetime — $249 Yearly — $59/yr