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title: Spam Protection With Honeypot and Google reCAPTCHA in Fluent Forms
description: "[Fluent Forms](https://fluentforms.com/) offers **Honeypot Security** and **reCAPTCHA** to protect your form entries from spambots and keep your contact lists spam-free. This article will guide you through the process of **Spam Protection** using **Honeypot** **Security** and **reCAPTCHA**. [Set up Honeypot and…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/spam-protection-with-honeypot-and-google-recaptcha-in-fluent-forms/"
updated: "2025-07-15"
category: Integrations / Security
---

# Spam Protection With Honeypot and Google reCAPTCHA in Fluent Forms

[Fluent Forms](https://fluentforms.com/) offers **Honeypot Security** and **reCAPTCHA** to protect your form entries from spambots and keep your contact lists spam-free. This article will guide you through the process of **Spam Protection** using **Honeypot** **Security** and **reCAPTCHA**.

[Set up Honeypot and Google reCAPTCHA and Protect your Forms from Spam | WP Fluent Forms](https://www.youtube.com/embed/w7xV1Mnt-EI?feature=oembed)

## Spam Protection using Honeypot 

Honeypot is a clever cybersecurity strategy that acts like a digital decoy, designed to lure cybercriminals into a trap and keep them away from legitimate targets. Enable this setting if you want Fluent Forms to verify honeypot security for all Fluent Forms.

Basically, it prevents spam bots by incorporating a hidden field into your contact form. This field is invisible to genuine users, but bots lacking intelligence will still fill it out. By doing so, the honeypot can identify these bots and block their submissions.

**To learn how to protect your forms using HoneyPot Security, follow the steps below – **

First, go to **Global Settings**from the **FluentForms Navbar**, open the **General**tab from the left sidebar, and click the **Miscellaneous**option.

Now, turn on the **Enable Honeypot Security** toggle, and the security will be enabled to protect your forms from spambots. 

Don’t forget to click the **Save Settings**button to make all the setup functional. 

![1. Enable Honeypot from General tab of global Settings scaled 46128](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1.-Enable-Honeypot-from-General-tab-of-global-Settings-scaled.webp)

> **Remember**, **Honeypot Security** does not protect your forms against manually submitted human spam. In this case, you need to use Google reCAPTCHA to catch spam.

## Spam Protection using reCAPTCHA

**reCAPTCHA** is a **CAPTCHA** system designed by **Google** to protect websites from bots by ensuring that a computer user is human with the power of machine learning.

**To learn how to protect your forms using reCAPTCHA, follow the steps below – **

First, go to **Global Settings**from the **FluentForms Navbar**, open the **General**tab from the left sidebar, and click the **Miscellaneous**option.

Now, scroll down to **Auto Load CAPTCHA**, turn on the **toggle**, select the **Google reCAPTCHA**option**,**and the **reCAPTCHA** will automatically load in all fluent forms to protect them from spam.

Don’t forget to click the **Save Settings**button to make all the setup functional. 

![2. Auto load CAPTCHA toggle from General tab of global Settings scaled 46128](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2.-Auto-load-CAPTCHA-toggle-from-General-tab-of-global-Settings-scaled.webp)

> But, to enable this option, you need to integrate the**Google reCAPTCHA** with your **Fluent Forms** first.

To do this, go to **Global Settings**from the **FluentForms Navbar**, open the **Security**tab from the left sidebar, and click the **reCAPTCHA**option.

Now, select the desired **Version** of reCAPTCHA, provide the**Site & Secret Keys,** and click the**Save Settings**button.

> To learn the detailed process of collecting **Site & Secret Keys** to integrate **reCAPTCHA**with**Fluent Forms**, read this [Documentation](https://fluentforms.com/docs/how-to-integrate-recaptcha-with-fluent-forms/). 

![3. reCAPTCHA Settings scaled 46128](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/3.-reCAPTCHA-Settings-scaled.webp)

## Spam protection in a specific Form

You can also add an extra layer of spam protection by enabling the settings option below inside any particular form.

To do this, go to **Forms** from the top navbar, and **open** the **Editor** page of your **desired form**by clicking the **Edit** button where you want to set this protection. 

![4. desired Form Editor scaled 46128](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/4.-desired-Form-Editor-scaled.webp)

Now, go to **Settings & Integrations** from the top navbar, open the **Scheduling & Restrictions**tab, and turn on the **Login Requirement Settings** and **Empty Submission Blocking** toggle.

- **Login Requirement Setting**s: Once you enable this option, it will stop non-logged users from submitting the form.

- **Empty Submission Blocking**: Once you enable this option, it will prevent the form from empty submissions.

Don’t forget to click the **Save Settings**button to make all the setup functional. 

![5. Settings and Integration tab in a form scaled 46128](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/5.-Settings-and-Integration-tab-in-a-form-scaled.webp)

If you have any further questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our [@support team](https://wpmanageninja.com/support-tickets/?utm_source=wpmn&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=site#/).