One of my sites was being attacked by a damn spam bot so I decided that enough was enough! I use ReCaptcha for all my WordPress sites and deceided to use it for Joomla as well.

So without further adu, here is how you set up ReCaptcha on your Joomla site:

• Login to your administrator section
  
• Go to Plugins under Extensions > Plugins
  
• Search for “recaptcha”
  
• Click the Plugin Name to make changes
  
• Select “Enable” from the Status dropdown
  
• Select “Version 2.0” from the version dropdown
  
• Enter your Site Key and Secret Key
  
• Save the changes
  
• Go to the “Global Configuration”
  
• Select “Captcha – ReCaptcha” from the Default Captcha dropdown
  
• Save the Global Configuration settings
  
• View one of your forms to see the results
  

Now, you too will have less spam from your various forms on your Joomla powered site.

Tags: joomla, security, websites