How reCAPTCHA works with PaywallProject

What does the PaywallProject reCAPTCHA add-on do?

The reCAPTCHA add-on helps prevent automated bots and spam accounts from completing your registration forms. This is especially important at checkout, as fraudulent credit card testing bots can trigger chargebacks with Stripe, costing you time and money.

Your PaywallProject managed set up uses invisible reCAPTCHA v3, which means:

• There is no visible “I’m not a robot” checkbox
• No challenges (traffic lights, buses, crosswalks, etc.)
• The system works entirely in the background

Google silently assigns every visitor a score based on how “human” their interaction appears. If the score is too low, PaywallProject blocks the registration from being submitted.

We keep it simple: good scores pass, suspicious activity is stopped.

How PaywallProject uses Invisible reCAPTCHA v3

When the registration form loads:

1. Google evaluates user behavior (movement patterns, browser signals, IP reputation, etc.).
2. A score between 0.0 and 1.0 is returned.
   • 1.0 = very likely human
   • 0.0 = very likely a bot
3. PaywallProject checks your chosen threshold (the “Score” setting).
4. If the score is below your threshold, the form cannot be submitted.