Best Practices for Setting Up reCAPTCHA Codes for Clients

Sara M. · 2025-08-26T20:45:43.392Z

When grabbing the recaptcha codes for my client's sites, can I do them all on my Google account or is it best to do it on their account?

Matt J.
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Sara M. classic - this really comes down to your personal preference - do you want easy access to get the codes and update them when necessary and always be tied to this client for as long as the website exists or do you want to go through the painful process of showing your client how to grab the code and maintain that code within Webflow? I say painful process because Google likes to make things more difficult. Are you positioning yourself as somebody who is more hands-on, or somebody that does one-off projects and moves on? Each have their pros and cons.
Sara M.
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Matt J. how do recaptchas have to be maintained?
Sara M.
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I thought it was just a one time thing.
Matt J.
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sometimes they need updating - its pretty rare - but fast-forwarding 5 years and 30 clients later, you've got recaptcha keys for 30 websites that you might have to maintain within your account infinitely.
Sara M.
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ok so then I will make a clear video for them to grab the keys
Sara M.
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or they can give me access to their google account
Matt J.
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if Webflow changes how they support it, v2 to v3, I can't even recall a time I've really had to update it - I might be getting it confused with how WordPress breaks literally everything.
Sara M.
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it shouldn't be complicated
Sara M.
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yes you probably are:)
Matt J.
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but I also think recaptchas got a premium option for bots and then tied to a google wallet for payment - then it gets pretty messy if there's potential for charges.
Matt J.
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but yeah, I think the latter option - a clear video - would be the route I would personally go as well.
Sara M.
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I've never seen that
Sara M.
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Webflow gives an option to filter out bots
Matt J.
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yeah I stumbled onto it - can't recall 100% - but all of a sudden I had to jump through more hoops for Google
Sara M.
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no way. it's a simple recaptcha.

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