In order to reduce the amount of spam messages you get through your contact forms you can add Google's reCAPTCHA services. This free tool adds a "I'm not a robot" box to your forms, to make it harder for bots to fill them in.
Learn more and sign up at at https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/
Once you have an account click [v3 Admin Console] at the top of the page.
Click the [+] in the top right corner to add a new site
Fill in the form making sure to select "Challenge (v2) from the reCAPTCHA type
Once you submit the form you will be given two codes, a site key and secret key. Put these somewhere safe as you will need them in a few minutes.
Now return to your website and navigate to [Forms] [Settings] then click "reCAPTCHA"
Enter your codes and select "Checkbox"
Complete the CAPTCHA and then click [Save Settings]
Now navigate to your form and add a CAPTCHA from the "Advance Fields Section" and save your form.
Your form will now have a Google reCAPTCHA that needs to be completed before it can be submitted.
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