diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60dd29a8a..d2a5f5b4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ This project supports AI-based features using OpenAI.
 ```bash
 ddev terminus secret:site:set gizra-drupal-starter openai_api_key your-key-here --type=runtime --scope=web,user
 ```
+## reCAPTCHA Configuration
+
+1. Create a site in [Google reCAPTCHA](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create).
+2. Add the required domains, then retrieve the site key and secret key from the reCAPTCHA settings.
+3. Add these keys to the reCAPTCHA configuration at:
+`/admin/config/people/captcha/recaptcha`
+4. Save the configuration.
+
+Note: reCAPTCHA will not work without these keys.
 
 ## PHPCS (Code Sniffer)
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d7f310a10..e8b2373e3 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         "drupal/pluggable_entity_view_builder": "^1.1",
         "drupal/quickedit": "^1.0",
         "drupal/real_aes": "^2.5",
+        "drupal/recaptcha": "^3.4",
         "drupal/redirect": "^1.6",
         "drupal/redis": "^1.7",
         "drupal/rollbar": "^2.1",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index ca7d62939..b91bcad82 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "9b3cb6d0fc0f78a87dab4d7a6748fdd9",
+    "content-hash": "7f717f44895ef455a2307bce9a418a53",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "asm89/stack-cors",
@@ -2232,6 +2232,86 @@
                 "source": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/block_plugin_view_builder"
             }
         },
+        {
+            "name": "drupal/captcha",
+            "version": "2.0.8",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/captcha.git",
+                "reference": "2.0.8"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/captcha-2.0.8.zip",
+                "reference": "2.0.8",
+                "shasum": "7000566e8ee60d2aa4d0b038ba8d59ccf9663891"
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "drupal/core": "^9.5 || ^10 || ^11"
+            },
+            "type": "drupal-module",
+            "extra": {
+                "drupal": {
+                    "version": "2.0.8",
+                    "datestamp": "1753284367",
+                    "security-coverage": {
+                        "status": "covered",
+                        "message": "Covered by Drupal's security advisory policy"
+                    }
+                },
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-8.x-1.x": "1.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packages.drupal.org/8/downloads",
+            "license": [
+                "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "anybody",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/291091"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "elachlan",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/1021502"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "grevil",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/3668491"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "japerry",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/45640"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "naveenvalecha",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/2665733"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "podarok",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/116002"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "robloach",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/61114"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "thomas.frobieter",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/409335"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "wundo",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/25523"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "The CAPTCHA module provides this feature to virtually any user facing web form on a Drupal site.",
+            "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/project/captcha",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/captcha",
+                "issues": "https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/captcha"
+            }
+        },
         {
             "name": "drupal/classy",
             "version": "1.0.2",
@@ -5101,6 +5181,93 @@
                 "source": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/real_aes"
             }
         },
+        {
+            "name": "drupal/recaptcha",
+            "version": "3.4.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/recaptcha.git",
+                "reference": "8.x-3.4"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/recaptcha-8.x-3.4.zip",
+                "reference": "8.x-3.4",
+                "shasum": "95fa7ac5dd064ea6a1c14fc4881778bf68200598"
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "drupal/captcha": "^1.15 || ^2.0",
+                "drupal/core": "^10 || ^11",
+                "google/recaptcha": "^1.3"
+            },
+            "type": "drupal-module",
+            "extra": {
+                "drupal": {
+                    "version": "8.x-3.4",
+                    "datestamp": "1723563033",
+                    "security-coverage": {
+                        "status": "covered",
+                        "message": "Covered by Drupal's security advisory policy"
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packages.drupal.org/8/downloads",
+            "license": [
+                "GPL-2.0-or-later"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "hass",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/u/hass"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "See other contributors",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/node/147903/committers"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "diolan",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/2336786"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "hass",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/85918"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "id.medion",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/2542592"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "kim.pepper",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/370574"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "larowlan",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/395439"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "liam morland",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/493050"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "robloach",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/61114"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "wundo",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/25523"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "yseki",
+                    "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/user/1523064"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Protect your website from spam and abuse while letting real people pass through with ease.",
+            "homepage": "https://www.drupal.org/project/recaptcha",
+            "support": {
+                "source": "https://git.drupalcode.org/project/recaptcha.git",
+                "issues": "https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/recaptcha"
+            }
+        },
         {
             "name": "drupal/redirect",
             "version": "1.11.0",
@@ -6814,6 +6981,58 @@
             },
             "time": "2022-08-05T20:32:58+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "google/recaptcha",
+            "version": "1.3.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha.git",
+                "reference": "56522c261d2e8c58ba416c90f81a4cd9f2ed89b9"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/google/recaptcha/zipball/56522c261d2e8c58ba416c90f81a4cd9f2ed89b9",
+                "reference": "56522c261d2e8c58ba416c90f81a4cd9f2ed89b9",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=8"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.14",
+                "php-coveralls/php-coveralls": "^2.5",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "1.3.x-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "ReCaptcha\\": "src/ReCaptcha"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "BSD-3-Clause"
+            ],
+            "description": "Client library for reCAPTCHA, a free service that protects websites from spam and abuse.",
+            "homepage": "https://www.google.com/recaptcha/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "Abuse",
+                "captcha",
+                "recaptcha",
+                "spam"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "forum": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/recaptcha",
+                "issues": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/google/recaptcha"
+            },
+            "time": "2025-06-26T22:21:57+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "grasmash/expander",
             "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -17277,6 +17496,8 @@
         "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*"
     },
-    "platform-dev": {},
+    "platform-dev": {
+        "ext-posix": "*"
+    },
     "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.contact_message_personal_form.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.contact_message_personal_form.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e56c6953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.contact_message_personal_form.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uuid: 99f9c715-53d9-4827-946d-736516318f9a
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: 7zUmOK1ti1l0bc78ieysHa3_57MOin7IgHpHhwbSugs
+formId: contact_message_personal_form
+captchaType: default
+label: contact_message_personal_form
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_landing_page_form.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_landing_page_form.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6846576d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_landing_page_form.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+uuid: c64bd524-122c-40e1-98cc-43de63f68573
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+formId: node_landing_page_form
+captchaType: default
+label: node_landing_page_form
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_news_form.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_news_form.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b4a05b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.node_news_form.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+uuid: 6016d008-b564-453b-92e3-ebd16b05a040
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+formId: node_news_form
+captchaType: default
+label: node_news_form
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_login_form.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_login_form.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c592e3fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_login_form.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uuid: b2d8eaea-c507-4f86-9b86-74078dbb024e
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: XbughDuwgOtc_8ztmYxz84gaXBeR760xH3bGSKD9v1Q
+formId: user_login_form
+captchaType: default
+label: user_login_form
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_pass.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_pass.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49191de51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_pass.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uuid: 94c9d6b9-b605-454e-972f-247394f5d810
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: qZeHI5fZ9WQRKsfl8FMBwzk3puSsWCRtWKEZh04JJUo
+formId: user_pass
+captchaType: default
+label: user_pass
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_register_form.yml b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_register_form.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57db622a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.captcha_point.user_register_form.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+uuid: 330e1fc9-9804-4d04-acb5-dbd56818c8e7
+langcode: en
+status: false
+dependencies: {  }
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: 2iz3cMg7T1eSKXtNIB9WyaRptfg7wosDDPBSBhXFXl0
+formId: user_register_form
+captchaType: default
+label: user_register_form
diff --git a/config/sync/captcha.settings.yml b/config/sync/captcha.settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ea4d7f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/captcha.settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: hfqTr6E3eXAcVQU25_tYHa4BzsSDaYhwkoF34xq5_k4
+langcode: en
+enable_globally: 0
+enable_globally_on_admin_routes: false
+default_challenge: recaptcha/reCAPTCHA
+description: 'This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.'
+title: ''
+administration_mode: false
+administration_mode_on_admin_routes: false
+whitelist_ips: ''
+wrong_captcha_response_message: 'The answer you entered for the CAPTCHA was not correct.'
+default_validation: 1
+persistence: 1
+enable_stats: false
+log_wrong_responses: false
diff --git a/config/sync/core.extension.yml b/config/sync/core.extension.yml
index c1968f6f3..4bb6f72ed 100644
--- a/config/sync/core.extension.yml
+++ b/config/sync/core.extension.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module:
   block_content: 0
   block_plugin_view_builder: 0
   breakpoint: 0
+  captcha: 0
   ckeditor5: 0
   config: 0
   config_filter: 0
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ module:
   pluggable_entity_view_builder: 0
   quickedit: 0
   real_aes: 0
+  recaptcha: 0
   redirect: 0
   redis: 0
   responsive_image: 0
diff --git a/config/sync/recaptcha.settings.yml b/config/sync/recaptcha.settings.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f16a7f271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/recaptcha.settings.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+_core:
+  default_config_hash: ByOVf1cU9r5NkZ4ieBJ7k9sUid6jb03ojMN1gjJ0-OU
+site_key: ''
+secret_key: ''
+verify_hostname: false
+use_globally: false
+widget:
+  theme: light
+  type: image
+  size: ''
+  noscript: false
diff --git a/config/sync/ultimate_cron.job.captcha_cron.yml b/config/sync/ultimate_cron.job.captcha_cron.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f081d46c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sync/ultimate_cron.job.captcha_cron.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+uuid: b5e42d53-9486-4032-8ddf-90010cc9d20f
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  module:
+    - captcha
+title: 'Remove old sessions'
+id: captcha_cron
+weight: 0
+module: captcha
+callback: 'captcha#cron'
+scheduler:
+  id: simple
+launcher:
+  id: serial
+logger:
+  id: database
diff --git a/config/sync/webform.webform.contact.yml b/config/sync/webform.webform.contact.yml
index b90956799..6e6b0ec05 100644
--- a/config/sync/webform.webform.contact.yml
+++ b/config/sync/webform.webform.contact.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ elements: |-
     '#type': textarea
     '#required': true
     '#test': 'Please ignore this email.'
+  captcha:
+    '#type': captcha
+    '#captcha_type': recaptcha/reCAPTCHA
   actions:
     '#type': webform_actions
     '#title': 'Submit button(s)'
diff --git a/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/server-theme-header.html.twig b/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/server-theme-header.html.twig
index c504e3bc9..2736234ec 100644
--- a/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/server-theme-header.html.twig
+++ b/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/server-theme-header.html.twig
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@
   </div>
 
 </div>
+
+{{ messages }}
diff --git a/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/status-messages.html.twig b/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/status-messages.html.twig
index c4bce2213..781ccad90 100644
--- a/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/status-messages.html.twig
+++ b/web/themes/custom/server_theme/templates/status-messages.html.twig
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
 #}
-<div data-drupal-messages>
+<div data-drupal-messages class="container-wide">
 {% for type, messages in message_list %}
   {% if type == 'error' %}
     {% set message_class = 'bg-red-400' %}