Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

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1. ★★★★★ power4all

   4mo ago

   Excellent plugin. However, as a PRO user, I would expect the ability to manage settings centrally — such as blocking countries, copying/importing and exporting configurations between sites, so I wouldn’t have to manually select countries for each individual site, along with other general settings and preferences.

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2. ★★★★★ kc22033

   6mo ago

   This may be a great plugin, but the fact that it’s still using moment.js is a HUGE red flag! To me, this says that the plugin isn’t being **seriously** maintained. The below information is directly from the builders/maintainers of Moment.js: We now generally consider Moment to be a legacy project in maintenance mode. It is not dead, but it is indeed done. In practice, this means: We will not be adding new features or capabilities. We will not be changing Moment’s API to be immutable. We will not be addressing tree shaking or bundle size issues. We will not be making any major changes (no version 3). We may choose to not fix bugs or behavioral quirks, especially if they are long-standing known issues.

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3. ★★★★★ dscreative

   6mo ago

   Simple to set up and works great. When I thought I had an issue, support were very quick to respond and very helpful.

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4. ★★★★★ erismanos

   9mo ago

   Everything is fine, just the first login was in loop because the system send a key as password which can find on url that receive to change the password!! Strange! If you try to enter your password, then you will be in a constant loop that the login is invalid!Nice to have in the future: the option to add a signature or extra details in the footer of the login page.

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5. ★★★★★ wplogin12

   11mo ago

   Would not work at all

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6. ★★★★★ infofabio

   12mo ago

   The sentence “Are you a human? Please solve:” only in english is not functional to sites in other languages.

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7. ★★★★★ supakwai

   12mo ago

   The plugin won’t verify my Captcha keys.Error: An undocumented error has occurred. Please refresh the page and try again. This topic was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by supakwai.

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8. ★★★★★ fufy

   1.0y ago

   reCAPTCHA shown but even the checkbox is not ticked it allows user to login anyway. The reCAPTCHA seems to appear only for decoration but not linked to the login checking.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.40 Minor JS bug fix 5.40
2. — Version 5.39 Updated the free version number to keep the free and PRO releases aligned and avoid confusion around public security advisories. The reported issue (CVE-2026-5411) affected the PRO version only (not the free one) and was 5.39
3. — Version 1.35 Added option to customize “Are you human? Please solve:” text Fixed reCaptcha v3 token expiration 1.35
4. — Version 1.34 Minor fixes 1.34
5. — Version 1.33 Wordfence compatibility fix 1.33
6. — Version 1.32 added captcha to WooCommerce payment endpoint improved checkout error handling 1.32

5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 WP Captcha PRO <= 5.38 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Temporary Login Link ↗
   2026-06-05 CVE-2026-5415 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Affects <= 5.38 Patched in 5.39
2. High · 8.8 WP Captcha PRO <= 5.38 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload ↗
   2026-06-05 CVE-2026-5411 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 5.38 Patched in 5.39
3. Medium · 5.3 Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 1.29 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited SQL Injection via 'sSearch' Parameter ↗
   2025-03-27 CVE-2025-2074 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Affects <= 1.29 Patched in 1.30
4. Medium · 5.3 Advanced Google reCaptcha <= 1.27 - Built-in Math CAPTCHA Bypass ↗
   2025-02-24 CVE-2025-1262 Guessable CAPTCHA Affects <= 1.27 Patched in 1.28
5. Medium · 5.3 Advanced Google reCAPTCHA <= 1.25 - Brute Force Protection IP Unblock ↗
   2024-12-23 CVE-2024-12034 Generation of Predictable Numbers or Identifiers Affects <= 1.25 Patched in 1.26

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 28 languages, 13 at 90% or more

Plus 4 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-02-19 100K+ → 200K+ up after 412 days in tier
2. 2024-01-04 90K+ → 100K+ up after 40 days in tier
3. 2023-11-25 80K+ → 90K+ up after 41 days in tier
4. 2023-10-15 70K+ → 80K+ up after 45 days in tier
5. 2023-08-31 60K+ → 70K+ up after 48 days in tier
6. 2023-07-14 50K+ → 60K+ up after 54 days in tier
7. 2023-05-21 40K+ → 50K+ up after 45 days in tier
8. 2023-04-06 30K+ → 40K+ up after 57 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• R reCaptcha for WooCommerce 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
• WP reCaptcha 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
• Addonify – reCaptcha For EDD 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C
• Checkout Captcha for WooCommerce 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Easy reCaptcha Shortcodes 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
• reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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Advanced Google reCAPTCHA: 200K+ active installs, 4.8★ (430 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-google-recaptcha