CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ juliepire

   1.1y ago

   Everything works great and the customer service is fantastic. Highly recommended! If you are experiencing a conflict with Stripe / WooCommerce / ReCAPTCHA, that is preventing Apple Pay and Google Pay from processing orders – use this ReCAPTCHA plugin and it will fix that problem.

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2. ★★★★★ Mac Boris Perc

   1.3y ago

   Use it from the start.

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3. ★★★★★ Hagen

   1.4y ago

   Very complicated and it blocked even my own access to the backend without showing any captcha to act on. I wasted enough time with it and will delete it. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Hagen.

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4. ★★★★★ vagabondtabby

   2.2y ago

   Installed just fine, created & added api keys, everything looked great, but when I look at my actual login & registration forms — which are the default ones — there’s no captcha. Seems to be a common problem with this plugin, which is a shame; I was hoping for an easier solution to this problem.

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5. ★★★★★ ljezard

   2.2y ago

   Super easy to set up and worked straight away. I’ll be using this plugin on other client websites for sure! This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by ljezard.

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6. ★★★★★ sergiotech

   2.2y ago

   I couldn’t get it to work; I followed the guide. Maybe my WP installation is corrupted or perhaps the plugin doesn’t work properly. It’s a shame

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7. ★★★★★ Asif

   2.2y ago

   The plugin works perfectly and the support is also great.

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8. ★★★★★ thaann

   2.2y ago

   I made a configuration mistake, no error on the plugin part at all, but opened a ticket because I couldn’t find what I did wrong. Received a reply within an hour, and in 1 hour + 1 minute I had it fixed. Great!!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 7.6.0 Version 7.6.0 is the first update of the CAPTCHA 4WP plugin released under WPKube. Read the announcement for more information. New features & functionality Introduced an option for users to choose how the plugin’s JavaSc 7.6.0
2. — Version 7.6.1 Bug fixes Captcha bypass vulnerability 7.6.1

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 5.3 CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress <= 7.6.0 - CAPTCHA Bypass ↗
   2026-08-06 CVE-2026-32469 Guessable CAPTCHA Affects <= 7.6.0 No patch available
2. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 7.0.5 Patched in 7.0.6
3. High · 8.8 CAPTCHA 4WP <= 7.0.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local File Inclusion ↗
   2022-06-29 CVE-2022-2184 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 7.0.6.1 Patched in 7.1.0
4. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 7.0.5 Patched in 7.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Translated into 22 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-07-23 200K+ → 100K+ down

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).

• LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B
• hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Captcha Code 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• Invisible reCaptcha 80K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A

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CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress: 100K+ active installs, 3.2★ (269 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha