Captcha Code

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1. ★★★★★ eastsideluemmel

   3mo ago

   Thank you for this very simple to use plugin!

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2. ★★★★★ cilycwmweb

   6mo ago

   seems to produce the same code nearly every time and fails. if I change from numeric code to alphanumeric code it still produces the same numeric code. and it still fails.

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3. ★★★★★ Atikur Rahman Shohel

   1.1y ago

   I got surprised that, my fresh website sudden installed this plugin automatically. Even i never seen their name ever. They hide the plugin from WP Plugin list and uses as core plugin and uses option on WP Setting. Offering premium plan and doing huge spam. I recommend WP to remove their plugin for doing spam marketing and fraud install.

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4. ★★★★★ Dipto Nath

   1.6y ago

   Waste of time,

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5. ★★★★★ vitaligs

   2.0y ago

   A PHP session was created by a session_start() function call. This interferes with REST API and loopback requests. The session should be closed by session_write_close() before making any HTTP requests. on the file wpcaptcha.php you should fix line 40 to 44 with this if ( !session_id() ) { session_start( [ ‘read_and_close’ => true, ] ); } I had to find it my way out

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6. ★★★★★ galo

   2.6y ago

   I hope it’s harder to get around

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7. ★★★★★ MAHDI KAZEMI

   3.5y ago

   HelloThis plugin works for the post and page comments form but does not work for Woocommrce and the comment is sent without entering the security code.please check it. Thankful

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8. ★★★★★ Andrews32

   6.2y ago

   The plugin does not stop registrations of bots. Плагин не помогает от спама!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 3.31 2026/04/14 added menu bar status 3.31
2. — Version 3.3 2025/08/04 minor code fixes 3.3
3. — Version 3.2 2024/06/30 minor security fix 3.2
4. — Version 3.1 2024/03/13 bug fix related to saving settings 3.1
5. — Version 3.0 2024/01/31 security fix 3.0
6. — Version 2.9 2023/12/29 complete rewrite 2.9

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

1. Medium · 5.3 Captcha Code <= 2.9 - Captcha Bypass ↗
   2023-11-24 CVE-2023-48745 Guessable CAPTCHA Affects <= 2.9 Patched in 3.0
2. High · 8.8 Captcha Code <= 2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Settings Update ↗
   2022-09-01 CVE-2022-37411 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.7 Patched in 2.8

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

Translated into 66 languages, 12 at 90% or more

Plus 42 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-05-12 90K+ → 100K+ up after 51 days in tier
2. 2025-03-22 80K+ → 90K+ up after 38 days in tier
3. 2025-02-12 70K+ → 80K+ up after 34 days in tier
4. 2025-01-09 60K+ → 70K+ up after 39 days in tier
5. 2024-12-01 50K+ → 60K+ up after 31 days in tier
6. 2024-10-31 40K+ → 50K+ up after 26 days in tier
7. 2024-10-05 30K+ → 40K+ up after 700 days in tier
8. 2022-11-05 40K+ → 30K+ 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).

• Advanced Google reCAPTCHA 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress 100K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
• Invisible reCaptcha 80K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• hCaptcha for WP 70K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A

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Captcha Code: 100K+ active installs, 3.9★ (35 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/captcha-code-authentication