Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
by Robert Peake · Security
Also makes 3 other plugins · 61.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.
87 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins
Directory ranking optimization
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Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
6.9K
now · peak 49.3K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
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2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.8.1
42
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 44% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,458 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dnsss1.6y ago
This plugin may not perform checks using secret keys on the backend.You can still log in even if you use the wrong secret key.It just shows a checkbox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ salim20051.8y ago
Hello, I really hope that you will not ignore this issue! The captcha is not displayed on such pages of the site as “order a callback” and “registration”. It is also interesting that there is a captcha on the login page and it works! To be honest, it bothers me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Naovy G1.9y ago
Thank you for letting us to use this Recaptcha plugin for free. It works great functionally, but It does not look OK. At the moment, ReCaptcha is not postioned properly on login forms and partly cut off (left side). It seems this happens with this plugin only. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Naovy G. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Naovy G.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gerarde2.1y ago
An excellent no fuss, and extremely lightweight, reCaptcha plug-in.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashique120093.1y ago
Thanks it works simply!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ IreneLinda3.9y ago
Wow, it works! I’ve been so frustrated for weeks with a Contact form whose reCAPTCHA would not work due to a conflict with the NoCaptcha ReCaptcha for WooCommerce plugin. That plugin is no longer supported as they told me when I contacted them. I didn’t know where to turn for a replacement. We had been getting tons of fake registrations on our WooCommerce Account page and that plugin stopped them. Anyway I found this plugin, read some reviews and thought I’d try it out on our stage site. It’s only just installed there so my excitement is perhaps premature, but I am so excited to see our WPForms contact form reCAPTCHA working again, even on the stage site, that I wanted to let the developers know how grateful I am. I’ll post some more thoughts once I’ve installed it on the live site and tried it out for a few days. It was SO easy to install and the directions were also easy to follow. I liked their warning to test on a different browser to ensure you could log in to your site before saving the keys. Great advice! Thanks for creating this plugin. I am delighted with it … and you guys for creating it. Linda
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jgmm814.0y ago
Thanks in advanced for your nice job, works very well Five stars!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jeff Starr4.3y ago
Great plugin but really needs wildcard support for “Whitelist IP” setting. Many ISPs change IP addresses constantly, so it’s a pain to have to always go in and manually add another IP address to the list. I posted a support topic asking for wildcard support about 10 months ago, but zero replies from the plugin developer. Wildcard support would change my rating to 5 stars easy. Otherwise I’ll eventually fork this plugin and add the wildcard myself (it’s trivial to do). Thanks to the developers for this great plugin. This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Jeff Starr. This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by Jeff Starr.
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Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.8.1 Security: remove insecure cURL fallback that disabled SSL peer verification; verification failure now blocks login and surfaces an admin notice Security: escape API key and secret fields in settings page HTML attribute c 1.8.1
- — Version 1.8 Security: escape output in admin notices to prevent stored XSS Security: escape PHP_SELF value before storing in database Security: escape site key in reCAPTCHA widget output Replace deprecated FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING (re 1.8
- — Version 1.7.3 Bumped compatiblity 1.7.3
- — Version 1.7.2 Bumped compatiblity 1.7.2
- — Version 1.7.1 Bumped compatiblity 1.7 = – Display information about the security implications of using the whitelist feature 1.7.1
- — Version 1.6.11 Backwards compatbility fix for PHP 1.6.11
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- High · 7.2 Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA <= 1.8.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PHP_SELF ↗2026-05-27 CVE-2026-2374 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.8.0 Patched in 1.8.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 15 languages, 7 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-25 70K+ → 60K+ down after 273 days in tier
- 2025-03-27 80K+ → 70K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-26 70K+ → 80K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-24 80K+ → 70K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-23 70K+ → 80K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-22 80K+ → 70K+ down after 257 days in tier
- 2024-07-08 90K+ → 80K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 80K+ → 90K+ up after 1 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).
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BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Blackhole for Bad Bots 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Login Security Captcha 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress 9K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - N No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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