Simple Login Captcha

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1. ★★★★★ hovrashko

   3.3y ago

   It does look like nice and simple solution, but it doesn’t work and wont login sometimes, or permanently for no reason.

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2. ★★★★★ manikbajaj

   3.3y ago

   Really! Lol!! Captcha plugin which can be broken in seconds. This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by manikbajaj.

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3. ★★★★★ Micha

   3.5y ago

   Install and a simple captcha will be displayed in your login. The mass of login attempts by spam robots could easily be reduced with the plugin.The plugin is not compatible with other plugins such as a login for the user login.I was able to massively reduce spam attempts by using it. Thank you for the great work!

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4. ★★★★★ DawnK

   3.7y ago

   Worked fine at first, but then it ended up locking us out of the site. Entering correct password and the 3 digit code, would say invalid login attempt. Do the Forgot password, change password, and try to login agtain, and it would say invalid login. Had to disable the plugin in order to get access to the site again. Just my experience. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by DawnK.

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5. ★★★★★ tinaponting

   3.8y ago

   Works reallly well, protects againt Autobots:) Simple and good:) This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by tinaponting. This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by tinaponting. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by tinaponting. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by tinaponting. Reason: add txt

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6. ★★★★★ Svensonsan

   4.2y ago

   Does add a nice looking simple login code on the login screen. That’s it. Works as it should. No upselling, no pro-version, just fullfilling this one usecase. Love it.

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7. ★★★★★ Edwin Bekedam

   4.2y ago

   Tankyou for offering this effective Simple Login plugin that als better Captcha from Google when look preformance of your site. Hope keep this plugin uptodate.

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8. ★★★★★ neuroticartist

   5.4y ago

   Typing in any 3 numbers logs you right in, a waste of time and a false sense of security

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.6 Added: Translated language files for French (thanks to Fabrice). 1.3.6
2. — Version 1.3.5 Added: Translated language files for Brazilian Portuguese (thanks to Rodrigo). 1.3.5
3. — Version 1.3.4 Improved: Deletes part of the old data about monthly number of passed or blocked logins so it does not increase the number of options in the database over the years (even though it was an insignificant amount anyway). Im 1.3.4
4. — Version 1.3.3 Added: Compatibility with front-end login forms that use the wp_login_form function (but the form must not be cached by a caching plugin). 1.3.3
5. — Version 1.3.2 Added: Translated language files for Polish (thanks to Karol). 1.3.2
6. — Version 1.3.1 Fixed: The language files were not loaded if they were only present in the plugin languages folder (and not in wp-content/languages/plugins). 1.3.1

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Translated into 10 languages, 10 at 90% or more

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Simple Login Captcha: 10K+ active installs, 3.9★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-login-captcha