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Best captcha plugins for WordPress

The most popular captcha plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SiteGuard WP Plugin leads with 600K+ active installs, ahead of CF7 Apps (300K+) and Really Simple CAPTCHA (300K+). All 291 plugins tagged “captcha” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 captcha plugins

  1. 1.
    SiteGuard WP Plugin

    The most installed captcha plugin, with 600K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    CF7 Apps

    300K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 135 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  3. 3.
    Really Simple CAPTCHA

    300K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 131 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 431 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  5. 5.
    Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

    200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  6. 6.
    reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

    100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 391 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  7. 7.
    Login Lockdown & Protection

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 61 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  8. 8.
    CAPTCHA 4WP

    100K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 269 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    Captcha Code

    100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 35 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    Gravity Forms Zero Spam

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 24 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

All 291 plugins tagged “captcha”