Best recaptcha plugins for WordPress
The most popular recaptcha plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Google reCAPTCHA leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 (200K+) and reCaptcha by BestWebSoft (100K+). All 161 plugins tagged “recaptcha” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 recaptcha plugins
- 1.
Advanced Google reCAPTCHAThe most installed recaptcha plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 431 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
200K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 89 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 391 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
CAPTCHA 4WP100K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 269 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Captcha Code100K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 35 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7100K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 48 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Invisible reCaptcha70K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 133 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.hCaptcha for WP
70K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 88 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
All In One Login60K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 35 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA50K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 63 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
All 161 plugins tagged “recaptcha”

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA
#212by WebFactory1 month ago
Captcha protection against spam comments & brute force login attacks using Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.8(431)
- Downloads
- 1.9K/day
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:1#227by IQComputing5 months ago
Adds reCaptcha v2 from Contact Form 7 5.0.5 that was dropped on Contact Form 7 5.1
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 5.0(89)
- Downloads
- 703/day

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft
#341by bestwebsoft8 days ago
Protect WordPress website forms from spam entries with Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(391)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day

CAPTCHA 4WP
Up in the last 7 days:1#436by WPKube2 months ago
Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.2(269)
- Downloads
- 431/day

Captcha Code
#445by WebFactory1 month ago
GDPR compatible captcha anti-spam protection for login form, comments form, registration form & lost password form. Eliminate spam with captcha.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 3.9(35)
- Downloads
- 430/day

LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:1#456by LukasApps1 month ago
Protect Contact Form 7 forms from spam with Google reCAPTCHA v2, reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha or Cloudflare Turnstile.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.1(48)
- Downloads
- 488/day

Invisible reCaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:1#555by BerryPress13 days ago
Use reCaptcha v2 by Google to combat spam at your login and registration forms, WooCommerce account forms, contact forms, and more!
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.3(133)
- Downloads
- 800/day
hCaptcha for WP
#556by hcaptcha9 days ago
The strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free. Works with 60+ integrations: Contact Form 7, Elementor, WooCommerce, Divi, etc.
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.6(88)
- Downloads
- 1.4K/day

All In One Login
Down in the last 7 days:2#676by Saad Iqbal9 days ago
Secure and customize your WordPress login page with a custom login URL, 2FA, CAPTCHA, and more.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 3.6(35)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day

Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
#708by Robert Peake5 months ago
Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.5(63)
- Downloads
- 197/day

reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:2#839by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP3 months ago
Add Google reCAPTCHA to your WooCommerce Checkout, Login, and Registration Forms. 100% free!
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(76)
- Downloads
- 170/day

reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form
Up in the last 7 days:1#948by Masahiro NAKASHIMA2 years ago
You can use "reCAPTCHA V3" with MW WP FORM.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 138/day

My Private Site
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,431by David Gewirtz2 months ago
Make WordPress private in one click, block registration spam, and safely clean up existing spam accounts.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(82)
- Downloads
- 118/day

Login Security Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,094by ScriptsTown1 month ago
Secure WordPress login, registration, and comment form with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile. Prevent Brute-force attacks and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 120/day

Friendly Captcha for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,140by Friendly Captcha19 days ago
Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(18)
- Downloads
- 217/day

Gravity Forms No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:37#2,155by folkhack9 years ago
Adds "No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA" field to Gravity Forms as an alternative CAPTCHA option
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(26)
- Downloads
- 21/day

ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,233by weDevs1 year ago
reCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and woocommerce.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(95)
- Downloads
- 44/day

reCAPTCHA in WP comments form
Down in the last 7 days:17#2,466by jmviade7 years ago
reCAPTCHA in WP comments form is an ANTISPAM tool that adds a Google reCAPTCHA to the comments form and protects your site from the spam robots threat …
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(20)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,533by Scott Paterson1 month ago
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 3.3(10)
- Downloads
- 62/day
reCaptcha Add-On for FormCraft
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,578by Formcrafts2 years ago
Add reCaptcha to your FormCraft forms.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA
Up in the last 7 days:14#3,199by Matthias Nordwig4 days ago
Invisible spam protection for every form, login and checkout. No puzzles, no checkboxes, no lost visitors — a CAPTCHA your users never see.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(50)
- Downloads
- 171/day
No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:9#3,403by Collins Agbonghama6 years ago
Protect WordPress login, registration, comment and BuddyPress registration forms with Google's No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(69)
- Downloads
- 22/day

UsersWP
Down in the last 7 days:15#3,931by Stiofan1 month ago
ReCaptcha addon for UsersWP.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 37/day

Math Captcha for Elementor Forms
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,044by albanotoska5 years ago
Wordpress Plugin that will add a simple match captcha to your Elementor Forms.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.0(13)
- Downloads
- 22/day

G-Forms hCaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:15#4,198by Kevin Landsbergen4 years ago
A new way to monetize your site traffic with the hCaptcha addon for Gravity Forms.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 25/day
WPOrLogin
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,544by Nivardo Ch18 days ago
Customize WordPress login with Google, Facebook and Microsoft, CAPTCHA protection, login attempt limits, custom URLs and responsive designs.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(32)
- Downloads
- 77/day

Disable Recaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:24#4,943by Faiyaz Vaid4 years ago
Contact form 7 shows recaptcha on every page with use of this plugin you can hide/remove it from selected pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.5(10)
- Downloads
- 16/day
MW WP Form reCAPTCHA
Up in the last 7 days:2#5,171by Ryujiro Yamamoto9 years ago
Adds reCAPTCHA field to MW WP Form.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,339by Saurav Sharma1 year ago
Secure your website Contact Form 7 forms from bots and hackers using plugin Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA. Just place shortcode [captchacf7* input-captc …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Easy Spam Filter
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,117by WPPOOL5 months ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, Contact Form 7, WooCommerce, WPForms, BuddyPress & Elementor. A CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA alternative for WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(7)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Mailster reCaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:2#6,682by EverPress26 days ago
Protect Mailster newsletter signup forms from spam with Google reCAPTCHA v3.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.0(4)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Advanced Custom Fields
Down in the last 7 days:25#7,572by Irvin Lim7 years ago
Prevent spam on your Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) v5 frontend forms with Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(12)
- Downloads
- 10/day
Hostbox Google reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:17#8,239by Hostbox1 year ago
Simple Google reCAPTCHA (v2 and v3) for WordPress, 100% free, no hidden premium, no catches. Supports WooCommerce and Contact Form 7.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Hizzle CAPTCHA
Up in the last 7 days:2#8,634by Noptin Newsletter Team6 days ago
Stop spam and bots across WordPress, WooCommerce, WPForms, Contact Form 7, and more with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 28/day
reCaptcha for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:44#8,681by Tanvirul Haque5 months ago
Enable Google reCaptcha for WooCommerce Checkout, Login, Registration, and Reset Password Forms to protect your store against spam.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Hide Google reCAPTCHA Logo
Down in the last 7 days:26#8,730by adeleyeayodeji3 years ago
This plugin hides the Google reCAPTCHA logo from the front end of your website.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
TomS reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:16#8,945by TomS Caprice3 years ago
Integrated Google ReCaptcha for WordPress.Protect the login, register, lostpassword and comment forms. Support Woocommerce, Ultimate Member and more p …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 13/day
Blue Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:11#9,326by jotis2 months ago
Blue Captcha is a powerful and highly customized WordPress plugin that effectively protects your WP blogs from spammers and unwanted persons.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 10/day

reCAPTCHA V3 for Jetpack
Up in the last 7 days:116#9,353by Schwarttzy13 days ago
Adds Google reCAPTCHA v3 to Jetpack contact forms, comments, and WooCommerce registration to prevent spam, with stats and spam folder handling.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Contact Form 7 BWP reCAPTCHA Extension
Up in the last 7 days:1#9,589by manfer14 years ago
This plugin provides a new tag for the Contact Form 7 Plugin. It allows the usage of a reCAPTCHA field provided by the BWP reCAPTCHA Plugin.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Speed up Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:54#10,231by Hella Fast1 month ago
Loads Contact Form 7, reCAPTCHA, Turnstile and add-on assets only on pages that actually show a form.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ARCaptcha
Up in the last 7 days:5#10,846by arcaptcha11 days ago
Enables ARCaptcha integration with WordPress.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Captchinoo, admin login page protection with Google recaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:51#10,893by wp-buy2 months ago
Protect your WordPress login form from bots and brute force attacks with Google reCAPTCHA, a slide-to-unlock captcha, or an icon captcha.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Ultimate WP Captcha
Down in the last 7 days:230#11,460by Zeeshan Khan9 months ago
Enables Google reCAPTCHA and hCaptcha for the WordPress website forms.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 12/day

reCaptcha by WebDesignBy
Down in the last 7 days:26#11,547by webdesignby4 months ago
Add Google’s simple checkbox reCAPTCHA to WordPress wp-admin login page.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Prosopo Procaptcha
Down in the last 7 days:155#12,356by 1prosopo10 days ago
Free, GDPR-compliant CAPTCHA that stops spam bots on WordPress core forms and 21 form plugins, page builders and themes.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Fraud and Scam Detection For WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:162#12,456by Link Nacional16 days ago
Add Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile verification to WooCommerce checkout to prevent fraudulent transactions.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Recaptcha for Login and registration
Down in the last 7 days:62#12,511by Gilblas Ngunte Possi1 year ago
Recaptcha for Login and registration is a plugin that enables users to add captcha on their login and registration page. The whole idea with this plug …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

bbPress No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:135#13,897by Studio Hyperset6 years ago
Adds Google’s No CAPTCHA reCAPTCHA to bbPress forms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hostvn Admin Optimize
Down in the last 7 days:64#13,997by Duong Thanh Binh5 years ago
Hostvn Admin Optimize
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day