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reCaptcha plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress website forms from spam entries while letting real people pass through with ease. It can be used for login, registration, password recovery, comments, popular contact forms, and other. reCAPTCHA Version 3, Version 2, Invisible are included.

Users are required to confirm that they are not a robot before the form can be submitted. It’s easy for people and hard for bots.

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Free Features

Add reCaptcha to:
- Registration form
- Login form
- Reset password form
- Comments form
- Contact Form
- Testimonials
- Custom form
Hide reCaptcha for the allowlisted IP addresses
Disable the submit button
Validity check of keys in admin panel
Available reCaptcha themes for Version 2:
- Light (default)
- Dark
Compatible with Limit Attempts
Hide reCaptcha in your forms for certain user roles
Hide reCaptcha Badge (Invisible and V3)
Supports reCaptcha:
- Version 2
- Version 3
- Invisible reCAPTCHA
Add custom code via plugin settings page
Compatible with latest WordPress version
Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos
Multilingual and RTL ready

Pro Features

All features from Free version included plus:

Compatible with:

Contact Form 7 (since v 3.4)

Subscriber

Multilanguage

Jetpack contact form

Fast Secure Contact Form

MailChimp for WordPress

Ninja Forms

Gravity Forms

WPForms

Caldera Forms

Elementor Pro Contact Forms

LearnDash Registration Page

BuddyBoss

Compatible with WooCommerce:

Login form

Register form

Lost password form

Checkout billing form

Compatible with Divi:

Divi Builder Contact form

Divi Builder Login form

Divi Theme Contact form

Compatible with bbPress:

New Topic form

Reply form

Compatible with BuddyPress:

Registration form

Comments form

Create a Group form

Compatible with Forums – wpForo:

Login form

Registration form

New Topic form

Reply form

Compatible with Ultimate Member:

Login form

Registration form

Profile form

Select reCaptcha language manually

Change size: normal or compact (for version 2)

Configure all subsites on the network

Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy)

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If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature

Documentation & Videos

Help & Support

Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help – https://support.bestwebsoft.com/

Affiliate Program

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Translation

Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Kučera, www.n0lim.it, PaMaDeSSoft, www.pamadessoft.cz)
French (fr_FR)
Romanian (ro_RO)
Russian (ru_RU)
Spanish (es_ES)
Turkish (tr_TR) (thanks to Lordiz, www.lordiz.com)
Ukrainian (uk)

Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.

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Credits

lib/recaptchalib.php – Copyright © 2007. Mike Crawford, Ben Maurer (reCAPTCHA – http://recaptcha.net). All Rights Reserved.

Skjámyndir

Login form with reCaptcha.
Registration form with reCaptcha.
Lost password form with reCaptcha.
Comments form with reCaptcha.
Contact Form with reCaptcha.
The form with reCaptcha dark theme.
reCaptcha Settings page.
reCaptcha Allow List page.

Uppsetning

Upload the google-captcha folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Plugin settings are located in reCaptcha menu.
Create a form in post and insert the shortcode [bws_google_captcha] into the form.

View a Step-by-step Instruction on reCaptcha Installation

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How to get reCaptcha keys?

Follow the next steps in order to get and enable reCaptcha protection using the official Google Captcha keys:
1. Open your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Navigate to the plugin Settings page.
3. Click the „Get the API Keys“ link.
4. Enter your domain name and click „Create Key“ button.
5. You will see your public and private keys. Copy them and paste to the appropriate fields on plugin Settings page.
6. Save changes.

How to hide reCaptcha in Comments for registered users?

You should go to the Settings page and select the roles, for which you want to hide reCaptcha. Then you must click „Save Changes“ button.

Is it possible to Change the appearance and style of the reCaptcha?

Follow the next steps in order to change the appearance of the reCaptcha:
1. Open your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Navigate to the plugin Settings page.
3. Select reCAPTCHA version.
4. Find the „Theme“ option (only available for versions 1 and 2) and select the necessary style from the drop-down list.
5. Save changes and check the result.

reCaptcha not displayed on my comment form. Why?

You might have a theme where „comments.php“ is coded incorrectly. WordPress version matters.
(WP2 series): Make sure that you theme contains a tag <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?> inside the file /wp-content/themes/[your_theme]/comments.php.
Most WP2 themes already have it. The best place to put this tag is before the comment text area, you can move it up if it is below the comment text area.
(WP3 series): WP3 has a new function comment_form inside of /wp-includes/comment-template.php.
Your theme is probably not up-to-date to call that function from „comments.php“.
WP3 theme does not need the code line do_action(‘comment_form’… inside of /wp-content/themes/[your_theme]/comments.php.
Instead it uses a new function call inside of „comments.php“: <?php comment_form(); ?>
If you have WP3 and captcha is still missing, make sure your theme has <?php comment_form(); ?>
inside of /wp-content/themes/[your_theme]/comments.php (please check the Twenty Ten theme’s „comments.php“ for proper example).

How can I change the location of reCaptcha in the comments form?

It depends on the comments form. If the hook call by means of which captcha works (‘after_comment_field’ or something like this) is present in the file comments.php, you can change captcha positioning by moving this hook call. Please find the file ‘comments.php’ in the theme and change position of the line

do_action( 'comment_form_after_fields' );

or any similar line – place it under the Submit button.
In case there is no such hook in the comments file of your theme, then, unfortunately, this option is not available.

Add reCaptcha plugin to a custom form on your WordPress website

Follow the instructions below in order to add reCaptcha plugin to your custom PHP or HTML form:
1. Install the reCaptcha plugin and activate it.
2. (Optional) If you would like to have an ability to enable and disable the reCAPTCHA for your custom form on the plugin settings page, please add the following code to the ‘functions.php’ file of your theme:

function add_custom_recaptcha_forms( $forms ) {
    $forms['my_custom_form'] = array( "form_name" => "Custom Form Name" );
    return $forms;
}
add_filter( 'gglcptch_add_custom_form', 'add_custom_recaptcha_forms' );

In this example, ‘my_custom_form’ is a slug of your custom form.

Please don’t use the following form slugs since they are predefined by plugin settings: login_form, registration_form, reset_pwd_form, comments_form, contact_form, cf7, si_contact_form, jetpack_contact_form, sbscrbr, bbpress_new_topic_form, bbpress_reply_form, buddypress_register, buddypress_comments, buddypress_group, woocommerce_login, woocommerce_register, woocommerce_lost_password, woocommerce_checkout, wpforo_login_form, wpforo_register_form, wpforo_new_topic_form, wpforo_reply_form.
– Save file changes;
– Go to the „Settings“ tab on the plugin settings page (Admin Dashboard -> reCaptcha); If everything is OK, you will see your form in ‘Enable reCAPTCHA for’ => ‘Custom Forms’ (with labels which you specified in the „gglcptch_add_custom_form“ hook call function).
– Enable it and configure form options as you need;
– Click „Save Changes“ button;

If you don’t add this code, no option for your custom form will be displayed on the plugin settings page and the reCAPTCHA will be always displayed in your custom form.

Open the file with the form (where you would like to add reCAPTCHA);
Find a place to insert the code for the reCAPTCHA output;
If you completed the instructions in p. 2, then you should add:

In this example, the second parameter is a slug of your custom form.

Otherwise, insert the following line:

<?php echo apply_filters( 'gglcptch_display_recaptcha', '' ); ?>

After that, you should add the following lines to the function of the entered data checking.
If you completed the instructions in p. 2, then you should add:

In this example, the third parameter is a slug of your custom form.

Otherwise, insert the following lines:

<?php $check_result = apply_filters( 'gglcptch_verify_recaptcha', true, 'string' );
if ( true === $check_result ) { /* the reCAPTCHA answer is right */
    /* do necessary action */
} else { /* the reCAPTCHA answer is wrong or there are some other errors */
    echo $check_result; /* display the error message or do other necessary actions in case when the reCAPTCHA test was failed */
} ?>

If there is a variable in the check function responsible for the errors output, you can concatenate variable $check_result to this variable. If the ‘gglcptch_verify_recaptcha’ filter hook returns ‘true’, it means that you have entered the reCAPTCHA answer properly. In all other cases, the function will return the string with the error message.

If you have followed all steps, but the problem remains, we can help you to configure your reCaptcha custom form. This will be a paid service since there are a lot of different custom forms and the code should be inserted individually into each of them, so we need some time to study each unique case.

I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?

Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description:
– The link to the page where the problem occurs
– The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number.
– The version of your WordPress installation
– Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status

Umsagnir

moretus 14. desember, 2022 1 reply

This plugin is not free for WP Forms, it can used freely only for Login form, registration form, passwords changes and reaction form. You have to pay for extern plugins. Don't install if you don't want to pay for it.

jeffbutler 11. október, 2022 3 replies

I had some issues getting this configured with WP Forms,but it seems to be working now.

tom durocher 3. október, 2022

The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is because I did need support to get it working properly. The plugin's admin and documentation was not enough. Perhaps this is just due to the complicated nature of Google's Recaptcha and its choice of versions. In any case, support was very prompt and though it did take several iterations with to get what I wanted, it all happened pretty quickly and cheerfully. And I have the unpaid version, which seems to do what I need so far.

johnroyer 26. september, 2022

simple and easy to use. the only thing to do is apply Google reCAPTCHA account, plugin will take care the rest configurations.

ovidiucupse 2. september, 2022 1 reply

bad plugin

miguelovergara 25. júní, 2022

Works perfect

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Breytingarsaga

V1.70 – 09.12.2022

Pro : Option for display V3 on all pages
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.69 – 10.09.2022

Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.68 – 05.09.2022

Update : BWS Panel changes.
Pro : The compatibility with BuddyBoss has been added.
Pro : The compatibility with LearnDash registration page has been added.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.67 – 20.04.2022

Update : BWS Panel changes.
Pro : Divi Child Theme fixes.
Pro : Jetpack Contact Form Fixes.
Pro : Elementor Popup contact form issue has been fixed.
Bugfix : „User response is missing.“ message has been fixed.
Pro : WPForms plugin issue with reCaptcha v2 has been fixed.
Pro : Hide reCaptcha for Administrator oprion for Contact Form 7 has been fixed.
Bugfix : Menu issue for WordPress 5.9 as been fixed.
Bugfix : Other minor fixes.

V1.66 – 22.11.2021

NEW : The French language file was added.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Pro : The issue with Elementor Pro 3.5.0 has been fixed.

V1.65 – 01.10.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.1
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Pro : The compatibility with Elementor Pro Contact Form has been added.

V1.64 – 18.08.2021

Bugfix : ‘use strict’ was added.
Pro : The compatibility with Caldera Member has been added.

V1.63 – 21.07.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with Ninja Forms on plugin-information tab has been fixed.
Pro : The compatibility with Ultimate Member has been added.

V1.62 – 14.05.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2.
Bugfix : The issue of sending a password reset link on the user edit page has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with submitting Contact 7 form with empty recaptcha has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with displaying recaptcha in the form of creating a new topic and in the reply form has been fixed.
Pro : The compatibility with WPForms has been added.

V1.61 – 06.04.2021

Update : Settings page has been changed for better usability.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.

V1.60 – 15.01.2021

Pro : The compatibility with Gravity Forms has been added.
Pro : The compatibility with WooCommerce has been improved.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.6.

V1.59 – 02.12.2020

NEW : The Turkish language file was added.
NEW : The compatibility with Android app has been added.
Bugfix : The compatibility with Divi theme and Divi builder has been improved.
Bugfix : The bug related to reCaptcha validation in the WooCommerce checkout form has been fixed.
Bugfix : The problem with the correct operation of the „Disabled Submit Button“ option in the WooCommerce checkout form has been fixed.
Bugfix : Connection via XML-RPC has been fixed.
Update : Whitelist replaced with allow list.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

V1.58 – 10.09.2020

Pro : The compatibility with Ninja Forms has been fixed.
Pro : The bug with the reCaptcha displaying in wpForo form has been fixed.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.57 – 01.06.2020

Bugfix : The bug with sending a standard email after registration has been fixed.

V1.56 – 06.03.2020

NEW : The Romanian language file was added.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.3.2.
Bugfix : The bug with the reCAPTCHA displaying in Internet Explorer has been fixed.

V1.55 – 11.12.2019

Update : Plugin was renamed.
Bugfix : Vulnerabilities and security issues were fixed.

V1.54 – 22.11.2019

Bugfix : Minor bugs have been fixed.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.53 – 01.11.2019

Pro : The compatibility with Divi theme and Divi builder has been improved.
Pro : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification on the Buddypress comment form has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with the Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) Version 3 verification in several forms on the page has been fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.2.4.

V1.52 – 04.09.2019

Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V1.51 – 14.08.2019

Update : BWS menu has been updated.
Pro : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification on the Divi Contact forms has been fixed.

V1.50 – 31.07.2019

Pro : The bug with the Divi Theme hooks has been fixed.

V1.49 – 30.07.2019

Update : General performance has been improved.

V1.48 – 27.07.2019

Pro : The compatibility with Divi child themes has been fixed.

V1.47 – 18.07.2019

Update : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification in version 1.46 has been fixed.

V1.46 – 16.07.2019

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.2.2.

V1.45 – 16.07.2019

Bugfix : The bug with „Disabled Submit Button“ option in several forms on the page has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with custom forms has been fixed.

V1.44 – 09.05.2019

NEW : The ability to keep submit button disabled until user passes the reCAPTCHA test has been added.
Bugfix : The bug with „Advanced Protection“ option has been fixed.

V1.43 – 27.03.2019

NEW : The ability to hide reCAPTCHA Badge has been added.
PRO : The compatibility with Divi Theme has been added.
Bugfix : The bug with button Test verification has been fixed.

V1.42 – 26.02.2019

PRO : The compatibility with Divi Builder has been added.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.1.

V1.41 – 13.02.2019

PRO : The compatibility with Ninja Forms has been added.
Update : The user interface has been updated.
Bugfix : The code refactoring was performed.

V1.40 – 18.01.2019

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.3.
Update : The enqueueing of styles and scripts has been improved.

V1.39 – 20.12.2018

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.1.

V1.38 – 26.11.2018

NEW : Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) Version 3 has been added.

V1.37 – 07.08.2018

NEW : The compatibility with Testimonials by BestWebSoft has been added.
Update : The Czech language file has been updated.
PRO : The bug related to WooCommerce Checkout form has been fixed.

V1.36 – 19.03.2018

PRO : The bug related to BuddyPress registration form has been fixed.

V1.35 – 08.02.2018

Update : The Czech language file has been updated.
Bugfix : Google Captcha responsive styles have been fixed.
Bugfix : Potential bruteforce vulnerability has been fixed.

V1.34 – 06.02.2018

NEW : The compatibility with Wordfence option „Immediately block the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames“ has been added.
Update : reCAPTCHA output functionality in forms has been optimized.
Update : The compatibility with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft has been improved.

V1.33 – 15.11.2017

Bugfix : Redundant reCAPTCHA checking has been removed.
Update : The compatibility with Captcha by BestWebSoft and Contact Form by BestWebSoft plugins has been improved.

V1.32 – 13.10.2017

NEW : The compatibility with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft plugin has been added.
NEW : Ability to hide Google Captcha for logged in users has been added.
Update : Ability to check Google Captcha using AJAX has been removed.
Update : Ability to display and check the Google Captcha in third-party forms using filters have been added.
Update : Ability to disable Google Captcha onload callback has been added.
PRO : The compatibility with bbPress, Fast Secure Contact Form, Jetpack, Forums – wpForo forms has been added.

V1.31 – 21.08.2017

Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.

V1.30 – 18.05.2017

Update : The Spanish language file has been updated.

V1.29 – 27.04.2017

NEW : Invisible reCAPTCHA version has been added.
Update : The Czech language file has been updated.

V1.28 – 14.04.2017

Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.

V1.27 – 26.10.2016

NEW : Ability to hide Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) for whitelisted IP and ability to set whitelist notification.
PRO : Compatibility with WooCommerce plugin has been added.
PRO : List of reCAPTCHA languages updated.

V1.26 – 15.08.2016

Update : Hook’s priority was changed for displaying captcha in the registration form.
Update : Compatible with JetPack.

V1.25 – 15.07.2016

Update : BWS panel section was updated.

V1.24 – 27.06.2016

Update : Functionality to use Captcha with Contact Form Multi was updated.
Update : BWS Panel section is updated.

V1.23 – 19.04.2016

NEW : Ability to test entered site key and secret key.
NEW : Ability to add custom styles.

V1.22 – 25.02.2016

NEW : The Czech language file has been added.
UPDATE : Functionality of plugin`s scripts adding has been changed so that they will be added only on pages where the CAPTCHA will be displayed.
Bugfix : The bug with displaying several reCAPTCHA`s blocks on the same page in different forms has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with definition of JS function on() has been fixed.

V1.21 – 10.12.2015

NEW : A button for Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) shortcode inserting to the content was added.
NEW : The Farsi/Persian language file was added.
NEW : The French language file was added.

V1.20 – 02.10.2015

Update : Textdomain was changed.

V1.19 – 28.08.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) version 2 working in PHP version lower than 5.3.

V1.18 – 26.08.2015

NEW : Ability to restore default settings.
Update : BWS Menu was updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.

V1.17 – 29.06.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with checking captcha in custom login form\register form\lost password form.

V1.16 – 18.05.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with checking captcha when deleted ‘recaptcha_widget_div’.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with using deprecated jQuery methods (thanks to Junio Vitorino, github.com/juniovitorino).
NEW : The Arabic language file is added.
NEW : The German language file is added.
NEW : The Hindi language file is added.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.

V1.15 – 09.04.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with captcha check for users from the list of exceptions.

V1.14 – 07.04.2015

Bugfix : Captcha work with comments forms with disabled javascript was fixed.
Bugfix : Check reCaptcha v2 in PHP version 5.6 and above was fixed.
NEW : The Italian language file is added.

V1.13 – 13.02.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the vulnerability when entering the dashboard.
NEW : The Greek language file is added.

V1.12 – 20.01.2015

NEW : The Bulgarian language file is added.
Update : We added the check of the „allow_url_fopen“ option in PHP settings.
Update : We added style for forms that use captcha v2.

V1.11 – 30.12.2014

Update : New Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) version is added.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with displaying Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) on the multisite register form.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with multilanguage plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.

V1.10 – 26.11.2014

Update : We updated url and key names for Google Api.

V1.09 – 14.11.2014

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with joint displaying Google reCaptcha and Captcha.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with wrong answers in custom forms.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with login redirect.

V1.08 – 14.10.2014

New : The Spanish language file is added.
Bugfix : Bug with multisite was fixed.
Bugfix : Bug with user`s login was fixed.
Bugfix : Bug when Contact Form submit was fixed.

V1.07 – 02.09.2014

New : The Chinese (Traditional) language file is added.

V1.06 – 07.08.2014

Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.
Bugfix : The display of private key in the front-end was removed.

V1.05 – 21.07.2014

Bugfix : Problem with submitting form with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) is fixed.

V1.04 – 18.07.2014

Bugfix : Problem with displaying Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) in Contact Form Pro (by BestWebSoft) is fixed.
New : The Brazilian Portuguese language file is added.

V1.03 – 06.06.2014

New : The Polish language file is added.
New : The Ukrainian language file is added.
New : Renew captcha automaticly if was entered wrong value (thanks to Yaroslav Rogoza, github.com/rogyar).
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
Bugfix : Problem with checking captcha for sites with https was fixed.

V1.02 – 03.04.2014

Update : Screenshots are updated.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.

V1.01 – 05.02.2014

Bugfix : The bug with adding comments from admin panel was fixed.
NEW : „Settings“, „FAQ“, „Support“ links were added to the plugin action page.
NEW : Links on the plugins page were added.

V1.0

NEW : Ability to add Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) into standard forms was added.