Advanced Google reCAPTCHA
Captcha protection against spam comments & brute force login attacks using Google reCAPTCHA.
4.8(428 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Advanced Google reCAPTCHA is a WordPress captcha plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 428 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.7M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 19% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: SiteGuard WP Plugin.
4.8/5428 reviews
200K+active installs
100%resolved
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Advanced Google reCAPTCHA protects your WordPress site from spam comments & brute force login attacks using captcha. This captcha plugin, quickly adds Google reCAPTCHA and other captcha tests to WordPress comment form, login form, and other forms.
Using Advanced Google reCAPTCHA (most popular captcha on the market), you’ll be safe from spam comments and protect user accounts, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, BuddyPress and other forms from brute-force login attacks.
reCaptcha works for:
- Login Form
- Registration Form
- Reset Password Form
- Comment Form
- BuddyPress Form
- WooCommerce Form
- Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Login Form
- Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Registration Form
Captcha uses these 3rd party libs:
- Chart.js, 2017 Nick Downie, MIT
- DataTables, 2008-2017 SpryMedia Ltd, MIT
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Why moment.js in 2026?
by kc22033·1 month ago·2 replies
This may be a great plugin, but the fact that it’s still using moment.js is a HUGE red flag! To me, this says that the plugin isn’t being **seriously** maintained. The below information is directly from the builders/maintainers of Moment.js:
We now generally consider Moment to be a legacy project in maintenance mode. It is not dead, but it is indeed done.
In practice, this means:
- We will not be adding new features or capabilities.
- We will not be changing Moment’s API to be immutable.
- We will not be addressing tree shaking or bundle size issues.
- We will not be making any major changes (no version 3).
- We may choose to not fix bugs or behavioral quirks, especially if they are long-standing known issues.
Works great and support is very helpful
by dscreative·1 month ago·1 reply
Simple to set up and works great. When I thought I had an issue, support were very quick to respond and very helpful.
Great Plugin
by erismanos·4 months ago
Everything is fine, just the first login was in loop because the system send a key as password which can find on url that receive to change the password!! Strange! If you try to enter your password, then you will be in a constant loop that the login is invalid!
Nice to have in the future: the option to add a signature or extra details in the footer of the login page.
Wouldn’t work
by wplogin12·6 months ago
Would not work at all
No support for translations
by infofabio·7 months ago
The sentence “Are you a human? Please solve:” only in english is not functional to sites in other languages.
Download Trends
Today: 3KYesterday: 4KThis week: 75KPeriod total: 870K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.31
39.4%
v1.33
26.3%
Other
16.3%
v1.32
9.4%
v1.30
8.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.33 – 26/03/2026
- Wordfence compatibility fix
Contributors
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