Friendly Captcha for WordPress
Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.
4.1(17 reviews)
·9.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Friendly Captcha for WordPress is a WordPress spam plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 17 reviews. It has been downloaded 265K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.1/517 reviews
9.0K+active installs
265K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.
Do you use a captcha like reCAPTCHA to keep out bots? Friendly Captcha is a powerful anti-spam service that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images and protects user privacy.
How Friendly Captcha Works
Friendly Captcha is a tool for preventing spam on your website. Other CAPTCHAs are a burden on your users, Friendly Captcha respects your users.
Friendly Captcha is a proof-of-work based anti-bot solution in which the user’s device does all the work. We generate a unique crypto puzzle for each visitor.
Solving it will usually take only a few seconds. As soon as the user starts filling the form it starts getting solved. By the time the user is ready to submit, the p…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Funktioniert nicht
by luftsocke·1 year ago
Funktioniert nicht trotz vorhandenem Key und API Schlüssel.
Good protection and fully privacy compliant
by anne2dev·2 years ago
Installation took a little while, but it was worth it: The captcha protection system works great and is fully privacy compliant. Thanks to the team! We are very satisfied!
Use less
by maxobom·2 years ago
Use less plugin I activated it on my site clicktowrite .com and its not working it’s always shoing error and user can register without confirming it.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by maxobom.
Good but…
by thedoctorcoernel·3 years ago
On first sight this CAPTCHA solution is what many people are looking for: Easy to implement and fully GDPR-compliant.
With the “Personal” plan there is a free plan available however I got an email from the friendly captcha team to upgrade my account. The smallest pricing option is 9 € a month. Sorry guys… for providing a simple piece of software 1.080 € over 10 years is ridiculous and I am out.
Best Captcha alternative
by drfranzkauer·3 years ago
I am thrilled! I’ve been looking for a European alternative to ReCaptcha for a long time and Friendly Captcha is simple, accessible and GDPR compliant.
After installing the plugin I created an account at Friendly Captcha, created a sitekey and API key there and inserted it into the plugin. Then I selected my used form plugin via checkbox and it worked on the first try.
Thanks!
- This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by drfranzkauer.
Download Trends
Today: 74Yesterday: 74This week: 442Period total: 76K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.16
65.1%
v1.15
26.3%
Other
8.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.16.0
- Add support for WP Job Openings
Contributors
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