hCaptcha for WP
The strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free. Works with 60+ integrations: Contact Form 7, Elementor, WooCommerce, Divi, etc.
4.6(84 reviews)
·70K+ active installs·Updated 2 days agoAs of April 2026, hCaptcha for WP is a WordPress spam plugin with 70K+ active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 84 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 468% this week. Support resolution rate: 91%. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
4.6/584 reviews
70K+active installs
91%resolved
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
The strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free.
A built-in Migration Wizard helps you move from Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile to hCaptcha in just a few clicks.
hCaptcha is a drop-in replacement for reCAPTCHA that puts user privacy first.
Need to keep out bots? hCaptcha protects privacy while offering better protection against spam and abuse. Help build a better web.
hCaptcha for WP makes security easy with broad integration support, detailed analytics, and strong protection. Start protecting logins, forms, and more in minutes.
Benefits
- Privacy First: hCaptcha is designed to protect user privacy. It doesn’t retain or sell personal data, unlike platforms that gather, own, and monetize global behavior.
- Better Security: hCaptcha offers better protection…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great protection against spam
by JesusDR·4 days ago·1 reply
Great protection against spam
Where do I generate the secret key?
by captainrogers·3 weeks ago·1 reply
Click on the link for WordPress integration and get taken to a page to download the plugin. Nowhere to generate the requirted secret ley.
It is a lot easier to set up than reCaptcha
by IanErickson·4 weeks ago·1 reply
Working good so far.
hCaptcha is hands-down the best CAPTCHA solution out there in 2026!
by continuoussafety2018·1 month ago·1 reply
Switched from reCAPTCHA and never looking back. Excellent bot protection, actually respects user privacy (no creepy Google tracking), GDPR/CCPA friendly out of the box, and the challenges are clear & fair. The free tier is generous and it even pays site owners — win-win. Zero frustration for real users, killer spam reduction. 5 stars all the way!
Recent update made setup slow/buggy — needs a “Skip setup” option
by darkrayon·2 months ago·1 reply
This plugin used to be great and incredibly quick to set up: install it, paste the keys, choose where hCaptcha should be enabled, done.
Since the latest update, the setup process is unfortunately buggy and unnecessarily long. You have to click through an onboarding flow explaining everything the plugin can do, which completely breaks the workflow — especially if you’ve set up this plugin dozens or hundreds of times.
Please add a clear option to skip the setup/onboarding (“Skip setup” / “I already know this”), so experienced users can get straight to the actual configuration again.
Download Trends
Today: 2KYesterday: 7KThis week: 27KPeriod total: 610K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.24
44.8%
Other
42.1%
v1.19
7.2%
v4.23
5.9%
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Changelog
4.25.0
- Added a one-click setup option to the Onboarding Wizard to apply recommended settings automatically.
- Added Migration Wizard to help migrate from Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile to hCaptcha.
- Added a dedicated Anti-Spam settings tab, moving bot protection, access control, and login security settings out of the General page.
- Added disposable email blocking with an auto-updating blocklist of 4,000+ temporary email domains.
- Added sorting country names on the Anti-Spam tab.
…and 10 more changes
Contributors
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