Private Captcha protects your WordPress website from spam and abuse with a privacy-first, independent CAPTCHA solution made in EU.
As of April 2026, Private Captcha is a WordPress spam plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 503 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.6+ and PHP 8.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
Private Captcha WordPress Plugin integrates Private Captcha with your WordPress site to protect forms from spam and abuse.
Features:
* Protect login, registration, password reset, and comment forms
* Flexible widget configuration (theme, language, start mode)
* EU compliance with EU-only endpoints and custom domains
* WP-CLI commands for emergency management
* No tracking, privacy-focused captcha solution
Supported Forms:
* WordPress Login Form
* WordPress Registration Form
* WordPress Password Reset Form
* WordPress Comment Forms (logged-in and guest users)
* WPForms
* Contact Form 7
More forms (including popular plugins) are currently in progress of being added.
This plugin uses Private Captcha API to request and verify captcha challenges and their solutions, when prot…
| WordPress | 5.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 8.2+ required |
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