ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Adds reCaptcha v2 from Contact Form 7 5.0.5 that was dropped on Contact Form 7 5.1
5(89 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 is a WordPress spam plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 89 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.9M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Downloads are down 9% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
5/589 reviews
200K+active installs
0%resolved
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
Contact Form 7 v5.1 dropped support for reCaptcha v2 along with the [recaptcha] tag December 2018. This plugin brings that functionality back from Contact Form 7 5.0.5 and re-adds the [recaptcha] tag.
If this plugin is installed before updating Contact Form 7 from v5.0.5 to v5.1.1 then it will carry over your old API keys. At that point you will just need to head to this plugins settings page to tell the website to use reCaptcha v2.
Once installed and configured it should be the same reCaptcha functionality you are used to in previous versions of Contact Form 7.
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Great job !
by Ishko·1 year ago
Works perfectly. ReCaptcha V3 is sometimes not compatible with cookies managers. This resolved the issue for me with tarteaucitron.io
Thanks !
Thank you!
by Martin Tonev·1 year ago
You fix this stupid plugin the creators of Contact Form 7 to remove the ReCaptcha v2.
The problem is all themes are integrated with them
Thanks!
by Danylo·1 year ago
Thank you, for this plugin!
Perfect match for my site
by Alex Agranov·2 years ago
I have multiple forms based on CF7 on my site and default reCAPTCHAv3 implementation sometimes blocked the submission for no apparent reason.
This plugin allows me to decide which forms should be protected and which not. And also uses reCAPTCHAv2 which makes the rejection process much more transparent to user.
Contact Form 7 no longer supports reCAPTCHA V2
by xu wu·3 years ago·1 reply
Contact Form 7 no longer supports reCAPTCHA V2
The latest version of the reCAPTCHA API is v3. Contact Form 7 5.1 and later uses this reCAPTCHA v3 API. reCAPTCHA v3 works in the background so users don’t need to read blurred text in an image or even tick the “I’m not a robot” checkbox.
Can you still add an option for a V3 version? Thank you!
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.4
90.4%
v1.3
5.7%
Other
3.9%
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Changelog
1.4.9 (2025-04-15)
- Updated the “Tested up to” value to support 6.8+
- Fixes to the [recaptcha] tag generator
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