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CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress
Great support cannot save a captcha that refuses to show up.
GrowingPoor rating
48/100
Support is excellent but the plugin often fails to display on critical forms.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
3.2★
268 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+24%
Growing
164 → 204 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.81★
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORnot updated in 12 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +24% in the last year
164/day a year ago→204/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCAPTCHA 4WP is generally well-regarded for its ease of setup and notably responsive support team, but a recurring caveat is that CAPTCHA fields sometimes fail to appear or function correctly on certain forms and themes out of the box.
What people like
- +Support team is consistently praised as fast, friendly, and effective at resolving issues×8
- +Easy to set up with helpful step-by-step guides×4
- +Flexible configuration with both wizard and manual options×2
- +Multisite / MU support is available and appreciated×2
Common complaints
- −CAPTCHA fails to display on default WordPress login and registration forms for some users×3
- −Plugin can block access or form submission with no visible CAPTCHA or error message shown to the user×2
- −Does not work on WooCommerce product review page
- −Compatibility issues arise after major PHP or WordPress upgrades, requiring support intervention
- −No lifetime pricing option — only annual cost
Review trustReviews look organic
- 2.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.20★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 268 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-08-06★★★★★Great Plugin – Works with Apple Pay / Google Payjuliepire
- 2025-05-02★★★★★Work as it shouldMac Boris Perc
- 2025-04-01★★★★★Not workingHagen1-shot
- 2024-07-01★★★★★didn't workvagabondtabby
- 2024-06-10★★★★★Quick and easyljezard
- 2024-06-06★★★★★I couldn't get it to work;sergiotech
- 2024-05-29★★★★★Effective pluginAsif
- 2024-05-28★★★★★Very quick supportthaann
- 2024-04-03★★★★★Excellent Plugin, Stopped Spam Registrationpinkyellowllama1-shot
- 2024-03-28★★★★★Perfect for me and MU supportalanft
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to CAPTCHA 4WP
Top Anti-spam plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
194
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
182
Prior 7-day baseline
150
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
213
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+6.6%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
19%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
41%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.76 → 2.81★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered