69
Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms
Reliable protection that feels like a demo for most form users.
HealthyGrowing
69/100
It provides effective basic protection but requires a paid upgrade for most popular form plugins.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.1★
20 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+46%
Growing fast
47 → 68 installs/day
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 fast · +46% in the last year
47/day a year ago→68/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCaptcha by BestWebSoft is generally praised for its effective, low-resource spam protection and easy setup, but users frequently criticize its paid-only features, caching-related 403 errors, and intrusive editor UI.
What people like
- +Effective spam protection (simple yet effective math captcha)×2
- +Easy to set up×2
- +Low resource usage
- +Works with WooCommerce in the Pro version
- +Provides multiple anti-spam methods and useful settings
- +Responsive and helpful support×2
Common complaints
- −Full functionality (e.g., contact-form integration) requires paid upgrade and is considered expensive×2
- −Free version unexpectedly becomes a trial/limited
- −403 errors when used with caching plugins, sometimes requiring manual code changes×2
- −Adds a shortcode button that clutters the TinyMCE editor toolbar
- −Support process may require registration before answering
- −Integration with Contact Form 7 is broken
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 20 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2025-04-04★★★★★Paid Pluginjxenarios
- 2025-01-09★★★★★Best Captcha Plugin for Spam Protection!Kemon
- 2024-11-15★★★★★I thank the supportsalinator
- 2023-10-19★★★★★Pro Edition Too expensive阿卡林刘
- 2023-03-17★★★★★关于这个全世界最棒的验证码插件fairyfox
- 2022-11-01★★★★★Almost good, but…digimik
- 2022-05-23★★★★★En wordpress 5.9.3 funciona perfectamente.olehmx
- 2021-12-16★★★★★Good plug-in!Anne
- 2021-12-12★★★★★Captcha – Great way to avoid spamming and web attacksSenex Petrovic
- 2021-11-29★★★★★thankssadeghpm
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor 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.
66
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
68
Prior 7-day baseline
52
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
66
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.9%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.65
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
70%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.05 → 4.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered