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Login Security Captcha
Lightweight bot protection that occasionally trips over its own settings.
HealthyGrowing
76/100
Users appreciate the simple setup and effective spam blocking despite some technical hiccups with reCAPTCHA.
Active installs
~28,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
20 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+17%
Growing
66 → 78 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 · +17% in the last year
66/day a year ago→78/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLogin Security Captcha is praised for its ease of use, strong anti-spam performance, and responsive support, though a few users have encountered setup errors with reCaptcha v3.
What people like
- +Easy to install, configure, and use×4
- +Effectively blocks spam registrations and orders×2
- +Responsive and helpful developer support×4
- +Small, lightweight and does not conflict with Elementor login widget
- +PRO version adds valuable extra features and is considered worth the cost
Common complaints
- −Setup errors for reCaptcha v3 on some sites, causing 400 Bad Request and Ajax failures
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 30%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 20 total
Latest reviews · 20 analyzed
- 2026-03-10★★★★★perfectvikizzz
- 2024-07-08★★★★★amazing plugin!!Sam
- 2024-04-02★★★★★Solo funciona en el loginfiletete1-shot
- 2023-06-26★★★★★Please confirm you are not a robotimluch
- 2023-03-23★★★★★Great plugin! Awesomefbcyborg
- 2022-11-17★★★★★simply POWERFULrjacob999
- 2022-01-29★★★★★on 2 sites works, on 2 sites not.eltebe
- 2022-01-20★★★★★Works like a charm!carlpotak
- 2021-10-14★★★★★Great Captcha plugin!peopleinside
- 2021-07-22★★★★★Easy and it workshyrograsper1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Login Security Captcha
Top Security 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.
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Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
78
Prior 7-day baseline
199
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,153
Mean release-day peak (30d)
205
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-11.5%
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
2.83
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
95%
5★ share in analyzed sample
30%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.90 → 4.86★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered