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Simple CAPTCHA Alternative with Cloudflare Turnstile
The privacy first way to stop bots without annoying puzzles.
HealthyGrowing
93/100
This plugin offers effective spam protection and easy setup but has some compatibility issues with specific form builders.
Active installs
~304,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
246 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+351%
Growing fast
533 → 2,406 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 · +351% in the last year
533/day a year ago→2,406/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimple CAPTCHA Alternative with Cloudflare Turnstile is well-regarded as an easy-to-configure, user-friendly security plugin, though it has a critical compatibility issue with the WooCommerce Blocks checkout and some layout limitations with Elementor forms.
What people like
- +Easy to configure and integrate into a site×4
- +Effectively stops spam and form harassment×2
- +Disables the submit button until the CAPTCHA is completed
- +Granular control over visibility, whitelisting, button behavior, error messages, and per-form protection
- +Works well for WooCommerce login and password reset protection
- +Considered user-friendly and secure compared to traditional CAPTCHAs
Common complaints
- −Breaks the WooCommerce Blocks checkout page entirely, leaving it blank and unusable
- −Flexible widget size and alignment options do not work correctly with Elementor forms, causing sizing and layout issues
- −No built-in way to test the reCAPTCHA fallback configuration from within the plugin settings
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.61★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-04-102025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 246 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★De lo mejor!!Navone Juan
- 2026-06-01★★★★★greatShashank V.
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Fantasticunionwebguy1-shot
- 2026-05-29★★★★★This stopped the botsEd Bernd Jr.
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Simple and EffectiveFumiki Takahashi
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Very good pluginsjohn0zhuang
- 2026-05-20★★★★★Simple and great plugin!djstevencr
- 2026-05-20★★★★★Not working with the new Woo block checkoutwpuser651682
- 2026-05-15★★★★★Widget size/allignment not working on Elementor forms.flexpavillion
- 2026-05-11★★★★★Top plugin!Henry
Releases
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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.
1,940
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,436
Prior 7-day baseline
1,958
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
38,431
Mean release-day peak (30d)
5,146
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-20.4%
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.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.42
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
87%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+31%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.63 → 4.61★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered