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ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress
Easy WooCommerce protection with a side of lingering code.
HealthyGrowing
67/100
It provides easy WooCommerce integration but leaves behind messy code and security concerns.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
94 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+10%
Growing
26 → 29 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 7 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 · +10% in the last year
26/day a year ago→29/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayReCaptcha Integration for WordPress is generally praised for working out-of-the-box and WooCommerce compatibility, but several users report security, performance, and cleanup issues.
What people like
- +Works reliably on first install and out-of-the-box×2
- +Easy to use in custom templates
- +Compatible with WooCommerce and protects login, password-reset, comment and checkout forms×2
- +Robust implementation
Common complaints
- −Needs security updates; some users experienced malware or security warnings×2
- −Adds unnecessary JavaScript and a persistent Google privacy-policy widget that increases page weight and is not removed on uninstall×2
- −Ineffective against contact-form spam
- −Fails to work for some users, including on WooCommerce checkout for some installations×2
- −Interferes with site backup restoration
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.33★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 11%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
2025-03-112025-11-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 94 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2025-11-08★★★★★Good pluginsteve92
- 2025-10-18★★★★★Plugin is good but faced issueszubee
- 2025-09-20★★★★★Thank youwplogin12
- 2025-03-10★★★★★Update pleaseBPhDesigns
- 2023-01-10★★★★★Great for Custom Formsmoonshdw8
- 2022-08-09★★★★★Only plugin to add WooCommerce checkout CaptchaJames Jones
- 2022-05-28★★★★★Flawless on woocommerceegocefalo
- 2021-10-14★★★★★Nice, workspeopleinside
- 2021-03-12★★★★★Very Robust. Easy To Setupjerryrcole
- 2021-02-15★★★★★Не в коем случае не рекомендуюwalltak
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress
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.
26
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
27
Prior 7-day baseline
25
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
27
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-3.7%
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
1.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.39 → 4.33★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered