Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

July 16, 2024

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA Plugin

Captcha protection against spam comments & brute force login attacks using Google reCAPTCHA.

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA protects your WordPress site from spam comments & brute force login attacks using captcha. This captcha plugin, quickly adds Google reCAPTCHA and other captcha tests to WordPress comment form, login form, and other forms.

Using Advanced Google reCAPTCHA (most popular captcha on the market), you’ll be safe from spam comments and protect user accounts, WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, BuddyPress and other forms from brute-force login attacks.

reCaptcha works for:

  • Login Form
  • Registration Form
  • Reset Password Form
  • Comment Form
  • BuddyPress Form
  • WooCommerce Form
  • Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Login Form
  • Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Registration Form

Captcha uses these 3rd party libs:

  • Chart.js, 2017 Nick Downie, MIT
  • DataTables, 2008-2017 SpryMedia Ltd, MIT
  • moment.js, Tim Wood, Iskren Chernev, MIT
  • SweetAlert 2, github.com/Sweetalert2/Sweetalert2, MIT
  • tooltipster, www.heteroclito.fr/modules/tooltipster/, MIT

Installation

  1. Upload Advanced Google reCAPTCHA files to the “/wp-content/plugins/advanced-google-recaptcha” directory, or install Advanced Google reCAPTCHA through the WordPress Plugins page directly.
  2. Activate Advanced Google reCAPTCHA through the WordPress Plugins page.
  3. Use the menu Advanced Google reCAPTCHA to configure it.

Screenshots

  1. Login form

    Login form

  2. Registration form

    Registration form

  3. Reset Password form

    Reset Password form

  4. Comment form

    Comment form

  5. BuddyPress form

    BuddyPress form

  6. EDD Registration form

    EDD Registration form

  7. EDD Login form

    EDD Login form

  8. WooCommerce Login and Registration form

    WooCommerce Login and Registration form

  9. Plugin settings

    Plugin settings

FAQ

How to disable this plugin?

Just use standard Plugin overview page in WordPress admin section and deactivate it or rename plugin folder /wp-content/plugins/advanced-google-recaptcha over FTP access.

Does Captcha work for comment form?

Yes, it works for WordPress comment form.

Will it slow my site down?

No, it won’t. It’s only loaded on the pages it protects.

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

Changelog

1.22 – 30/06/2024

  • minor security fix

= 1.21 – 13/04/2024
* reCAPTCHA validation request error handling fix

= 1.20 – 13/03/2024
* double slash on images bug fix

= 1.19 – 04/02/2024
* fixed reCAPTCHA bug sometimes preventing checkout form re-submission after form errors are corrected in Woo

= 1.18 – 24/01/2024
* minor bug fix for Buddypress

1.17 – 09/12/2023

  • security/fatal error fix

1.16 – 05/12/2023

  • Woo registration fix

1.15 – 30/11/2023

  • Woo compatibility fixes

1.14 – 19/11/2023

  • Theme My Login and Woo compatibility fixes

1.13 – 16/11/2023

  • compatibility fixes

1.12 – 02/11/2023

  • small bug fixes for Woo

1.11 – 01/11/2023

  • small bug fixes

1.1 – 31/10/2023

  • new GUI
  • new features
  • introduced the PRO version

1.0.15 – 29 May 2023

  • Update packages

1.0.14 – 20 Feb 2023

  • Fix PHP 8 issue

1.0.13 – 15 Dec 2022

  • Fix admin links

1.0.12 – 2 Nov 2022

  • Add option for Woo checkout

1.0.11 – 17 Oct 2022

  • Fix Woo reset password
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.10 – 10 Oct 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.9 – 26 Jul 2022

  • Fix WooCommerce checkout registration
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.8 – 26 May 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.7 – 6 May 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.6 – 23 Apr 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.5 – 22 Apr 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.4 – 31 Jan 2022

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.3 – 15 Jul 2021

  • Update links
  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.2 – 13 Jun 2021

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.1 – 12 May 2021

  • Admin style updated
  • Documentation and other important links added

1.0.0 – 10 Mar 2021

  • Initial release

Details

  • Version: 1.22
  • Active installations: 100,000
  • WordPress Version: 4.0
  • Tested up to: 6.6.1
  • PHP Version: 5.2

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