Description

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

Screenshots

Login form
Registration form
Reset Password form
Comment form
BuddyPress form
EDD Registration form
EDD Login form
WooCommerce Login and Registration form
Plugin settings

Installation

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.
Activate Advanced Google reCAPTCHA through the WordPress Plugins page.
Use the menu Advanced Google reCAPTCHA to configure it.

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.

Reviews

jessebrightman 1, Mayu de 2025

Absolute garbage spam upsell junk plugin. Older versions were great but now it’s just bloatware and plain doesn’t work and forces you into paid junk.

Quotes Ninja 27, Marzu de 2025

I’m using this plugin since 2 years. I mostly use this plugin for comment form. Must use plugin for login, registration and comments form.

Yeasir Arafat 23, Marzu de 2025

After Install this Plugin I am not able to login with my username and password It is may be changing my login details …Do not Install … I am requesting the developer to make a quick fix for this …

masterita 27, Febreru de 2025

The basic functions of this plugin do not work, so I don’t trust paying for the pro-plan will be worth it. So many users complain about not being able to log in daily. Even when I try to set the very basic “I AM NOT A ROBOT” button, it always asks the math question, which apparently thinks math is racist because 2+2 does not equal 4 with this plugin.

Besalb Kercuku 31, Xineru de 2025

I have carefully followed all the procedures (this isn’t my first time), yet Google reCaptcha v3 is still not appearing on my site. It’s simply not working!

martinloehr 16, Xineru de 2025

Using a simple basic domain and setup WP with standard features to try the recaptcha Plugin delieveres consequently the same error, even if the key check inside the plugin says “All Okay”.There is NO Subdomain or any other structure which can make it difficult, its only a simple DE domain which tells me fehlerhinweis für inhaber der website invalid domain for site key.But it is not its clearly defines at google recaptcha, not used for another domain NO only for one domain.So I think there is a clear improvement error which has to be found.In the meantime we will uninstall the plugin otherwise the website and so the business is interupted.Let me know when the error is fixed.Thanks

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Contributors & Developers

“Advanced Google reCAPTCHA” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

WebFactory

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Changelog

1.30 – 26/03/2025

security fixes

1.29 – 28/02/2025

Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) registration fix
math captcha bug fix

1.28 – 21/02/2025

improved math captcha security
math captcha now printed inline to avoid direct php file request getting blocked by some firewalls
200k active installs

1.27 – 23/01/2025

fixed password reset form error message

1.26 – 16/12/2024

increased randomness of recovery URL

1.25 – 22/10/2024

reCAPTCHA v3 minimum score is now 0.5

1.24 – 17/10/2024

Jetpack compatibility fix
comment form captcha bug fix

1.23 – 02/10/2024

security fixes
added wp_login_form() support

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

Absolute garbage – nothing works

Awesome plugin

After Install This Plugin Now I am not able to Login

Always problems

Not Working

Recaptcha refuses constantly to work