reCaptcha by BestWebSoft: Effective Security Solution for WordPress

About reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

The reCaptcha plugin is a security solution for WordPress websites that protects against spam entries by requiring users to confirm that they are not a robot before submitting a form. It can be used for various forms on your website, including login, registration, and comments. The plugin offers both free and pro features, including compatibility with popular form plugins and themes.

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Frequently asked questions

What is reCaptcha by BestWebSoft?

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft is a WordPress plugin designed to protect website forms from spam entries. It allows real people to pass through easily while blocking bots.

Which reCAPTCHA versions are supported by the plugin?

The plugin supports reCAPTCHA Version 3, Version 2, and Invisible reCAPTCHA. Users are required to confirm they are not a robot before form submission.

What forms can the free version protect?

The free version can add reCaptcha to registration, login, reset password, protected post password, comments, contact forms, testimonials, and custom forms.

What are some key features of the free version?

Key free features include hiding reCaptcha for allowlisted IP addresses, disabling the submit button, validity checks for keys, and compatibility with Limit Attempts. It also offers light and dark themes for Version 2.

Which popular plugins and platforms are compatible with the Pro version?

The Pro version is compatible with Contact Form 7, MailChimp for WordPress, Ninja Forms, Gravity Forms, WPForms, Caldera Forms, and Elementor Pro Contact Forms. It also supports WooCommerce, Divi, and bbPress.

Changelog

V1.80 – 06.02.2025

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.7.
Pro : New option Weekdays and Hours.
Pro : The new compatibility with Formidable forms.

V1.79 – 26.12.2024

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.
Bugfix : Vulnerability fixes.

V1.78 – 17.09.2024

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.
Update : Check keys reminder added .

V1.75 – 28.05.2024

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Pro : The new compatibility with MemberPress forms has been added.
Pro : The new compatibility with Flatsome WooCommerce popup login/register forms has been added.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.74 – 25.12.2023

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4.2
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
NEW : The compatibility with Password Protected Pages form has been added.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.73 – 24.08.2023

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.3
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.72 – 25.05.2023

Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
NEW : Message for timeout V3 was added.

V1.71 – 03.05.2023

Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.70 – 09.12.2022

Pro : Option for display V3 on all pages
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.69 – 10.09.2022

Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.68 – 05.09.2022

Update : BWS Panel changes.
Pro : The compatibility with BuddyBoss has been added.
Pro : The compatibility with LearnDash registration page has been added.
Bugfix : Minor bugs fixed.

V1.67 – 20.04.2022

Update : BWS Panel changes.
Pro : Divi Child Theme fixes.
Pro : Jetpack Contact Form Fixes.
Pro : Elementor Popup contact form issue has been fixed.
Bugfix : “User response is missing.” message has been fixed.
Pro : WPForms plugin issue with reCaptcha v2 has been fixed.
Pro : Hide reCaptcha for Administrator oprion for Contact Form 7 has been fixed.
Bugfix : Menu issue for WordPress 5.9 as been fixed.
Bugfix : Other minor fixes.

V1.66 – 22.11.2021

NEW : The French language file was added.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Pro : The issue with Elementor Pro 3.5.0 has been fixed.

V1.65 – 01.10.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.1
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Pro : The compatibility with Elementor Pro Contact Form has been added.

V1.64 – 18.08.2021

Bugfix : ‘use strict’ was added.
Pro : The compatibility with Caldera Member has been added.

V1.63 – 21.07.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Bugfix : The compatibility issue with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with Ninja Forms on plugin-information tab has been fixed.
Pro : The compatibility with Ultimate Member has been added.

V1.62 – 14.05.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2.
Bugfix : The issue of sending a password reset link on the user edit page has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with submitting Contact 7 form with empty recaptcha has been fixed.
Pro : The issue with displaying recaptcha in the form of creating a new topic and in the reply form has been fixed.
Pro : The compatibility with WPForms has been added.

V1.61 – 06.04.2021

Update : Settings page has been changed for better usability.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.

V1.60 – 15.01.2021

Pro : The compatibility with Gravity Forms has been added.
Pro : The compatibility with WooCommerce has been improved.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.6.

V1.59 – 02.12.2020

NEW : The Turkish language file was added.
NEW : The compatibility with Android app has been added.
Bugfix : The compatibility with Divi theme and Divi builder has been improved.
Bugfix : The bug related to reCaptcha validation in the WooCommerce checkout form has been fixed.
Bugfix : The problem with the correct operation of the “Disabled Submit Button” option in the WooCommerce checkout form has been fixed.
Bugfix : Connection via XML-RPC has been fixed.
Update : Whitelist replaced with allow list.
Update : BWS Panel section was updated.

V1.58 – 10.09.2020

Pro : The compatibility with Ninja Forms has been fixed.
Pro : The bug with the reCaptcha displaying in wpForo form has been fixed.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.57 – 01.06.2020

Bugfix : The bug with sending a standard email after registration has been fixed.

V1.56 – 06.03.2020

NEW : The Romanian language file was added.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.3.2.
Bugfix : The bug with the reCAPTCHA displaying in Internet Explorer has been fixed.

V1.55 – 11.12.2019

Update : Plugin was renamed.
Bugfix : Vulnerabilities and security issues were fixed.

V1.54 – 22.11.2019

Bugfix : Minor bugs have been fixed.
Update : BWS menu has been updated.

V1.53 – 01.11.2019

Pro : The compatibility with Divi theme and Divi builder has been improved.
Pro : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification on the Buddypress comment form has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with the Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) Version 3 verification in several forms on the page has been fixed.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.2.4.

V1.52 – 04.09.2019

Update: The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V1.51 – 14.08.2019

Update : BWS menu has been updated.
Pro : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification on the Divi Contact forms has been fixed.

V1.50 – 31.07.2019

Pro : The bug with the Divi Theme hooks has been fixed.

V1.49 – 30.07.2019

Update : General performance has been improved.

V1.48 – 27.07.2019

Pro : The compatibility with Divi child themes has been fixed.

V1.47 – 18.07.2019

Update : The bug with the reCAPTCHA verification in version 1.46 has been fixed.

V1.46 – 16.07.2019

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.2.2.

V1.45 – 16.07.2019

Bugfix : The bug with “Disabled Submit Button” option in several forms on the page has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with custom forms has been fixed.

V1.44 – 09.05.2019

NEW : The ability to keep submit button disabled until user passes the reCAPTCHA test has been added.
Bugfix : The bug with “Advanced Protection” option has been fixed.

V1.43 – 27.03.2019

NEW : The ability to hide reCAPTCHA Badge has been added.
PRO : The compatibility with Divi Theme has been added.
Bugfix : The bug with button Test verification has been fixed.

V1.42 – 26.02.2019

PRO : The compatibility with Divi Builder has been added.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.1.

V1.41 – 13.02.2019

PRO : The compatibility with Ninja Forms has been added.
Update : The user interface has been updated.
Bugfix : The code refactoring was performed.

V1.40 – 18.01.2019

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.3.
Update : The enqueueing of styles and scripts has been improved.

V1.39 – 20.12.2018

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.0.1.

V1.38 – 26.11.2018

NEW : Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) Version 3 has been added.

V1.37 – 07.08.2018

NEW : The compatibility with Testimonials by BestWebSoft has been added.
Update : The Czech language file has been updated.
PRO : The bug related to WooCommerce Checkout form has been fixed.

V1.36 – 19.03.2018

PRO : The bug related to BuddyPress registration form has been fixed.

V1.35 – 08.02.2018

Update : The Czech language file has been updated.
Bugfix : Google Captcha responsive styles have been fixed.
Bugfix : Potential bruteforce vulnerability has been fixed.

V1.34 – 06.02.2018

NEW : The compatibility with Wordfence option “Immediately block the IP of users who try to sign in as these usernames” has been added.
Update : reCAPTCHA output functionality in forms has been optimized.
Update : The compatibility with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft has been improved.

V1.33 – 15.11.2017

Bugfix : Redundant reCAPTCHA checking has been removed.
Update : The compatibility with Captcha by BestWebSoft and Contact Form by BestWebSoft plugins has been improved.

V1.32 – 13.10.2017

NEW : The compatibility with Limit Attempts by BestWebSoft plugin has been added.
NEW : Ability to hide Google Captcha for logged in users has been added.
Update : Ability to check Google Captcha using AJAX has been removed.
Update : Ability to display and check the Google Captcha in third-party forms using filters have been added.
Update : Ability to disable Google Captcha onload callback has been added.
PRO : The compatibility with bbPress, Fast Secure Contact Form, Jetpack, Forums – wpForo forms has been added.

V1.31 – 21.08.2017

Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.

V1.30 – 18.05.2017

Update : The Spanish language file has been updated.

V1.29 – 27.04.2017

NEW : Invisible reCAPTCHA version has been added.
Update : The Czech language file has been updated.

V1.28 – 14.04.2017

Bugfix : Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was fixed.

V1.27 – 26.10.2016

NEW : Ability to hide Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) for whitelisted IP and ability to set whitelist notification.
PRO : Compatibility with WooCommerce plugin has been added.
PRO : List of reCAPTCHA languages updated.

V1.26 – 15.08.2016

Update : Hook’s priority was changed for displaying captcha in the registration form.
Update : Compatible with JetPack.

V1.25 – 15.07.2016

Update : BWS panel section was updated.

V1.24 – 27.06.2016

Update : Functionality to use Captcha with Contact Form Multi was updated.
Update : BWS Panel section is updated.

V1.23 – 19.04.2016

NEW : Ability to test entered site key and secret key.
NEW : Ability to add custom styles.

V1.22 – 25.02.2016

NEW : The Czech language file has been added.
UPDATE : Functionality of plugin`s scripts adding has been changed so that they will be added only on pages where the CAPTCHA will be displayed.
Bugfix : The bug with displaying several reCAPTCHA`s blocks on the same page in different forms has been fixed.
Bugfix : The bug with definition of JS function on() has been fixed.

V1.21 – 10.12.2015

NEW : A button for Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) shortcode inserting to the content was added.
NEW : The Farsi/Persian language file was added.
NEW : The French language file was added.

V1.20 – 02.10.2015

Update : Textdomain was changed.

V1.19 – 28.08.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) version 2 working in PHP version lower than 5.3.

V1.18 – 26.08.2015

NEW : Ability to restore default settings.
Update : BWS Menu was updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.

V1.17 – 29.06.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with checking captcha in custom login formregister formlost password form.

V1.16 – 18.05.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with checking captcha when deleted ‘recaptcha_widget_div’.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with using deprecated jQuery methods (thanks to Junio Vitorino, github.com/juniovitorino).
NEW : The Arabic language file is added.
NEW : The German language file is added.
NEW : The Hindi language file is added.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.

V1.15 – 09.04.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with captcha check for users from the list of exceptions.

V1.14 – 07.04.2015

Bugfix : Captcha work with comments forms with disabled javascript was fixed.
Bugfix : Check reCaptcha v2 in PHP version 5.6 and above was fixed.
NEW : The Italian language file is added.

V1.13 – 13.02.2015

Bugfix : We fixed the vulnerability when entering the dashboard.
NEW : The Greek language file is added.

V1.12 – 20.01.2015

NEW : The Bulgarian language file is added.
Update : We added the check of the “allow_url_fopen” option in PHP settings.
Update : We added style for forms that use captcha v2.

V1.11 – 30.12.2014

Update : New Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) version is added.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with displaying Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) on the multisite register form.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with multilanguage plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.

V1.10 – 26.11.2014

Update : We updated url and key names for Google Api.

V1.09 – 14.11.2014

Bugfix : We fixed the bug with joint displaying Google reCaptcha and Captcha.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with wrong answers in custom forms.
Bugfix : We fixed the bug with login redirect.

V1.08 – 14.10.2014

New : The Spanish language file is added.
Bugfix : Bug with multisite was fixed.
Bugfix : Bug with user`s login was fixed.
Bugfix : Bug when Contact Form submit was fixed.

V1.07 – 02.09.2014

New : The Chinese (Traditional) language file is added.

V1.06 – 07.08.2014

Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.
Bugfix : The display of private key in the front-end was removed.

V1.05 – 21.07.2014

Bugfix : Problem with submitting form with Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) is fixed.

V1.04 – 18.07.2014

Bugfix : Problem with displaying Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) in Contact Form Pro (by BestWebSoft) is fixed.
New : The Brazilian Portuguese language file is added.

V1.03 – 06.06.2014

New : The Polish language file is added.
New : The Ukrainian language file is added.
New : Renew captcha automaticly if was entered wrong value (thanks to Yaroslav Rogoza, github.com/rogyar).
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
Bugfix : Problem with checking captcha for sites with https was fixed.

V1.02 – 03.04.2014

Update : Screenshots are updated.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.

V1.01 – 05.02.2014

Bugfix : The bug with adding comments from admin panel was fixed.
NEW : “Settings”, “FAQ”, “Support” links were added to the plugin action page.
NEW : Links on the plugins page were added.

V1.0

NEW : Ability to add Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA) into standard forms was added.