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Friendly Captcha for WordPress

v1.15.13
by Friendly Captcha · 4.1 (17 reviews)

Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.

8K+ active installs Updated Feb 18, 2025 Tested to 6.5.5 Requires PHP 7.3
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Friendly Captcha for WordPress

About Friendly Captcha for WordPress

Friendly Captcha is a privacy-focused anti-bot solution for WordPress websites. It uses a proof-of-work system that doesn't require users to solve annoying captcha images and respects user privacy. It supports a wide range of forms and plugins, and if a specific integration is missing, you can request it or ask the plugin authors to add native support.

Changelog

1.15.13

  • Fix Elementor integration not loading correctly

1.15.12

  • Fix bug that caused the Ultimate Member integration to verify response twice

1.15.10

  • Fix form validation bug in Profile Builder register page
  • Render verification error on Profile Builder register page

1.15.9

  • Fix WordPress login integration when Wordfence 2FA is enabled
  • Verify captcha solution before password is verified in WordPress login

1.15.7

  • Fix CoBlocks integration to show an error message when the solution is invalid

1.15.6

  • Update CoBlocks integration to work with the latest version of the plugin

1.15.5

  • Update friendly-captcha-sdk to version 0.1.10, which fixes compatibility with some old browsers (including Safari 11.x and 12.x).

1.15.4

  • Log failed verification requests when WP_DEBUG is enabled

1.15.3

  • Remove incorrect plugin detection for Divi integration

1.15.2

  • Use polyfilled version of widgets for better old browser support for Friendly Captcha v1.
  • Update friendly-captcha-sdk to version 0.1.8.
  • Update friendly-challenge to version 0.9.18 which adds support for more languages (Arabic, Korean, Hebrew, Thai).

1.15.1

  • Don’t call siteverify endpoint when Captcha solution is empty

1.15.0

  • Only show integrations for plugins that are installed
  • Verify sitekey and API key when saving configuring the plugin

1.14.5

  • Use the EU endpoint for verification when it’s enabled

1.14.4

  • Fix captcha being rendered twice in Forminator form

1.14.3

  • Fix dynamic initialization option

1.14.2

  • Add support for multistep form in FluenForm

1.14.1

  • Fix fatal error caused by composer not being installed

1.14.0

  • Add support for Friendly Captcha v2 (preview)
  • Show an admin notice when verification has failed

1.13.0

  • Add support for Formidable
  • Add support for Divi Contact Forms

1.12.3

  • Reset widget after form submission in some integrations

1.12.2

  • Support for PHP 8.1

1.12.1

  • Support widgets that are dynamically added to the page (e.g. popups or multi-step forms)

1.11.0

  • Add support for Forge12 Contact Form 7 Double Opt-In

1.10.8

  • Fix compatibility with Ultimate Member >= 2.6.7
  • Allow logged in WordPress users to reset passwords

1.10.7

  • Fix avada form builder integration to not block all submissions

1.10.6

  • Fix issue in wordpress login integration that would display and error on every page load

1.10.5

  • Add proper error message for edge case in integrations for wordpress login, registration, and forgot password

1.10.3

  • Fix integration for wordpress login, registration, and forgot password to let users through if the plugin isn’t configured properly

1.10.2

  • Update to widget library version 0.9.12, which fixes the vietnamese translation and other minor things.

1.10.1

  • Fix bug in Forminator integration

1.10.0

  • Add support for Forminator
  • Add support for Avada Form Builder
  • Tested with new WordPress version 6.2

1.9.0

  • Added support for Profile Builder Login, Register, and Reset Password Forms
  • Added admin notice when plugin is not properly configured

1.8.2

  • Fixed WooCommerce Login Form integration
  • Add support form WP User Manager
  • Update to widget library version 0.9.10, which fixes rare false positives of the headless browser check and other minor things.

1.8.1

  • Fix internal error becauses of wrong error_codes type
  • Temporarily removed WooCommerce Login Form from the supported forms
  • Fix gravity forms multi page forms

1.8.0

  • Add support for HTML forms
  • Fix widget not loading with Gravity Form integration
  • Add setting to disable the loading of CSS styles

1.7.2

  • Update to widget library version 0.9.8, which fixes rare cases in which the widget wouldn’t work for users with specific browsers plugins installed.

1.7.1

  • Fix Content Forms 7 form validation if javascript is deactivated

1.7.0

  • Add support for Elementor Pro Forms
  • Pull default widget language from wordpress
  • Updated to friendly-challenge widget version 0.9.7.
  • Added support for Turkish, Greek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, Norwegian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Estonian, Croatian, Serbian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Chinese langauge.

1.6.3

  • Fix for Ultimate Member login integration (thank you @TheZoker!)

1.6.2

  • Update Friendly Captcha dashboard links

1.6.1

  • Fix FluentForm integration (thank you @TheZoker!)

1.6.0

  • Add support for WooCommerce (thank you @TheZoker!)
  • Add support for FluentForm (thank you @TheZoker!)
  • Add support for Ultimate Member (thank you @TheZoker!)
  • Updated to friendly-challenge widget version 0.9.1.
  • Added support for Swedish and Russian language.

1.5.1

  • Fix Coblocks integration

1.5.0

  • Support for Coblocks added, thank you @amenk!
  • The Friendly Captcha settings menu is now under Settings section in the WordPress admin dashboard.

1.4.1

  • Fix captcha verification not happening for guest WordPress users (i.e. those not logged in) in WordPress Comments, thank you @amenk!

1.4.0

  • Fix for some Contact Form 7 users.
  • Upgraded to version 0.9.0 of the widget which features a multithreaded solver, which makes the captcha faster for real users.
  • Added support Danish and Japanese language.

1.3.2

  • Fixed support for Friendly Captcha widgets in multi-page GravityForms forms.
  • Added support for Spanish and Catalan language.

1.3.1

  • Fixed a bug in the WPForms integration when an error would get displayed to the end-user.

1.3.0

  • Added Gravity Forms integration.
  • Updated widget to version 0.8.8, which now displays errors in the selected language.
  • Added support for Portuguese language.

1.2.0

  • Updated widget to version 0.8.4 (which includes a small fix for IE11).
  • Added support for Italian language.
  • Added dark theme setting.
  • Added endpoint selection menu (only relevant for Business and Enterprise).
  • The plugin now talks to api.friendlycaptcha.com instead of friendlycaptcha.com (no user-facing changes).

1.1.1

  • Update to widget version 0.8.0, which has improved fake-browser detection and slight styling tweaks.

1.1.0

  • Added support for WordPress Comments (both for logged in and guest users).
  • Made the default error message shown to users translatable.

1.0.4

  • Added localization support (English, German, French and Dutch)
  • Added text-transform:none to the widget’s button (so that it is no longer uppercase in some WordPress themes).

1.0.3

  • Change required PHP version and update instructions.

1.0.2

  • Improvements relating to input and output validation and sanitization.

1.0.1

  • Minor bugfixes

1.0.0

  • Plugin Created

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