hCaptcha for WP for WordPress Plugin Directory

The strongest CAPTCHA. Switch from reCAPTCHA and Turnstile for free.

A built-in Migration Wizard helps you move from Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile to hCaptcha in just a few clicks.

hCaptcha is a drop-in replacement for reCAPTCHA that puts user privacy first.

Need to keep out bots? hCaptcha protects privacy while offering better protection against spam and abuse. Help build a better web.

hCaptcha for WP makes security easy with broad integration support, detailed analytics, and strong protection. Start protecting logins, forms, and more in minutes.

Benefits

Privacy First: hCaptcha is designed to protect user privacy. It doesn’t retain or sell personal data, unlike platforms that gather, own, and monetize global behavior.

Better Security: hCaptcha offers better protection against bots and abuse than other anti-abuse systems.

Easy to Use: hCaptcha is easy to install and use with WordPress and popular plugins.

Broad Integration: hCaptcha works with WordPress Core, WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Elementor, and over 60 other plugins and themes.

Features Highlights

Migration Wizard: Migrate from Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile to hCaptcha in just a few clicks.

Built-in Anti-Spam: Honeypot fields and minimum submit time catch bots before the hCaptcha challenge, reducing friction for real users.

Detailed Analytics: Get detailed analytics on hCaptcha events and form submissions.

AI-Ready Security: Selected security actions are exposed via the WordPress Abilities API for automation and AI-driven workflows.

Pro and Enterprise: Supports Pro and Enterprise versions of hCaptcha.

No Challenge Modes: 99.9% passive and passive modes in Pro and Enterprise versions reduce user friction.

Protect Site Content: Protects selected site URLs from bots with hCaptcha. Works best with Pro 99.9% passive mode.

Logged-in Users: Optionally turn off hCaptcha for logged-in users.

Delayed API Loading: Load the hCaptcha API instantly or on user interaction for zero page loading impact.

IP Access Control: Allowlist trusted IPs to skip hCaptcha and denylist abusive IPs to block form submissions.

Country Access Control: Allowlist or denylist countries to control where hCaptcha protections apply.

Multisite Support: Sync hCaptcha settings across a Multisite Network.

Anti-Spam

Honeypot Protection: A hidden field catches bots before they reach the hCaptcha challenge, reducing friction for real users.

Minimum Submit Time: Blocks instant form submissions from automated scripts.

IP Denylist: Block abusive IPs from submitting any protected form.

Country Blocking: Restrict form submissions by country to stop region-specific spam campaigns.

Customization

Language Support: Supports multiple languages.

Custom Themes: Customize the appearance of hCaptcha to match your site.

Custom Themes Editor: Edit custom themes directly in the plugin.

Login Compatibility: Compatible with all major hide login, custom login, and 2FA login plugins.

Login Attempts: Protect your site from brute force attacks.

Ease of Use

Test Modes: Use hCaptcha in live and Pro/Enterprise test modes.

Activation and Deactivation: Activate and deactivate plugins and themes with hCaptcha in one click.

Forced Verification: Optionally force hCaptcha verification before form submission.

Check Config: Check hCaptcha configuration before saving keys and settings.

Auto-Verification: Automatically verify custom forms.

Standard Sizes and Themes: Choose the size and theme of the hCaptcha widget.

How hCaptcha Works The purpose of a CAPTCHA is to distinguish between people and machines via a challenge-response test and thus increase the cost of spamming or otherwise abusing websites by keeping out bots.

To use this plugin, install it and enter your sitekey and secret in the Settings → hCaptcha menu after signing up on hCaptcha.com.

hCaptcha Free lets websites block bots and other forms of abuse via humanity challenges.

hCaptcha Pro goes beyond the free hCaptcha service with advanced machine learning to reduce the challenge rate, delivering high security and low friction along with more features like UI customization.

hCaptcha Enterprise delivers a complete advanced security platform, including site-specific risk scores, fraud protection, and more to address both human and automated abuse.

Privacy Notices hCaptcha is designed to comply with privacy laws in every country, including GDPR, LGPD, CCPA, and more.

For example, hCaptcha has been certified under ISO 27001 and 27701 and is enrolled in the EU-US, UK-US, and Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework for GDPR compliance.

Details are available at www.hcaptcha.com/certifications and www.hcaptcha.com/gdpr.

With the default configuration, this plugin does not:

track users by stealth;

write any user’s personal data to the database;

send any data to external servers;

use cookies.

Once you activate this plugin, the hCaptcha-answering user’s IP address and browser data may be sent to the hCaptcha service on pages where you have activated hCaptcha protection. However, hCaptcha is designed to minimize data used, process it very close to the user, and rapidly discard it after analysis.

For more details, please see the hCaptcha privacy policy at:

hCaptcha.com

If you enable the optional plugin-local statistics feature, the following additional data will be recorded in your database:

counts of challenge verifications per form

only if you enable this optional feature: the IP address challenged on each form

only if you enable this optional feature: the User Agent challenged on each form

We recommend leaving IP and User Agent recording off, which will make these statistics fully anonymous.

You can collect data anonymously but still distinguish sources. The hashed IP address and User Agent will be saved.

If this feature is enabled, anonymized statistics on your plugin configuration, not including any end user data, will also be sent to us. This lets us see which modules and features are being used and prioritize development for them accordingly.

Plugins, Themes, and Forms Supported

WordPress Login, Register, Lost Password, Comment, and Post/Page Password Forms

ACF Extended Form

Affiliates Login and Register Forms

Asgaros Forum New Topic and Reply Form

Avada standard and multistep Forms

Back In Stock Notifier Form

bbPress New Topic, Reply, Login, Register, and Lost Password Forms

Beaver Builder Contact and Login Forms

Blocksy Companion Newsletter Subscribe, Waitlist, and Product Review Forms

BuddyPress — Create Group and Registration Forms

Classified Listing Contact, Login, Lost Password, and Listing Register Forms

CoBlocks Form

Colorlib Customizer Login, Lost Password, and Customizer Register Forms

Contact Form 7

Cookies and Content Security Policy

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce Review and Q&A Forms

Divi Comment, Contact, Email Optin, and Login Forms

Divi Builder Comment, Contact, Email Optin, and Login Forms

Download Manager Form

Droit Dark Mode

Easy Digital Downloads Checkout, Login, Lost Password, and Register Forms

Elementor Pro Form and Login Form

Essential Addons for Elementor Login and Register Forms

Essential Blocks Form

Events Manager Booking Form

Extra Comment, Contact, Email Optin, and Login Forms

Fluent Forms, including Conversational, Multi-Step, and Login Forms

Forminator Forms

Formidable Forms

GiveWP Form

Gravity Forms

Gravity Perks Nested Forms

Icegram Express Form

Jetpack Forms

Kadence Form and Advanced Form

LearnDash Login, Lost Password, and Register Forms

Login/Signup Popup Login and Register Forms

Mailchimp for WP Form

MailPoet Form

Maintenance Login Form

MemberPress Login and Register Forms

Ninja Forms

Otter Blocks Forms

Paid Memberships Pro Checkout and Login Forms

Passster Protection Form

Password Protected Form

Profile Builder Login, Recover Password, and Register Forms

Really Simple CAPTCHA

Quform Forms

Sendinblue Form

Simple Download Monitor Form

Simple Membership Login, Lost Password, and Register Forms

Simple Basic Contact Form

Spectra — WordPress Gutenberg Blocks Form

Subscriber Form

Support Candy New Ticket Form

Theme My Login — Login, Lost Password, and Register Form

Tutor LMS — Checkout, Login, Lost Password, and Register Form

Ultimate Addons for Elementor Login and Register Forms

Ultimate Member Login, Lost Password, and Member Register Forms

UsersWP Forgot Password, Login, and Register Forms

WooCommerce Login, Registration, Lost Password, Checkout, and Order Tracking Forms

WooCommerce Germanized Return Request Form

WooCommerce Wishlist Form

Wordfence Security Login Form

Wordfence Login Security Login Form

WP Dark Mode

WP Job Openings Form

WPForms Form

wpDiscuz Comment and Support Forms

wpForo New Topic and Reply Forms

Please note NOTE: This is a community-developed plugin. Your PRs are welcome.

For feature requests and issue reports, please

open a pull request.

We also suggest emailing the authors of plugins you’d like to support hCaptcha: it will usually take them only an hour or two to add native support. This will simplify your use of hCaptcha and is the best solution in the long run.

You may use native hCaptcha support if available for your plugin. Please check with your plugin author if native support is not yet available.

However, the hCaptcha plugin provides a broader set of options and features so that you can use it with any form on your site.

Instructions for popular native integrations are below:

WPForms native integration: instructions to enable hCaptcha