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Spam Captcha
This plugins avoids spam actions on your website (comments and contact form if you use Contact Form 7).
The facts
- Rating
- 3★ from 2
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 10 Sep 2025
- Added
- Sep 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 6.8.8
- Downloads
- 34,135
Our analysis
AI-assistedSpam Captcha is a WordPress plugin designed to help prevent spam on your website, specifically targeting comments and contact forms, particularly those using Contact Form 7. It employs captcha images and the Akismet API to detect spam, and it allows for the banning of spammers through the Automatic Ban IP plugin.
The plugin offers customisation options for the captcha, including background colour, letter colour, image size, letter size, and letter slant. It supports multisite installations and is available in multiple languages, making it suitable for a diverse range of users and websites.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users looking to reduce spam on their comments and contact forms.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Customisable captcha options
- ✓Supports multisite installations
- ✓Utilises Akismet API for spam detection
- ✓Available in multiple languages
Where it falls short
- •Limited user ratings and active installs
- •No detailed information on effectiveness against spam
Verdict
Spam Captcha provides basic spam protection features for WordPress websites, but its limited user feedback may be a consideration for potential users.
From the developer
KaizenCoders's own description of Spam Captcha, lightly tidied.
This plugins avoids spam actions on your website (comments and contact form if you use Contact Form 7).
Captcha image and Akismet API are available to detect spam for this plugin.
In addition, it is possible to ban spammers using Automatic Ban IP plugin.
You may configure (for the captcha):
- The color of the background
- The color of the letters
- The size of the image
- The size of the letters
- The slant of the letters
- …
This plugin is under GPL licence
Multisite – WordPress MU
This plugin works with multisite installation of WordPress.
Localization
- Azeri (Latin) (Azerbaijan) translation provided by BayBakVoiceofaNation
- Czech (Czech Republic) translation provided by SedLex, Kumerson
- German (Germany) translation provided by SedLex, Diego, ThorstenKallnischkies, PatrickEhrler, Inoverse
- English (United States), default language
- Spanish (Spain) translation provided by SedLex, Krazz, admin, ThorstenKallnischkies, SecurityNull
- Spanish (Mexico) translation provided by RUBEN
- Farsi (Iran) translation provided by BahmanMohadeci, mortezapourmirzai, AmirMaskani, Raheb
- Finnish (Finland) translation provided by
- French (France) translation provided by SedLex, Geraldine, fabien, Brugees, jpmarceorg, nourdin
- Italian (Italy) translation provided by GimmiGIS
- Japanese (Japan) translation provided by hasegawa
- Lithuanian (Lithuania) translation provided by marko.estas
- Dutch (Netherlands) translation provided by Marksremarks
- Norwegian-Nynorsk (Norway) translation provided by BjornHoel
- Polish (Poland) translation provided by Kobra
- Portuguese (Brazil) translation provided by MarcosAndrade, AdrianaVandoni, IuriJacob
- Russian (Russia) translation provided by IgorPulbere
- Turkish (Turkey) translation provided by AdLX
- Vietnamese (Viet Nam) translation provided by SilverLight
- Chinese (People’s Republic of China) translation provided by bladin
- Chinese (Taiwan) translation provided by
Features of the framework
This plugin uses the SL framework. This framework eases the creation of new plugins by providing tools and frames (see dev-toolbox plugin for more info).
You may easily translate the text of the plugin and submit it to the developer, send a feedback, or choose the location of the plugin in the admin panel.
Have fun !
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Contact Form 7
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