Captcha.eu

Captcha.eu is a WordPress plugin for Spam Protection. It ranks #111 of 141 in that group by active installs and was last updated 2 weeks ago.

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300 Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band

5.0 Rating out of 5 From 5 ratings

68 Releases Since 29 April 2023

Oct 2026 Last release 2 weeks ago

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Updated recently. The last release was 2 weeks ago.
Not tested with recent WordPress. Tested only up to 6.7.11; current plugins are tested on 7.1.

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Standing

More installed than 76.7% of the directory

Ahead of 36,610 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

76.7% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

36,610 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

11,123 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

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The record

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Current version: 1.0.83
Requires WordPress: 4.9
Tested up to: 6.7.11
Requires PHP: 7.0
Added to the directory: 29 April 2023
Last updated: 22 October 2026
Contributors: 1
Author: captcha.eu
Support threads resolved: 0 of 1

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form
GDPR
protection

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