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BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security
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- Installs
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- Rating
- 4.9 (160)
- Updated
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Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA
Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your Wordpress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages.
- Active installs
- 50,000+
- #708 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 1.4M
- 1,439,987
- Downloads, 30 days
- 5.9K
- 1.5K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5
- 63 reviews
- Last updated
- 5 months ago
- May 26, 2026
- Version
- 1.8.1
- 43 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | May 26, 2026Updated in the last year |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.8Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.6 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 7.4 or newer |
| First published | April 17, 2015 |
| Support, last two months | No threads opened |
Reviews
4.5 / 5 from 63 reviews
| 5 stars | 51 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 2 |
| 3 stars | 3 |
| 2 stars | 2 |
| 1 star | 5 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Adds a Google No Captcha ReCaptcha checkbox to your WordPress and Woocommerce login, forgot password, and user registration pages. Denies access to automated scripts while making it easy on humans to log in by checking a box. As Google says, it is “Tough on bots, easy on humans.”
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Why should I install this plugin?
Many Worpdress sites are bombarded by automated scripts trying to log in to the admin over and over.
The No Captcha is a very simple, Google-supported test to quickly deny access to automated scripts. It is great by itself to instantly make your WordPress site more secure, or can be used with other plugins (like Google Authenticator, Limit Login Attempts, etc.) as part of a defense-in-depth strategy.
There are a lot of other plugins for this, why should I install this one?
I’ve gone to great lengths to try to make sure this plugin is easy to use and install, that it is compatible with different WordPress configurations, supports multiple languages, and that you won’t accidentally lock yourself out of the admin by using it. I use it myself on my own sites as well. So far, it just works.
Does this plugin support [insert name] custom login page plugin?
Probably not. Many custom login form plugins do not call the standard login_form action hook from their login forms, making it impossible to correctly render the captcha after the password prompt. For this reason, this plugin only supports the default wp-login.php and WooCommerce forms. Many such plugins do offer captcha fields (sometimes as a paid upgrade). This plugin tries to do just a few things well.
Does this plugin add a CAPTCHA to comment forms?
No. This plugin is designed to thwart automated hacking attempts, not prevent comment spam. Most good comment plugins have their own spam prevention methods. This plugin tries to do just a few things well.
Does this plugin add a CAPTCHA to custom forms?
No. This plugin is designed to thwart automated hacking attempts, not prevent spam from custom forms. Most good custom form plugins have their own spam prevention methods. Many of them support a CAPTCHA field already. This plugin tries to do just a few things well.
Can I help?
Yes, please. Submit pull requests on github.
Latest changelog entry
- Security: remove insecure cURL fallback that disabled SSL peer verification; verification failure now blocks login and surfaces an admin notice
- Security: escape API key and secret fields in settings page HTML attribute context
- Security: escape IP whitelist field in settings page textarea context
Screenshots
Configuration options screen 
Login screen once configured
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.