captchaapi

<p>Protects WooCommerce (login, registration, lost password, checkout), Contact Form 7, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Formidable Forms, Forminator, Gravity Forms and Elementor Forms – cookieless, EU-hosted, no cookie banner required.</p>
<p>A privacy-first alternative to reCAPTCHA: captchaapi.eu stops form spam without making your visitors click traffic lights. A free tier with commercial use allowed gets you started. The work happens in the background: the visitor’s browser solves a small proof-of-work puzzle while they fill in the form, and a token rides along with the submission. There is nothing to solve and nothing to see.</p>
<p>When a form is submitted, your server confirms that token with captchaapi.eu over a single request, secured by your secret key. It is the same model every hosted CAPTCHA uses, and it keeps the secret on your server, never in the browser.</p>
<h4>Privacy by design</h4>
<ul>
<li>No cookies, and nothing to add to a cookie banner.</li>
<li>No tracking and no visitor profile. The IP address is used only for rate limiting and abuse detection, then dropped; it is never written to a database.</li>
<li>Hosted only in the EU, in Nuremberg, Germany. No data leaves the EU.</li>
<li>No images and no puzzles to solve. The check runs in the background, so it works the same for every visitor, including people who find image challenges difficult or browse with a screen reader.</li>
<li>A free tier, with commercial use allowed.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Forms and plugins it protects</h4>
<p>WordPress core:</p>
<ul>
<li>Login (wp-login.php)</li>
<li>Registration</li>
<li>Lost password</li>
<li>Comments</li>
</ul>
<p>WooCommerce:</p>
<ul>
<li>Login</li>
<li>Registration</li>
<li>Lost password</li>
<li>Checkout</li>
</ul>
<p>Form plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>WPForms</li>
<li>Fluent Forms</li>
<li>Formidable Forms</li>
<li>Forminator</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>Elementor Forms</li>
</ul>
<p>Each form can be turned on or off from the settings screen. The WooCommerce and form-plugin options appear only when that plugin is active.</p>
<h4>How it works</h4>
<ol>
<li>The widget loads on the pages with a protected form and solves a proof-of-work puzzle in a Web Worker.</li>
<li>On submit, it attaches the resulting token to the form.</li>
<li>The plugin confirms the token with captchaapi.eu using your secret key and rejects the submission if the service does not accept it.</li>
</ol>
<p>Each token verifies exactly once – the service enforces single use – so the plugin keeps no local replay table and nothing to clean up on a schedule.</p>
<h4>You need an account</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to the captchaapi.eu service. Create a project at https://captchaapi.eu to get a site key and a secret key. A free tier is available.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to captchaapi.eu, a third-party CAPTCHA service, to protect your forms from spam. It is required for the plugin to function.</p>
<p>On any public page that contains a protected form, the plugin loads the service’s widget script (captcha.js) from your configured captchaapi.eu endpoint. The visitor’s browser then communicates with the captchaapi.eu API to perform a proof-of-work challenge and obtain a token that is attached to the form on submit. This happens for every visitor who loads a protected form.</p>
<p>To issue and validate a token the service receives your public site key, the proof-of-work result, and – as with any HTTP request – the visitor’s IP address. The IP address is used for rate limiting and abuse/bot detection (including a coarse, IP-derived country) and is processed transiently: a hashed form and aggregate counters are held briefly in a cache. No raw IP address and no per-visitor record are written to a database. The service sets no cookies. Data is processed on servers in the EU (Nuremberg, Germany).</p>
<p>When a protected form is submitted, your server sends the token to the captchaapi.eu /verify endpoint, authenticated with your secret key, and trusts the service’s accept-or-reject answer. The secret key stays on your server and is never sent to the browser.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: captchaapi.eu</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://captchaapi.eu/legal/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://captchaapi.eu/legal/privacy</li>
</ul>


GDPR Cookieless CAPTCHA for WooCommerce & Forms – captchaapi.eu

Cookieless, EU-hosted reCAPTCHA alternative for WooCommerce, WPForms, Fluent Forms & CF7. GDPR-clean, no cookie banner.

bestwebsoft

<p>reCaptcha plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress website forms from spam entries while letting real people pass through with ease.  It can be used for login, registration, password recovery, comments, popular contact forms, and other. reCAPTCHA Version 3, Version 2, Invisible are included.</p>
<p>Users are required to confirm that they are not a robot before the form can be submitted. It’s easy for people and hard for bots.</p>
<p><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/demo-for-google-captcha/?ref=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">View Demo</a></p>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L2BziEOL3Fg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h4>Free Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add reCaptcha to:
<ul>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Reset password form</li>
<li>Protected post password form</li>
<li>Comments form</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/contact-form/?k=56575444122cff9ab3ee3e640efb001a" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/testimonials/" rel="nofollow ugc">Testimonials</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-login-register" rel="ugc">Login & Register Form</a></li>
<li>Custom form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Hide reCaptcha for the allowlisted IP addresses</li>
<li>Disable the submit button</li>
<li>Validity check of keys in admin panel</li>
<li>Available reCaptcha themes for Version 2:
<ul>
<li>Light (default)</li>
<li>Dark</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with <a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/limit-attempts/?k=1b1865c556920231995b35c3ed889415" rel="nofollow ugc">Limit Attempts</a></li>
<li>Hide reCaptcha in your forms for certain user roles</li>
<li>Hide reCaptcha Badge (Invisible and V3)</li>
<li>Supports reCaptcha:
<ul>
<li>Version 2</li>
<li>Version 3</li>
<li>Invisible reCAPTCHA</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Add custom code via plugin settings page</li>
<li>Compatible with latest WordPress version</li>
<li>Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code</li>
<li>Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos</li>
<li>Multilingual and RTL ready</li>
<li>Edit error message</li>
<li>Hide Login page</li>
<li>Force Strong Passwords</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Pro Features</strong></p>
<p>All features from Free version included plus:</p>
<ul>
<li>Compatible with:
<ul>
<li>Contact Form 7 (since v 3.4)</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/subscriber/?k=e6d1742fcf1806a39afac207f7920cf3" rel="nofollow ugc">Subscriber</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/multilanguage/?k=e48e145002e4b2472e568a81d171b888" rel="nofollow ugc">Multilanguage</a></li>
<li>Jetpack contact form</li>
<li>Fast Secure Contact Form</li>
<li>MailChimp for WordPress</li>
<li>Ninja Forms</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>WPForms</li>
<li>Caldera Forms</li>
<li>Elementor Pro Contact Forms</li>
<li>LearnDash Registration Page</li>
<li>BuddyBoss</li>
<li>Formidable Forms</li>
<li>Forminator Forms</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with WooCommerce:
<ul>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Register form</li>
<li>Lost password form</li>
<li>Checkout billing form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with Divi:
<ul>
<li>Divi Builder Contact form</li>
<li>Divi Builder Login form</li>
<li>Divi Theme Contact form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with bbPress:
<ul>
<li>New Topic form</li>
<li>Reply form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with BuddyPress:
<ul>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>Comments form</li>
<li>Create a Group form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with Forums – wpForo:
<ul>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>New Topic form</li>
<li>Reply form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with Ultimate Member:
<ul>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>Profile form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with BWS Login Register Form:
<ul>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>Forgot Password form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Compatible with Easy Digital Downloads Form:
<ul>
<li>Login form</li>
<li>Registration form</li>
<li>Forgot Password form</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Select reCaptcha language manually</li>
<li>Activate reCaptcha on certain Weekdays and Hours</li>
<li>Change size: normal or compact (for version 2)</li>
<li>Configure all subsites on the network</li>
<li>Block disposable emails</li>
<li>Administrator Login notification</li>
<li>Get answer to your support question within one business day (<a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/support-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support Policy</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/google-captcha/?k=c4f2e3054fdbaca8a2b61554cbb9638c" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro Now</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" rel="nofollow ugc">Suggest a Feature</a></p>
<h4>Documentation & Videos</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/recaptcha/recaptcha-user-guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] User Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-install-a-wordpress-product/how-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/documentation/how-to-purchase-a-wordpress-plugin/how-to-purchase-wordpress-plugin-from-bestwebsoft/" rel="nofollow ugc">[Doc] Purchase</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUJ9VwZLFSY" rel="nofollow ugc">[Video] Installation Instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ccRdEFcM0" rel="nofollow ugc">[Video] Purchase, Installation & Configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFv6txtic0Y" rel="nofollow ugc">[Video] User Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Help & Support</h4>
<p>Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help – <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://support.bestwebsoft.com/</a></p>
<h4>Affiliate Program</h4>
<p>Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft – <a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/</a></p>
<h4>Translation</h4>
<ul>
<li>Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to <a href="mailto:kucerami@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Michal Kučera</a>, www.n0lim.it, <a href="mailto:info@pamadessoft.cz" rel="nofollow ugc">PaMaDeSSoft</a>, www.pamadessoft.cz)</li>
<li>French (fr_FR)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
<li>Japanese (ja)</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT)</li>
<li>Portuguese (pt_BR)</li>
<li>Romanian (ro_RO)</li>
<li>Russian (ru_RU)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES)</li>
<li>Turkish (tr_TR) (thanks to <a href="mailto:admin@lordiz.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Lordiz</a>, www.lordiz.com)</li>
<li>Ukrainian (uk)</li>
</ul>
<p>Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Translating_WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">the text of PO and MO files</a> to <a href="https://support.bestwebsoft.com/hc/en-us/requests/new" rel="nofollow ugc">BestWebSoft</a> and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO <a href="http://www.poedit.net/download.php" rel="nofollow ugc">files Poedit</a>.</p>
<h4>Recommended Plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/updater/?k=f47f3eb3d739725d592249dbd129f7ff" rel="nofollow ugc">Updater</a> – Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions.</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/contact-form/?k=56575444122cff9ab3ee3e640efb001a" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form</a> – Simple contact form plugin any WordPress website must have.</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/subscriber/?k=e6d1742fcf1806a39afac207f7920cf3" rel="nofollow ugc">Subscriber</a> – Add email newsletter sign up form to WordPress posts, pages and widgets. Collect data and subscribe your users.</li>
<li><a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/plugins/multilanguage/?k=e48e145002e4b2472e568a81d171b888" rel="nofollow ugc">Multilanguage</a> – Translate WordPress website content to other languages manually. Create multilingual pages, posts, widgets, menus, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<ul>
<li>lib/recaptchalib.php – Copyright © 2007. Mike Crawford, Ben Maurer (reCAPTCHA – <a href="http://recaptcha.net" rel="nofollow ugc">http://recaptcha.net</a>). All Rights Reserved.</li>
<li>The plugin uses Google Recaptcha (Google LLC) services to process data and protect against spam. <a href="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.google.com/recaptcha/</a> Terms of service <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/terms</a>. Privacy Policy <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">https://policies.google.com/privacy</a>.</li>
<li>This plugin incorporates a license verification mechanism to ensure the authenticity of your license key and provide access to premium features and updates. The verification process involves connecting securely to our external service hosted at BestWebSoft website <a href="https://bestwebsoft.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bestwebsoft.com</a>. Privacy Policy <a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bestwebsoft.com/privacy-policy/</a>. End user license agreement <a href="https://bestwebsoft.com/end-user-license-agreement/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bestwebsoft.com/end-user-license-agreement/</a>.</li>
</ul>


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GDPR Cookieless CAPTCHA for WooCommerce & Forms – captchaapi.eu vs reCaptcha by BestWebSoft