Friendly Captcha

<p>Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.</p>
<p>Do you use a captcha like reCAPTCHA to keep out bots? Friendly Captcha is a powerful anti-spam service that blocks spam-bots without annoying captcha images and protects user privacy.</p>
<h3>How Friendly Captcha Works</h3>
<p>Friendly Captcha is a tool for preventing spam on your website. Other CAPTCHAs are a burden on your users, Friendly Captcha respects your users.</p>
<p>Friendly Captcha is a proof-of-work based anti-bot solution in which the user’s device does all the work. We generate a unique crypto puzzle for each visitor.</p>
<p>Solving it will usually take only a few seconds. As soon as the user starts filling the form it starts getting solved. By the time the user is ready to submit, the puzzle is probably already solved.</p>
<p>Friendly Captcha prevents spam and doesn’t punish real users in doing so.</p>
<h3>Privacy Notices</h3>
<h4>No personal information</h4>
<p>Our anti-bot service does not store personal data from your end users. See our Privacy Policy for End Users to learn more.</p>
<h4>No cookies</h4>
<p>Our end user solution does not use cookies. This protects your end users from being tracked and followed from site to site.</p>
<h4>No discrimination</h4>
<p>Normal CAPTCHA tasks are not easy for all humans. Our solution works without labeling tasks and is thus accessible to everyone.</p>
<h4>Decentralized data processing</h4>
<p>By default, requests are processed in the point-of-presence closest to where it is accessed by the end user. See our Privacy Policy for End Users to learn more.</p>
<p>Join thousands of organizations in switching to a privacy-first anti-bot solution.</p>
<h3>Forms and Plugins Supported</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress Login Form</li>
<li>WordPress Register Form</li>
<li>WordPress Reset Password Form</li>
<li>WordPress Comments</li>
<li>CoBlocks</li>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Divi Contact Forms</li>
<li>Elementor Pro Forms</li>
<li>FluentForm</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>Ultimate Member Login Form</li>
<li>Ultimate Member Register Form</li>
<li>Ultimate Member Reset Password Form</li>
<li>WooCommerce Login Form</li>
<li>WooCommerce Register Form</li>
<li>WooCommerce Checkout Form</li>
<li>WooCommerce Lost Password Form</li>
<li>WPForms</li>
<li>Profile Builder Login Form</li>
<li>Profile Builder Register Form</li>
<li>Profile Builder Reset Password Form</li>
<li>Forminator</li>
<li>Formidable</li>
<li>Avada Form Builder</li>
</ul>
<p>If you see an integration that’s missing, please <a href="https://github.com/FriendlyCaptcha/friendly-captcha-wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">open a pull request</a></p>
<p>However, you may wish to email the authors of plugins you’d like to support Friendly Captcha: it will usually take them only an hour or two to add native support if they choose to do so. This will simplify your use of Friendly Captcha, and is the best solution in the long run.</p>


Friendly Captcha for WordPress

On first sight this CAPTCHA solution is what many people are looking for: Easy to implement and fully GDPR-compliant.

With the "Personal" plan there is a free plan available however I got an email from the friendly captcha team to upgrade my account. The smallest pricing option is 9 € a month. Sorry guys... for providing a simple piece of software 1.080 € over 10 years is ridiculous and I am out.

Good but...

Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.

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Ryan

<p><strong>Add extra Spam Protection functionalities to your Contact Form 7 forms with CF7 Apps.</strong></p>
<p>Contact Form 7 is one of the most popular form plugins for WordPress, but <strong>it lacks many advanced features</strong> that modern websites need. CF7 Apps adds extra Spam Protection functionalities to your Contact Form 7 forms, introducing honeypot and hCaptcha options.</p>
<p>👉 Get Support: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-honeypot/" rel="ugc">Click Here</a><br />
👉 Check out the <a href="https://cf7apps.com/docs/?utm_source=wp_org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></p>
<h3>What CF7 Apps Can Do for You ?</h3>
<p>Right out of the box, CF7 Apps includes:</p>
<p>✅ <strong>Honeypot App</strong><br />
✅ <strong>hCaptcha App</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Database Entries App</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Redirection App</strong><br />
💡 <strong><a href="https://cf7apps.com/submit-idea/?utm_source=wp_org&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=suggest_a_feature" rel="nofollow ugc">Suggest a Feature</a></strong></p>
<p>And that’s just the beginning.</p>
<p>🌟 <strong>Save and Manage CF7 Form Submissions</strong><br />
The Entries Database App stores all Contact Form 7 submissions directly to your WordPress database. Easily filter entries by form or date, view individual CF7 submissions, and export or delete them when needed. This ensures you never lose important leads or messages, even if emails fail to deliver.</p>
<p>🌟 <strong>Add a Honeypot Field to Prevent Spam</strong></p>
<p>Our <strong>Honeypot Contact Form 7 extension</strong> creates a hidden field inside your Contact Form 7 forms. Real users never see it, but bots do—and that’s how the bots fall for the trap. It blocks automated spam before it even hits your inbox.</p>
<p>🌟 <strong>Add hCaptcha to Contact Form 7</strong></p>
<p>Protect your forms from spam bots using <strong>hCaptcha,</strong> a privacy-friendly alternative to Google reCAPTCHA. This extension integrates directly with CF7 and works instantly after setup. No coding is required, and no extra plugins are needed. Just set up your site keys and you’re done.</p>
<p><strong>NOTE:</strong><br />
The best thing is that both features work independently. You can run them alone or together based on your site’s needs.</p>
<h3>Real Use Cases for CF7 Apps</h3>
<p>With the CF7 Apps, you can do the following:<br />
  ✔️ Trap bots using a honeypot field without affecting users<br />
  ✔️ Add hCaptcha to Contact Form 7 for privacy-first anti-spam<br />
  ✔️ Store and manage Contact Form 7 entries directly in WordPress</p>
<h3>Why Should You Install CF7 Apps?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Works exclusively with Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Modular design — activate only the features you need</li>
<li>Lightweight — no unnecessary code or bloat</li>
<li>Built for form security, user control, and advanced customization</li>
<li>Continuously updated with new apps and requested features</li>
</ul>
<p>We built CF7 Apps for users who want more power without abandoning the simplicity of Contact Form 7.</p>
<h3>Contribute or Report Issues</h3>
<p>Do you have a feature request or bug to report? Contact us via the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-honeypot" rel="ugc">official Support Channel.</a></p>


CF7 Apps – [Honeypot and hCAPTCHA for Contact Form 7]

Its not working. I did everything i can on the youtube every possible solution but its not working still sending.

Hi I think i found out that your plugin has a conflict to my https://wordpress.org/plugins/multiline-files-for-contact-form-7/ if this is activated.

its not working

didn't help to prevent attacker sending spam a lot.
just not sending the form when honeypot is filled is too much of information for an attacker.

Lots of Spam


It worked better before, now the attackers go past it and there is a lot of spam.


Before it was better


This used to be a simple, free, honeypot plugin for CF7It has been taken over and now it is a useless piece of bloatware.


I feel betrayed


I've been using this plugin for several years and even published a tutorial in French (Comment configurer Honeypot for Contact Form 7) on my own website to help people set it up right.



I really liked the way it was lightweight, efficient, and non-invasive. What a pity to discover in an update: yet another totally useless dashboard.



I understand the need for upsells to fund the development process, I really do. But it pisses me off to see this enshitification something that was high-quality before.



It really makes people want to fork the plugin to clean it up.



Please bring us back the quality plugin you made, and stop with the useless option pages for pity's sake.


yet another totally useless dashboard

Add hCaptcha, Honeypot and Redirection to Contact Form 7 with CF7 Apps. Improve form security, lightweight, and no unnecessary code.

Friendly Captcha for WordPress vs CF7 Apps – [Honeypot and hCAPTCHA for Contact Form 7]