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.

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><iframe loading="lazy" title="Stay Safe with reCaptcha by BestWebSoft Plugin" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L2BziEOL3Fg?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></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>
</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>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>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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