Gerry Manzari

<p><strong>Manzari Anti-Spam Shield</strong> protects your WordPress comment forms from automated spam using multiple layers of defense:</p>
<ul>
<li>🔒 Hidden honeypot field to catch bots</li>
<li>⏱️ Submission timing detection to block fast spam bots</li>
<li>🧠 Keyword blocking for suspicious phrases</li>
<li>✅ Optional Google reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox</li>
<li>📊 Dashboard widget showing total spam blocked</li>
</ul>
<p>Lightweight, fast, and privacy-friendly — no unnecessary external calls (unless you enable reCAPTCHA).<br />
Built for performance, simplicity, and full WordPress.org compliance.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin uses Google reCAPTCHA v2 to help protect comment forms from automated spam.</p>
<p>When reCAPTCHA is enabled, the plugin loads the Google reCAPTCHA script from:<br />
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js</p>
<p>When a comment form is submitted, the plugin sends the following data to Google for verification:<br />
• The reCAPTCHA response token<br />
• The user’s IP address<br />
• Your site’s secret key</p>
<p>This verification request is sent to:<br />
https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify</p>
<p>Google reCAPTCHA is provided by Google LLC.<br />
Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms<br />
Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>


Manzari Anti-Spam Shield

A lightweight anti-spam plugin using honeypot, timing, keyword, and reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox protection. Blocks bots silently while keeping UX clean.

Varun Sharma

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The WP Empire

<p><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Captcha Bank</strong></a> is a powerful WordPress Captcha Plugin that protects your WordPress website from Spam.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/" rel="nofollow ugc">Captcha Bank</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/" rel="nofollow ugc">Detailed Features</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/frontend-demos/" rel="nofollow ugc">Front End Demos</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/backend-demos/" rel="nofollow ugc">Back End Demos</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></strong></li>
<li><strong><a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Premium Editions</a></strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Captcha Bank is a bullet proof captcha validator. It allows you to add an extra layer of security on top of you in built protection. This will keep spammers and bots away from submission unnecessary data in your web forms.</p>
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<p>It includes Google reCaptcha.</p>
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<p>It includes simple Maths operations such as arithmetic, relational or arrange order.</p>
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<p>It includes different text captcha in which you can customize text color, background, styling and much more.</p>
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<p>You can make Captcha tricky by add settings such as lines, noise, distortion, transparency.</p>
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<p>You can either make Captcha Case-Sensitive or not.</p>
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<p>You can add Signatures to the Captcha and add more styling to it.</p>
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<p>You can display <strong>Captcha</strong> on Login Form, Registration Form, Comment Form, Admin Comment form.</p>
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<p>Captcha Bank supports WooCommerce, BuddyPress & Contact Form 7.</p>
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<p>You can Hide Captcha for Registered Users by just enabling the setting.</p>
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<p>You can enable the notifications on various events, such as, when –</p>
<ul>
<li>user success login</li>
<li>user fails login</li>
<li>an IP address is block</li>
<li>an IP address is unblock</li>
<li>an IP range is block</li>
<li>an IP range is unblock</li>
</ul>
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<p>You can configure error messages which would be viewed to the user on the particular event.</p>
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</ul>
<p>It is an advance protection with the help of which you can increase intensity of captcha logic’s. It will make it tricky for spam bots and automated software’s.</p>
<p>There are lot of features also available in Premium Editions, you can check before downloading & purchasing. Click <a href="https://tech-banker.com/captcha-bank/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a> for Captcha Bank Premium Editions.</p>
<p><strong>Captcha Bank uses our own Tech Banker API based on Maxmind Database to fetch location and other details based on IP Address for its feature Login Logs. For this reason, we are sending back IP Address whenever a user tries to login to your site back to our server to fetch the details.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Captcha Bank redirects you to a Welcome on Activation of the Plugin and asks you to either Skip or Opt-In for Non Sensitive  Information about your Website.</strong></p>
<h4>Captcha Bank Standard Edition Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multi-Lingual</li>
<li>Google reCaptcha</li>
<li>Text Captcha</li>
<li>Case Sensitive Captcha</li>
<li>Arithmetic Logical Captcha</li>
<li>Auto IP Block</li>
<li>Maximum Login Attempts</li>
<li>Blacklist IP Addresses</li>
<li>Blacklist IP Ranges</li>
<li>Whitelist IP Addresses</li>
<li>Whitelist IP Ranges</li>
<li>Other Settings</li>
<li>Support Standard WordPress Forms</li>
<li>Drop Tables from Database when uninstalled</li>
<li>Automatic Plugin Updates</li>
<li>24/7 Technical Support</li>
</ul>
<h4>Captcha Bank Premium Edition Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multi-Lingual</li>
<li>reCaptcha Languages</li>
<li>Relational Logical Captcha</li>
<li>Arrange Order Logical Captcha</li>
<li>Whitelist Multiple IP Addresses</li>
<li>Email Templates</li>
<li>Notifications Setup</li>
<li>Error Message Setting</li>
<li>Maximum Login Attempts</li>
<li>Roles & Capabilities</li>
<li>Other Settings</li>
<li>Filter IP Ranges</li>
<li>Filter IP Addresses</li>
<li>Block/Unblock Countries</li>
<li>Retrieve Blacklist IP Data with Filters</li>
<li>Retrieve Whitelist IP Data with Filters</li>
<li>Compatible with Woocommerce</li>
<li>Compatible with Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Compatible with BuddyPress</li>
<li>Compatible with bbPress</li>
<li>Compatible with Jetpack Contact Form</li>
<li>Compatible with wpForo</li>
<li>Drop Tables from Database when uninstalled</li>
<li>Hide Captcha from Registered Users</li>
<li>Automatic Plugin Updates</li>
<li>Multisite Compatibility</li>
</ul>
<h4>Detailed Features in Captcha Bank Standard Edition</h4>
<h4>Easy To Install</h4>
<p>Captcha Bank is easy to install and set up for humans but not for bots.</p>
<h4>Automatic Plugin Updates</h4>
<p>You can receive  plugin updates automatically by configuring the settings.</p>
<h4>Auto IP Block</h4>
<p>You can block the IP Addresses of users who exceeds the maximum login attempts in a day by enabling auto IP block option.</p>
<h4>Logical Captcha</h4>
<p>You can choose different Arithematic Operations such as Addition(+), Substraction(-), Mutiplication(*) and Division(/) for the captcha.</p>
<h4>Text Captcha</h4>
<p>You can also customize your captcha to make it looks attractive.</p>
<h4>Google recaptcha</h4>
<p>Captcha Bank allows you to set Google reCaptcha on your website and it supports Google reCaptcha V2 and Invisible Google reCaptcha.</p>
<h4>Display Settings</h4>
<p>You can also configure the settings to display Captcha in standard WordPress Forms such as Login Form, Registration Form, Admin Comment Form, Reset Password Form.</p>
<h4>Remove Tables At Uninstall</h4>
<p>You can configure the settings to drop Tables from database when uninstalled.</p>
<h4>Maximum Login Attempts</h4>
<p>You can also set the maximum Login Attempts for your Website.</p>
<h4>Blacklist IP Addresses</h4>
<p>You can Block the IP Addresses of unauthorized users and can also view the details of Blocked IP Addresses such as IP Address, Blocked Date/Time, Released Date/Time, Location.</p>
<h4>Blacklist IP Range</h4>
<p>You can Block the IP Ranges of unauthorized users and can also view the details of Blocked IP Ranges such as IP Ranges, Blocked Date/Time, Released Date/Time, Location.</p>
<h4>Whitelist IP Addresses</h4>
<p>You can Whitelist the IP Addresses of authorized users and can also view the details of Whitelisted IP Addresses such as IP Address, Date/Time.</p>
<h4>Whitelist IP Range</h4>
<p>You can Whitelist the IP Range of authorized users and can also view the details of Whitelisted IP Range such as IP Address, Date/Time.</p>
<h4>Tested with PHP Versions</h4>
<p>Tested and supported on all current PHP Versions (5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6).</p>
<h4>Detailed Features in Captcha Bank Premium Editions</h4>
<h4>Text Captcha</h4>
<p>You can select and create Captcha with either only alphabets, digits or both and can also customize your Captcha. You can customize your captcha with different patterns, Signature Text, Border Style.</p>
<h4>Logical Captcha</h4>
<p>You can choose Mathematical Operations for Captcha such as Arithmetic, Relational and Arrange Order.</p>
<h4>Google recaptcha</h4>
<p>Captcha Bank allows you to set Google reCaptcha V2 and Invisible Google reCaptcha on your site. And it supports almost every language.</p>
<h4>Display Settings</h4>
<p>You can also configure the settings to display Captcha on Woocommerce Forms, Contact Form 7, BuddyPress, bbPress, Jetpack Contact Form, and wpForo.</p>
<h4>Notifications Setup</h4>
<p>You can configure the settings to get email notifications when user logged in, whether successful or failure, or while blocking/unblocking IP Addresses or Ranges.</p>
<h4>Automatic Plugin Updates</h4>
<p>You can also configure the settings to receive the plugin updates automatically.</p>
<h4>Remove Tables At Uninstall</h4>
<p>You can configure the settings to drop Tables from database when uninstalled.</p>
<h4>Roles and Capabilities</h4>
<p>You can control the capabilities of Captcha Bank among different roles of WordPress users easily.</p>
<h4>Message Settings</h4>
<p>You can set different Messages for different events for your website.</p>
<h4>Whitelist Multiple IP Addresses</h4>
<p>You can Whitelist the IP Addresses of authorized users and can also view the details of Whitelisted IP Addresses such as IP Address, Date/Time.</p>
<h4>View Blacklist IP Addresses and Ranges between selected dates</h4>
<p>You can view the details of Blocked IP Addresses or IP Ranges between selected dates.</p>
<h4>View Whitelisted IP Addresses and Ranges between selected dates</h4>
<p>You can view the details of Whitelisted IP Addresses, IP Ranges or Multiple IP Addresses between selected dates.</p>
<h4>Maximum Login Attempts</h4>
<p>You can set the maximum Login Attempts for your Website.</p>
<h4>Auto IP Block</h4>
<p>You can enable Auto IP Block to block the IP of the users who exceeds the maximum Login Attempts for the fixed time.</p>
<h4>Manage Blacklisted IP Addresses/Range</h4>
<p>You can Block the IP Addresses/Range of unauthorized users and can also view the details of Blocked IP Addresses/Range such as IP Address/Range, Blocked Date/Time, Released Date/Time, Location.<br />
It allows you to Unblock Blocked IP Addresses/Range.</p>
<h4>Manage Whitelisted IP Addresses/Ranges</h4>
<p>You can Whitelist the IP Addresses/Ranges of authorized users and can also view the details of IP Addresses/Ranges such as IP Addresses/Ranges, Date/Time.</p>
<h4>Block/Unblock Countries</h4>
<p>You can Block the specific Countries so that unauthorized users would not able to access.</p>
<h4>Alert Setup Settings</h4>
<p>You can configure the settings to send emails whenever a user Fails Login, Success Login, Block/Unblock IP Addresses, Block/Unblock IP Ranges.</p>
<h4>Compatible with other plugins</h4>
<p>You can easily configure with other plugins such as Contact Form 7, Woocommerce and Buddypress on which you can use captcha security.</p>
<h4>Translate this Plugin</h4>
<p>If you can help us with translation to some other language please contact us at support@tech-banker.com</p>
<p>We’re really appreciate it!</p>
<h4>Technical Support</h4>
<p>Dear users, our plugins are available for free download. If you have any questions or recommendations regarding the functionality of our plugins, please feel free to contact us.</p>
<p>If you think, that you found a bug in our plugin or have any question contact us at <a href="mailto:support@tech-banker.com" rel="nofollow ugc">support@tech-banker.com</a></p>
<p>Please use the support forum on WordPress.org only for this free Standard version of the plugin.</p>
<p>For the Premium Edition there is a separate support package available. Please do not use the WordPress.org support forum for questions about the Premium Edition.</p>
<h4>Contact Us</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tech-banker.com/contact-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://tech-banker.com/contact-us/</a></li>
</ul>


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