M Arslan Farooq

Mrsoukbh Smart CAPTCHA for Google reCAPTCHA is a lightweight yet powerful plugin to protect your WordPress site from spam and abuse using Google reCAPTCHA v2 or v3.
Features: 
– Supports both reCAPTCHA v2 (Checkbox) and v3 (Invisible). 
– Integration with: 
 – Login form 
 – Registration form 
 – Comment form 
 – WooCommerce checkout 
 – Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms (optional) 
– Visual chart of failed attempts. 
– Security dashboard to monitor plugin health. 
– AJAX-based key verification. 
– Optional reCAPTCHA v3 badge control.
<h3>Third-Party Service Integration</h3>
⚠️ IMPORTANT: External Service Usage
This plugin integrates with Google reCAPTCHA service to provide spam protection and bot detection. By using this plugin, you acknowledge that it will communicate with Google’s servers to verify CAPTCHA responses.
What data is sent to Google reCAPTCHA: 
– User’s IP address 
– Browser fingerprint data (collected by Google’s reCAPTCHA script) 
– User interaction patterns (mouse movements, timing, etc.) 
– The reCAPTCHA response token generated by user interaction
When data is sent: 
– Every time a user submits a form protected by reCAPTCHA 
– During key verification checks in the admin panel 
– When loading reCAPTCHA scripts on protected pages
Google reCAPTCHA Service Links: 
– Terms of Service: https://developers.google.com/terms/ 
– Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy 
– reCAPTCHA Terms: https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/terms.html 
– reCAPTCHA Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect
Purpose of External Service: 
Google reCAPTCHA is essential for distinguishing between human users and automated bots. This service analyzes user behavior patterns and interaction data to determine if form submissions are legitimate. Without this integration, the plugin cannot provide spam protection functionality.
Data Processing: 
All data sent to Google is processed according to Google’s privacy policy. No sensitive form data (passwords, personal information) is sent to Google – only the reCAPTCHA response tokens and standard verification data.
User Consent: 
By enabling reCAPTCHA on your forms, you are responsible for informing your users about this third-party integration according to your local privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).

Smart Captcha for Google reCAPTCHA

Mrsoukbh Smart CAPTCHA adds Google reCAPTCHA v2 and v3 to WordPress login, registration, comments, and WooCommerce forms.

Friendly Captcha

Friendly Captcha is a privacy-first anti-bot solution that protects WordPress website forms from spam and abuse.
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.
<h3>How Friendly Captcha Works</h3>
Friendly Captcha is a tool for preventing spam on your website. Other CAPTCHAs are a burden on your users, Friendly Captcha respects your users.
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.
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.
Friendly Captcha prevents spam and doesn’t punish real users in doing so.
<h3>Privacy Notices</h3>
<h4>No personal information</h4>
Our anti-bot service does not store personal data from your end users. See our Privacy Policy for End Users to learn more.
<h4>No cookies</h4>
Our end user solution does not use cookies. This protects your end users from being tracked and followed from site to site.
<h4>No discrimination</h4>
Normal CAPTCHA tasks are not easy for all humans. Our solution works without labeling tasks and is thus accessible to everyone.
<h4>Decentralized data processing</h4>
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.
Join thousands of organizations in switching to a privacy-first anti-bot solution.
<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>
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>
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.

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.

Smart Captcha for Google reCAPTCHA vs Friendly Captcha for WordPress