LaughterOnWater

Raptcha is an innovative CAPTCHA alternative that challenges users to count animals in a dynamic image, promoting accessibility and user engagement. Unlike text-based CAPTCHAs, it uses engaging visuals (cats, dogs, birds) with randomized placements and scales for enhanced security.
Key features:
<ul>
<li>Animal Counting Challenges: Randomized images with 1-10 animals, ensuring varied difficulty.</li>
<li>Bot Detection Heuristics: Advanced checks (drag time, mouse distance, focus duration) to prevent automated submissions.</li>
<li>Form Integrations: Native support for WordPress comments, login forms, and popular plugins (Contact Form 7, Kadence Forms, Ninja Forms).</li>
<li>Shortcode Integration: Easily embed with <code>[raptcha]</code> for custom forms.</li>
<li>Fully Secured: Nonce verification, transients for challenge storage, and sanitization throughout.</li>
</ul>
This plugin prioritizes privacy, security and usability, making it a in-house, private, modern alternative to traditional CAPTCHAs.

Raptcha


It works as advertised. That said I would love 2 extra features to be added:



1. For at least the Comments form, or any form to that matter the Raptcha should not appear for logged in users.



2. We need support for the Log in/out core block when the block is configured to be displayed as a form and not as just a link. It would be great for the themes that use the Log in/out block in their footers. At this point, the Raptcha does not appear and even if you have entered the correct credentials it loads the actual WP login page and you have to go through the login process again.



Great job and thank you for this plugin.


Absolutely a Five Star Plugin !

A secure, animal-based CAPTCHA for WordPress forms featuring intelligent bot detection and multi-form integrations.

liormech

AI agents are visiting your website hundreds of times a month. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. They are reading your pages, evaluating your content, and deciding whether to recommend you to their users. Can you see any of it? 
Now you can.
See it in action:
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kNL1s4heBLE?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>
Based on analysis of 640,000+ AI agent crawls across B2B websites, AI agent traffic is one of the fastest-growing — and most invisible — sources of website activity. This plugin gives you complete visibility, plus the tools to act on what you find. 
AI Search Analytics 
Monitor how often AI tools access and cite your content over time — like Google Analytics, but for AI agent traffic. See trends by day, week, and month across all major AI platforms. 
Agent Identification & Analysis 
Identify exactly which AI agents are scanning your site: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and more. Understand their behavior patterns and which content draws the most visits. 
Page Performance Intelligence 
See exactly which pages ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI agents actually read when answering questions. This is the foundation of effective Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). 
AEO Content Gap Detection 
Discover what critical information is missing from your most-accessed pages. Know what to add so AI agents can confidently recommend your site when users ask relevant questions. 
What Makes This Different: The Optimization Layer 
Most AI analytics plugins stop at tracking. This one also lets you optimize what AI agents see. 
Serve LLM-optimized versions of your pages — restructured with structured Q&A, comparison data, and testimonial cues — so ChatGPT and Claude get your complete story, not just whatever text they happen to parse. Analytics + action, not just a dashboard. 
This is the only WordPress plugin that tracks AI agent visits AND optimizes what they see.
<h3>Cache Compatibility</h3>
This plugin includes built-in support for bypassing cache on AI bot requests for: 
* WP Engine – via <code>wpe_is_cacheable</code> filter 
* WP Rocket – via <code>do_rocket_generate_caching_files</code> filter 
* LiteSpeed Cache – via <code>litespeed_can_cache</code> filter and <code>LSCACHE_NO_CACHE</code> constant 
* W3 Total Cache – via <code>w3tc_can_cache</code> filter 
* WP Super Cache – via <code>wp_super_cache_late_init</code> filter 
* SiteGround Optimizer – via <code>sg_optimizer_cache_is_enabled</code> filter 
* Kinsta – via cache-control headers 
* Cloudflare APO – via cookie-based bypass 
Server-Level Caching (Nginx, Varnish, CDN) 
If you use server-level caching that runs BEFORE PHP/WordPress, you may need additional configuration: 
For Nginx FastCGI Cache, add to your server config:
<pre><code>if ($http_user_agent ~* "(ChatGPT|GPTBot|ClaudeBot|PerplexityBot|Claude-User|Claude-Web|Google-Extended|bingpreview|OpenAI)") {
 set $skip_cache 1;
}
</code></pre>
For Varnish, add to your VCL:
<pre><code>if (req.http.User-Agent ~ "(?i)(ChatGPT|GPTBot|ClaudeBot|PerplexityBot|Claude-User|Claude-Web|Google-Extended|bingpreview|OpenAI)") {
 return (pass);
}
</code></pre>
For Cloudflare (non-APO), create a Cache Rule: 
– When: <code>User Agent contains "ChatGPT" or "GPTBot" or "ClaudeBot" or "PerplexityBot"</code> 
– Then: Bypass cache 
The plugin sends <code>X-Salespeak-AI-Bot: 1</code> header for AI bot requests to help with debugging.
<h3>Safety & Performance</h3>
This plugin is designed to have ZERO impact on normal visitors: 
* All cache bypass logic only executes when the User-Agent matches a known AI bot pattern 
* For non-AI requests, all filter callbacks immediately return the original value (pass-through) 
* No headers, cookies, or constants are set for normal visitor requests 
* AI bot detection is cached per-request to avoid repeated regex checks 
* The plugin only modifies behavior for an explicit list of known AI bot User-Agent strings: 
 * ChatGPT-User, GPTBot, Claude-User, Claude-Web, ClaudeBot 
 * PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, bingpreview, OpenAI 
 * Applebot-Extended, CCBot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin integrates with the following external services:
<h3>Salespeak Analytics API</h3>
Service: Salespeak’s event tracking and analytics service 
Purpose: Logs AI agent visits and user interactions for analytics and optimization purposes 
Data Sent: When AI agents are detected, the plugin sends: 
– Website URL being visited 
– Agent type (ChatGPT, Claude, GPTBot, etc.) 
– Organization ID (for account association) 
– Request ID (for tracking) 
– Campaign ID (default value for organization tracking) 
When Data is Sent: Only when AI agents are detected visiting your website 
Service Provider: Salespeak (https://salespeak.ai) 
Terms of Service: https://salespeak.ai/terms 
Privacy Policy: https://salespeak.ai/privacy
<h3>Salespeak Content Delivery Network (CDN)</h3>
Service: Amazon S3-based content delivery for serving AI-optimized content 
Purpose: Serves alternate, LLM-optimized content to detected AI agents 
Data Sent: No data is sent to this service — it only serves content based on URL requests 
When Data is Sent: Not applicable — this is a content delivery service only 
Service Provider: Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, managed by Salespeak 
Terms of Service: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/ 
Privacy Policy: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
<h3>Privacy and Data Handling</h3>
This plugin only sends data when AI agents are detected visiting your website. No personal user data is collected or transmitted. All data is used solely for analytics and content optimization purposes. The plugin respects user privacy and does not track individual human visitors.

AI Agent Analytics by Salespeak

See which AI agents (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) visit your site, what they read, and optimize what they see. Analytics + AEO in one plugin.

Raptcha vs AI Agent Analytics by Salespeak