Plugin info

Total downloads: 979,458
Active installs: 100,000
Total reviews: 48
Average rating: 4.1
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 6/4/2025 (209 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/20/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.1.2
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 209 days ago • 48 reviews

44/100

Is Contact Form 7 Captcha abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 209 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.1.2
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f

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Rating 5.0/5 (1 reviews)Active installs 200

Description

Protect your Contact Form 7 forms with Google CAPTCHA V2, hCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA

Easy integration and supports multiple forms on a single page.

Google reCAPTCHA V2

Use https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin to generate Site key and Secret key.

When generating keys, choose Challenge (v2) -> “I’m not a robot” Checkbox

Update Site key and Secret key from Settings => Contact Form 7 Captcha => Google reCAPTCHA

To add reCAPTCHA V2 protection, insert [cf7sr-recaptcha] shortcode above the submit button in your Contact Form 7 form.

Default size of reCaptcha is normal, for compact size use shortcode: [cf7sr-recaptcha size=”compact”]
Default color theme of reCaptcha is light, for dark theme use shortcode: [cf7sr-recaptcha theme=”dark”]
Default type of reCaptcha is image, for audio type use shortcode: [cf7sr-recaptcha type=”audio”]
You can combine multiple attributes, sample shortcode: [cf7sr-recaptcha size=”compact” theme=”dark”]
You can also force reCaptcha to render in a specific language.

hCAPTCHA

Use https://dashboard.hcaptcha.com/signup to generate Site key and Secret key.

Update Site key and Secret key from Settings => Contact Form 7 Captcha => hCAPTCHA

To add hCAPTCHA protection, insert [cf7sr-hcaptcha] shortcode above the submit button in your Contact Form 7 form.

Default size of hCAPTCHA is normal, for compact size use shortcode: [cf7sr-hcaptcha size=”compact”]
Default color theme of hCAPTCHA is light, for dark theme use shortcode: [cf7sr-hcaptcha theme=”dark”]
You can combine multiple attributes, sample shortcode: [cf7sr-hcaptcha size=”compact” theme=”dark”]
You can also force hCAPTCHA to render in a specific language.

Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA

Use https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/products/turnstile/ to generate Site key and Secret key.

Update Site key and Secret key from Settings => Contact Form 7 Captcha => Cloudflare Turnstile Captcha

To add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA protection, insert [cf7sr-turnstile] shortcode above the submit button in your Contact Form 7 form.

Default size of CAPTCHA is normal, for compact size use shortcode: [cf7sr-turnstile size=”compact”]
Default color theme of CAPTCHA is auto, for light or dark theme use shortcode: [cf7sr-turnstile theme=”light”] or [cf7sr-turnstile theme=”dark”]
You can combine multiple attributes, sample shortcode: [cf7sr-turnstile size=”compact” theme=”dark”]
You can also force CAPTCHA to render in a specific language.

Installation

  1. Upload the entire contents of the zip file to your plugin directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Configure plugin from Settings => Contact Form 7 Captcha

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