CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress v7.6.2
Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives.
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- Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 4, 2026
- Last audited Sep 4, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires PHP 7.4+
- Requires WordPress 5.5+
- Tested up to WP 6.8.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 59% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 104 Passed
- 19 Warnings
- 2 Failed
31 of 37 checks passed.
54 of 61 checks passed.
10 of 12 checks passed.
5 of 6 checks passed.
1 of 3 checks passed.
3 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
356.9 KB
729.0 KB unzipped
Total files
65
across all file types
Lines of PHP
7,483
in 26 files Medium
File types
- PHP
- PNG
- JS
- JPG
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 9 High
- 47 Medium
- 26 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 30 audited versions of CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress, Code Quality improved the most (+14). The largest regression was in Privacy (-67). The codebase grew 308% in size.
Audited 5.4 → 7.6.0 · 30 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
9,259
downloads
Today
1,174
downloads
Week over week
−79%
vs previous week
Month over month
+1,853%
vs previous month
Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: High.
Version intelligence
41% of installs run an older version
≈ 41.1K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v6.1
- v7.5
- v7.6
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
This month
Jun 11, 2025
Actively maintainedRelease cadence
~ every 27 days
average between releases
Total releases
47
since Aug 2015 · 11 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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