Friendly Captcha for
WordPress
WordPress is an open source content mangement system that allows the user to create websites, blogs or apps. Protect your WordPress site and plugin with the best WordPress captcha from Friendly Captcha. Protect privacy, ensure superior usability, and 100 % accessibility.
Field of application/
Backend
Tired of clicking on cars?
Friendly Captcha is the user-friendly way to stop spam and bots - no labeling needed.
Get rid of annoying labeling tasks. Make spam protection easy and privacy compliant.
Happy users, increased conversion rates
With Friendly Captcha no user tasks are needed. It runs automatically in the background.
Fully accessible and WCAG compliant
Don’t exclude any users, Friendly Captcha is entirely barrier-free.
Privacy compliant with GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and PIPL
Friendly Captcha protects users’ privacy at the highest level of data protection.
European servers for maximum data protection
Ensure that your customers’ personal data remains in the EU.
The WordPress Captcha
CoBlocks
Contact Form 7
Elementor Pro Forms
FluentForm
Gravity Forms
Profile Builder Login Form
Profile Builder Register Form
Profile Builder Reset Password Form
Ultimate Member Login Form
Ultimate Member Register Form
Ultimate Member Reset Password Form
WooCommerce Login Form
WooCommerce Register Form
WooCommerce Checkout Form
WooCommerce Lost Password Form
WordPress Login Form
WordPress Register Form
WordPress Reset Password Form
WordPress Comments
WPForms
Get the Friendly Captcha plugin for WordPress Captcha and install it.
How the integration works
1.
Create a Friendly Captcha account
Creating an account is completely free, all you need is a valid email address and you’re ready to go. Choose a plan that covers your needs. The first 30 days are free of charge.
2.
Create an 'Application' to get a sitekey
Create an application in the Friendly Captcha dashboard to get a sitekey for your integration, as shown in the screenshot below.
3.
Create an API key to interact with the API
Create an API key in the Friendly Captcha dashboard, as shown in the screenshot below.
Please make sure to copy and save the API key as you can only access it once.
4.
Complete your billing details
To ensure that your account remains functional after the 30-day trial period, make sure to enter your billing information in the Friendly Captcha dashboard.
You can adjust and cancel your Friendly Captcha plan online at any time.
5.
Install the Friendly Captcha plugin in WordPress
6.
Connect Friendly Captcha with WordPress
To finish the integration, access the Friendly Captcha plugin settings in WordPress and paste the Sitekey generated in step 2 and the API key generated in step 3 into the respective fields.
The Friendly Captcha widget will appear in your WordPress frontend.
FAQs
A WordPress CAPTCHA is a security measure added to WordPress sites or plugins that verifies if an action is performed by a human or a bot. Traditional CAPTCHAs like Google reCAPTCHA typically present an image recognition task or puzzle. Modern providers like Friendly Captcha, on the other hand, use an invisible proof-of-work approach that challenges the device, not the human. By preventing unauthorized and automated actions, a WordPress CAPTCHA from Friendly Captcha helps maintain a secure and reliable application environment. Friendly Captcha helps to prevent spam submissions, fake registrations, and malicious activities on WordPress sites.
Friendly Captcha integrates cryptographic challenges into your WordPress website that are solved invisibly in the background. This ensures a smooth user experience by keeping the verification process invisible while providing robust bot protection. Puzzle results are validated on the backend, providing real-time security without interrupting user interactions.
Friendly Captcha stands out for its privacy-first design and seamless user experience. It eliminates the need for traditional user interactions such as selecting images or typing distorted text, as we’ve come to expect from Google reCAPTCHA verification. Friendly Captcha is GDPR-compliant and provides robust bot protection while remaining invisible and easy to use.
A WordPress CAPTCHA helps to block spam and automated abuse if your WordPress plugin handles user registration forms, contact forms, spam comments, custom login forms or any other web forms where users can enter data. While it’s not required for every WordPress plugin, it’s often valuable for maintaining a safe and trustworthy user experience. If you decide to use a CAPTCHA for your WordPress site, you need to familiarize yourself with the advantages of a modern WordPress CAPTCHA provider. Friendly Captcha is a pioneer in WordPress CAPTCHA bot protection, performing the security check invisibly in the background.
A WordPress CAPTCHA protects your site from automated bot attacks and spam. It prevents unauthorized registrations, logins, malicious form submissions, or fraudulent activity. By adding this layer of bot protection, you also improve WordPress website performance and user confidence. The best WordPress CAPTCHA provider is Friendly Captcha. With its invisible background CAPTCHA challenges, it is fully accessible. Therefore, Friendly Captcha is the best choice for your WordPress site.
Install the Friendly Captcha WordPress plugin or follow the integration instructions in the Friendly Captcha documentation. Configure your site key and secret key, then activate the CAPTCHA on the desired WordPress page forms. Friendly Captcha handles the cryptographic puzzles seamlessly in the background, requiring no user input.
Yes, if you choose a modern solution like Friendly Captcha instead of Google reCAPTCHA with its complex visual or audio-based reCAPTCHA challenges. Friendly Captcha’s proof-of-work approach is designed to be fully accessible, ensuring that people with disabilities can navigate your WordPress website. This ensures maximum usability while providing a high level of protection against bots.
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