Title: bbPress reCaptcha
Author: Pippin Williamson
Published: <strong>October 24, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 17, 2014

---

Search plugins

This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/bbpress-recaptcha.svg)

# bbPress reCaptcha

 By [Pippin Williamson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/)

## Description

Sick of getting spam on your bbPress 2.0 forums? This will add a reCaptcha anti-
bot system to your new topic and topic reply forums.

It’s very simple to use. Just activate, then go to Settings > bbPress reCaptcha 
and enter your Public and Private keys.

## Installation

 1. Upload bbpress-recaptcha to wp-content/plugins
 2. Click “Activate” in the WordPress plugins menu
 3. Go to Settings > bbPress reCaptcha and enter your public and private keys

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/74871bcc2e2fafcef440aed6296a6519c50733d299c82113e7c0b0f427c0f8f2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thanks – great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-great-plugin-25/)󠁿

 [grantmahy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grantmahy/) September 3, 2016

After putting up a bbpress forum for support sure enough along came the spam bots
and Ukrainian and Russian IPs… This is a must have for those who don’t wish to continually
be blocking IPs.

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“bbPress reCaptcha” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

[Translate “bbPress reCaptcha” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bbpress-recaptcha)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbpress-recaptcha/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bbpress-recaptcha/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-recaptcha/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bbpress-recaptcha/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Added localization for international support

#### 1.0.3

 * Added option to disable the reCaptcha for logged in users

#### 1.0.2

 * Added reCaptcha to the new topic creation form

#### 1.0.1

 * Removed the reCaptcha on topic replies for logged in administrators

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/)
 * Tags
 * [anti-spam](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/anti-spam/)[bbPress](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bbpress/)
   [bbpress 2.0](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bbpress-2-0/)[captcha](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/captcha/)
   [recaptcha](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recaptcha/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-recaptcha/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  5 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bbpress-recaptcha/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://pippinsplugins.com/support-the-site)