Title: GreCAPTCHA
Author: Beherit
Published: <strong>April 3, 2020</strong>
Last modified: March 23, 2021

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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.

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# GreCAPTCHA

 By [Beherit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/beherit/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/grecaptcha.1.4.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/grecaptcha/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/grecaptcha/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grecaptcha/)

## Description

Plugin protects WordPress website forms from spam and brute-force attacks with Google
reCAPTCHA. There is no additional user-unfriendly options, just choose captcha version,
enter keys and optionally set captcha theme, size or badge position – nothing more!

#### What forms are protected with reCAPTCHA?

 * Login form
 * Reset password form
 * New password form
 * Registration form
 * Comment form
 * [Lite Contact Form](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lite-contact-form/)
 * Contact Form 7

The reCAPTCHA verification will be required only for not logged in users.

## Installation

In most cases you can install automatically from plugins page in admin panel.

However, if you want to install it manually, follow these steps:

 1. Download the plugin and unzip the archive.
 2. Upload the entire `grecaptcha` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 3. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

### How to get reCAPTCHA keys?

To get reCAPTCHA keys visit [this page](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin).

### How to set reCAPTCHA in Contact Form 7?

To show reCAPTCHA use tag `[grecaptcha some-name]`.

### reCAPTCHA doesn’t appear when using the cache plugin, why?

The cache plugin may broke some JS functions, please add `grecaptcha` to the exclusion
list.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Beherit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/beherit/)

“GreCAPTCHA” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/grecaptcha/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “GreCAPTCHA” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/grecaptcha)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.4 (2021-03-23)

 * New option to auto-set reCAPTCHA v2 theme depending on device theme.

#### 1.3.4 (2020-12-08)

 * Handle HTTP request errors.
 * Fix score verification for reCAPTCHA v3.

#### 1.3.2 (2020-09-18)

 * Fix score verification in some cases for reCAPTCHA v3.

#### 1.3 (2020-09-16)

 * Verifying score threshold for reCAPTCHA v3.
 * Running additional scripts only if reCAPTCHA is loaded.
 * Improved verification in the login form.

#### 1.2.6 (2020-08-18)

 * Minor fix for WordPress 5.5.

#### 1.2.4 (2020-08-05)

 * Minor improvements.

#### 1.2.2 (2020-06-18)

 * Fix captcha error in the password reset form.

#### 1.2 (2020-05-18)

 * Added integration for Lite Contact Form plugin.

#### 1.1 (2020-04-22)

 * Inserting reCAPTCHA into paragraph instead div container.

#### 1.0.4 (2020-04-07)

 * Fix critical error.

#### 1.0.2 (2020-04-07)

 * Fix hiding reCAPTCHA for Contact Form 7.

#### 1.0 (2020-04-03)

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.4**
 *  Last updated **5 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.7.15**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/grecaptcha/) and [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/grecaptcha/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/grecaptcha)
 * Tags
 * [bot](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bot/)[captcha](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/captcha/)
   [recaptcha](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recaptcha/)[spam](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/grecaptcha/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Beherit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/beherit/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/grecaptcha/)