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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 5.0.29 #69 in anti-spam

CAPTCHA Solution

Captcha Solution is a powerful WordPress Captcha Plug-in that protects your WordPress website from Bots. It allows you to add an extra layer of security on top of you in built protection. This will keep spammers and…

Active installs80+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d95▲ +17.3% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score25/100At risk
All-time downloads2.8KSince Oct 2018
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 4.7PHP any
Downloads · 7d23▼ -8% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

CAPTCHA Solution shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (80+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 7 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 5.0 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

257Jul 7Aug 20Oct 4
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day13May 15, 2026
Last 12 months829

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where CAPTCHA Solution stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
anti-spam >100 730 Best anti-spam plugins →
captcha >100 1,348 Best captcha plugins →
contact-form7 #14 19 Best contact-form7 plugins →
text captcha >100 750 Best text captcha plugins →
wordpress captcha >100 1,298 Best wordpress captcha plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.0100.0%

About CAPTCHA Solution

From the official readme · v1.0

Description

Captcha Solution is a powerful WordPress Captcha Plug-in that protects your WordPress website from Bots. It allows you to add an extra layer of security on top of you in built protection. This will keep spammers and bots away from submission redundant data in your web forms.

Captcha Solution is an easy yet powerful plug-in that provides easy-to-solve Captcha tests while still being tough on the bots. It protects your wordpress sites from spam entries by means of text images.

Captcha Solution Features:

• Installation and integration is easy
• It is fast, secure and reliable
• Multiple Captcha on one-page support.
• Option to refresh Captcha
• Limit maximum login attempts

Installation

In most cases you can install automatically from WordPress.

However, if you install this manually, follow these steps:

  1. Upload the entire captcha-solution.zip folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Changelog

1.0.1

  • Does a file existence check before attempting to remove the file.

1.0

  • Did some rewrite of the code following the coding standard.
  • Updated the license file; added a section for bundled font files.

1.9

  • Change the default file mode: 0644 for image and 0640 for answer.
  • Add “Text Domain” field to the plugin header.
  • Update bundled font: Gentium Basic 1.102.
  • Add $max argument to cleanup() to prevent an endless file cleanup.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

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FAQ

CAPTCHA Solution: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026

Is CAPTCHA Solution free?

Yes. CAPTCHA Solution is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is CAPTCHA Solution safe to use in 2026?

CAPTCHA Solution shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 80+ sites and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.

How many websites use CAPTCHA Solution?

CAPTCHA Solution is active on 80+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,785 times since it launched in October 2018. It was downloaded 95 times in the last 30 days.

Does CAPTCHA Solution work with WordPress 7.1?

CAPTCHA Solution is officially tested up to WordPress 5.0.29, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was CAPTCHA Solution last updated?

The latest version, 1.0, was released on December 10, 2018 (8 years ago).

Who makes CAPTCHA Solution?

CAPTCHA Solution is developed and maintained by essitco.

What are the best alternatives to CAPTCHA Solution?

The most popular alternatives to CAPTCHA Solution are Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Pro… (5M+ installs), Antispam Bee (700K+ installs) and WP Armour (400K+ installs).

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