Really Simple CAPTCHA WordPress Plugin
Really Simple CAPTCHA is a CAPTCHA module intended to be called from other plugins. It is originally created for my Contact Form 7 plugin.
Really Simple CAPTCHA does not work alone and is intended to work with other plugins. It is originally created for Contact Form 7, however, you can use it with your own plugin.
Note: This product is "really simple" as its name suggests, i.e., it is not strongly secure. If you need perfect security, you should try other solutions.
How does it work?
Really Simple CAPTCHA does not use PHP "Sessions" for storing states, unlike many other PHP CAPTCHA solutions, but stores them as temporary files. This allows you to embed it into WordPress without worrying about conflicts.
When you generate a CAPTCHA, Really Simple CAPTCHA creates two files for it; one is an image file of CAPTCHA, and the other is a text file which stores the correct answer to the CAPTCHA.
The two files have the same (random) pre
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Sites running Really Simple CAPTCHA, click to open one
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Usage of Really Simple CAPTCHA over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 37 to 29 — down 8 (-21.6%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 29 | +0 |
| June 2024 | 29 | +1 |
| May 2024 | 28 | +1 |
| April 2024 | 27 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 27 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 27 | -3 |
| January 2024 | 30 | -1 |
| December 2023 | 31 | +2 |
| November 2023 | 29 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 29 | -1 |
| September 2023 | 30 | -4 |
| August 2023 | 34 | -3 |
| July 2023 | 37 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 37 | — |
Themes used with Really Simple CAPTCHA
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1294-ffb |
| 2 | Siteorigin-north |
| 3 | Mountain |
| 4 | Decons |
| 5 | Extra |
| 6 | Alphashopper |
| 7 | Alphashopper-child |
| 8 | Swatch |
| 9 | Shreebalaji |
| 10 | Schubbs_dental |
| 11 | Golfonline |
| 12 | Sniffery |
| 13 | Orvis |
| 14 | Alyeska |
| 15 | Clinico |
| 16 | Clinico-child |
| 17 | 456repair |
| 18 | Kallyas |
| 19 | Internationalpost-codebase |
| 20 | Whyisrael |
Sites running Really Simple CAPTCHA
All sites in the collection29 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
