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CAPTCHA 4WP

CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress
by WPKube · 100,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 25 Aug 2026, 3 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

98/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for CAPTCHA 4WP
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security95
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is CAPTCHA 4WP still maintained?
Yes. Last release 25 Aug 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months. 25 Aug 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns CAPTCHA 4WP, and has it changed hands?
Changed. New committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 18 Aug 2026. 18 Aug 2026 · SVN log
Was CAPTCHA 4WP removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is CAPTCHA 4WP safe?
4 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 7.6.1). Not on the exploited list. 6 Aug 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest CAPTCHA 4WP update safe to install?
Caution. Ownership change before 7.6.2: new committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 18 Aug 2026. No one-star spike after it. 25 Aug 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
shamim5127 Apr 2015 to 18 Oct 2020, 95 commits
WPWhiteSecurity7 Sep 2021 to 20 Dec 2023, 68 commits
melapress9 Aug 2023 to 11 Jun 2025, 21 commits
skustrimovic18 Aug 2026 to 25 Aug 2026, 4 commits

New committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 18 Aug 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
2 months ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for CAPTCHA 4WP
Q1 20242
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20251
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20262
Q4 20260

Last release 25 Aug 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 3.2.

Average rating per quarter for CAPTCHA 4WP
Q4 20234.0
Q1 20245.0
Q2 20245.0
Q1 20251.0
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20255.0
Q3 20265.0

Average rating rose from 4.0 to 5.0 between Q4 2023 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star138
4 star6
3 star6
2 star8
1 star111
Latest low reviews

Security record

1 vulnerability in 24 months (4 on record), patched (latest fixed in 7.6.1).

Show 4 patched vulnerabilities
PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
6 Aug 2026CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress <= 7.6.0 - CAPTCHA Bypass5.3<= 7.6.07.6.112
18 Jul 2023Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get6.1<= 7.0.57.0.6Patched before disclosure
29 Jun 2022CAPTCHA 4WP <= 7.0.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Local File Inclusion8.8<= 7.0.6.17.1.02
4 Mar 2022Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks6.3< 7.0.57.0.5Patched before disclosure

Changelog mentions of security fixes: 7.6.1 (vulnerability).

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

100,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for CAPTCHA 4WP
4 May 2026472
11 May 20261,318
18 May 20261,337
25 May 20261,223
1 Jun 20261,253
8 Jun 20261,222
15 Jun 20261,235
22 Jun 20261,084
29 Jun 20261,105
6 Jul 20261,092
13 Jul 20261,057
20 Jul 20261,177
27 Jul 20261,204
3 Aug 20261,508
10 Aug 20261,983
17 Aug 202644,987
24 Aug 202642,172
31 Aug 20267,575
7 Sep 20264,819
14 Sep 20266,383
21 Sep 20264,926
28 Sep 20263,461
5 Oct 20263,399
12 Oct 20262,706
19 Oct 20264,825
26 Oct 20263,321
2 Nov 2026433

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 48% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

Really Simple CAPTCHAScore 100 · 300,000+Invisible reCaptchaScore 100 · 70,000+Simple Login CaptchaScore 100 · 10,000+Friendly Captcha for WordPressScore 100 · 10,000+

Facts

Version7.6.2
AuthorWPKube
Added27 Apr 2015
Last updated25 Aug 2026
Active installs100,000+
Requires WordPress5.5
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySecurity & Privacy > Security Scanning & Malware Protection
Tagscaptcha, hcaptcha, recaptcha, antispam protection, Cloudflare turnstile

Other plugins by this author: Advanced Excerpt, Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor), Authors List, Social Sharing Plugin - Kiwi, Go Redirects URL Forwarder, About Author Box

Questions

Is CAPTCHA 4WP still maintained?

Yes. Last release 25 Aug 2026, 3 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns CAPTCHA 4WP, and has it changed hands?

Changed. New committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 18 Aug 2026.

Was CAPTCHA 4WP removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026.

Is CAPTCHA 4WP safe?

4 known vulnerabilities, all fixed (latest in 7.6.1). Not on the exploited list.

Is the latest CAPTCHA 4WP update safe to install?

Caution. Ownership change before 7.6.2: new committer skustrimovic made a first commit on 18 Aug 2026. No one-star spike after it.

Data: wordpress.org Plugins API, plugins SVN and Trac, wordpress.org reviews and support forum, Wordfence Intelligence, CISA KEV, NVD.Plugin data refreshed 4 Nov 2026.Report a data issue