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reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce

by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP · 40,000+ active installs · Checked 4 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 24 Jul 2026, 12 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

96/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Ownership100
Maintenance90
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce still maintained?
Yes. Last release 24 Jul 2026, 12 releases in the last 24 months. 24 Jul 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer Elliotvs since Jun 2022. 4 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 4 Nov 2026. 4 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 4 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.4.7. No one-star spike after it. 5 Nov 2025 · 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
plugin-master7 Jun 2022 to 7 Jun 2022, 1 commits
Elliotvs7 Jun 2022 to 24 Jul 2026, 95 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2022.

Maintenance

Last release
3 months ago
Releases, 24 months
12
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
not stated supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Q1 202413
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20245
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20254
Q4 20252
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 24 Jul 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.6.

Average rating per quarter for reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Q3 20245.0
Q4 20244.4
Q1 20254.8
Q2 20255.0
Q3 20253.0
Q4 20255.0
Q1 20265.0
Q2 20263.0
Q3 20265.0

Average rating stayed at 5.0 between Q3 2024 and Q3 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star66
4 star2
3 star1
2 star1
1 star6
Latest low reviews

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

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

Support

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

Momentum

40,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
4 May 2026398
11 May 2026824
18 May 2026983
25 May 2026716
1 Jun 2026757
8 Jun 2026809
15 Jun 2026868
22 Jun 2026737
29 Jun 2026811
6 Jul 2026810
13 Jul 2026744
20 Jul 2026813
27 Jul 2026786
3 Aug 2026881
10 Aug 2026945
17 Aug 2026756
24 Aug 2026801
31 Aug 20261,005
7 Sep 2026968
14 Sep 2026944
21 Sep 2026872
28 Sep 2026906
5 Oct 2026885
12 Oct 2026936
19 Oct 20261,086
26 Oct 20261,245
2 Nov 2026316

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 7% above 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+CAPTCHA 4WPScore 98 · 100,000+

Facts

Version1.4.7
AuthorElliot Sowersby / RelyWP
Added7 Jun 2022
Last updated24 Jul 2026
Active installs40,000+
Requires WordPress4.7
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHPnot stated
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsspam, protect, checkout, recaptcha, woocommerce

Other plugins by this author: Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile, Coupon Affiliates - Affiliate Plugin for WooCommerce, Tax Exemption for WooCommerce, Simple Points and Rewards for WooCommerce - Create a Loyalty Program, AI Text to Speech - TTS Plugin For WordPress, Advanced Customer Reports for WooCommerce, RelyWP: Simple Store Credit - Wallet System for WooCommerce

Questions

Is reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce still maintained?

Yes. Last release 24 Jul 2026, 12 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer Elliotvs since Jun 2022.

Was reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce removed from wordpress.org?

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

Is reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.4.7. No one-star spike after it.

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