Title: LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7
Author: LukasApps
Published: <strong>20. Februar 2015</strong>
Last modified: 24. September 2026

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# LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7

 Von [LukasApps](https://profiles.wordpress.org/247wd/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha.0.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/)

## Beschreibung

Protect your Contact Form 7 forms with **Google reCAPTCHA V2**, **Google reCAPTCHA
V3**, **hCAPTCHA**, or **Cloudflare Turnstile**.

Easy integration and supports multiple forms on a single page.

### Four CAPTCHA Options

Choose the CAPTCHA provider that works best for you:

 * **Google reCAPTCHA V2** — Google’s classic „I’m not a robot“ checkbox.
 * **Google reCAPTCHA V3** — Google’s invisible, score-based bot verification.
 * **hCAPTCHA** — A privacy-first alternative that offers robust bot protection 
   while keeping user data secure.
 * **Cloudflare Turnstile** — A modern CAPTCHA that verifies users in the background,
   only requiring a simple click if the visitor appears suspicious.

### Simple Setup

 1. Sign up with your chosen CAPTCHA provider and grab your Site Key and Secret Key.
 2. Paste them into **CF7 Captcha** in your WordPress admin.
 3. Add protection to any CF7 form in seconds using the shortcode provided in the same
    settings page.

### Customizable Appearance

Each CAPTCHA widget supports customization options directly from the shortcode:

 * **Size** — Choose between normal and compact to fit your form layout.
 * **Theme** — Switch between light and dark themes (or auto for Turnstile) to match
   your site’s design.
 * **Language** — Force any CAPTCHA to render in a specific language for your audience.

All options are combinable, so you can mix and match to get the exact look you need.

### Submission Insights (NEW in v0.1.7)

Go beyond just blocking spam. Submission Insights gives you full visibility into
every form submission:

 * **Sender IP** — See the IP address of the person who contacted you.
 * **Source Page** — Know exactly which page on your site the form was filled out
   on.
 * **Device & Browser** — Get technical details about the sender’s setup.

### Want More? Upgrade to CF7 Captcha Pro

This free version gives you solid CAPTCHA protection. **CF7 Captcha Pro** adds six
extra layers of spam defense on top of what you already have here, plus a full set
of tools to capture and act on every lead your forms collect.

### What you get with Pro

**6-Layer Spam Defense** — additional spam-blocking methods that work quietly in
the background:
 – **Advanced Honeypot** — invisible trap fields with names that
regenerate every 24 hours. – **Time Limit Validation** — bots submit in 0.2 seconds.
Humans take 15–30. This blocks anything that moves too fast (or stays too long).–**
Rate Limiting** — caps submissions per IP so bot networks can’t flood your inbox
or burn through your email quota. – **Geographic Blocking** — whitelist only the
countries you serve, or blacklist known spam regions. – **IP Pattern Blocking** —
block single IPs, wildcards, CIDR ranges, or entire subnets when you know exactly
where an attack is coming from. – **Word Filter** — scans every submission for spam
keywords, phishing URLs, and known scam phrases before it reaches you.

**Lead Recovery** — captures form data in real-time as visitors type, so you don’t
lose leads from abandoned forms.

**Database Storage & Export** — every submission is saved with full metadata (IP,
browser, referrer, timestamp). Export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or PDF whenever you need
it. No more lost leads if your email fails.

**Webhooks** — send form data instantly to any URL. Connect to Zapier, Salesforce,
Slack, Google Sheets, or any custom API. Multiple webhooks per form, with retry 
logic built in.

**Mailchimp Integration** — submissions automatically added to your Mailchimp lists.
Field mapping, tags, opt-in handling.

**Twilio SMS** — receive instant alerts for every submission or send automated SMS
replies to your clients.

**Comprehensive Logging** — every spam block, webhook call, and integration event
is logged. Debug any issue in minutes instead of hours.

👉 **[Get CF7 Captcha Pro](https://lukasapps.de/wordpress/plugins/cf7-captcha-pro/)**

### External services

This plugin relies on third-party CAPTCHA providers to detect and block spam submissions
on your Contact Form 7 forms. Only the service(s) you configure and activate in 
the plugin settings are contacted.

**Google reCAPTCHA (v2 and v3)**
 This plugin loads the Google reCAPTCHA script 
and sends the CAPTCHA response token to Google’s verification API when a protected
form is submitted, in order to confirm the submission is not from a bot. The visitor’s
IP address is also sent as part of this verification. This service is provided by
Google: [Terms of Service](https://policies.google.com/terms), [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).

**hCaptcha**
 This plugin loads the hCaptcha script and sends the CAPTCHA response
token to hCaptcha’s verification API when a protected form is submitted, in order
to confirm the submission is not from a bot. This service is provided by hCaptcha:
[Terms of Service](https://www.hcaptcha.com/terms), [Privacy Policy](https://www.hcaptcha.com/privacy).

**Cloudflare Turnstile**
 This plugin loads the Cloudflare Turnstile script and 
sends the CAPTCHA response token to Cloudflare’s verification API when a protected
form is submitted, in order to confirm the submission is not from a bot. This service
is provided by Cloudflare: [Terms of Service](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/),
[Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

These services are only contacted when the corresponding CAPTCHA type is enabled
and configured with valid API keys.

## Installation

 1. Upload the entire contents of the zip file to your plugin directory
 2. Aktiviere das Plugin mit dem ‚Plugins‘-Menü in WordPress
 3. Configure plugin from Admin => CF7 Captcha

## Rezensionen

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### 󠀁[Php version 8.3 compatible?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-8-3-compatible/)󠁿

 [juliettemaison1992](https://profiles.wordpress.org/juliettemaison1992/) 26. September
2025

For security reasons, WordPress is asking me to upgrade my PHP version to 8.3. New
versions of PHP receive regular security updates and improve your site's performance,
and this is the minimum recommended version of PHP.However, when checking compatibility
with your plugin, it seems that it only accepts PHP 8, not the next version, is 
that right?

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### 󠀁[Functional – Works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functional-works-like-a-charm/)󠁿

 [michae2l](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michae2l/) 20. Juni 2025

Good job – Thx

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### 󠀁[Works just fine](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-just-fine-216/)󠁿

 [Taha Kazi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tahakazi/) 27. Mai 2025

I don't know why there are so many negative reviews. This plugin works just fine.
Maybe you need to read the instructions properly

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### 󠀁[MISSING ALBANIAN LANGUAGE !](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-albanian-language/)󠁿

 [fredonjo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredonjo/) 15. März 2025

MISSING ALBANIAN LANGUAGE ! THE MOST OLD LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD SPOKEN FROM 10+ m
PEOPLE around the world is missing ! KJO ESHTE NJE TURP I MADH !

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### 󠀁[Fonctionne parfaitement pour hcaptcha](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fonctionne-parfaitement-pour-hcaptcha/)󠁿

 [alkenia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alkenia/) 5. März 2025

Je n'ai personnellement rencontré aucun souci pour ajouter hcaptcha.Merci.

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### 󠀁[Plugin doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-doesnt-work-379/)󠁿

 [maxwell911](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maxwell911/) 3. August 2024 2 Antworten

After making the Cloudflare settings, I press the save button and I encounter a 
warning that says you do not have permission to access this page.

 [ Alle 48 Rezensionen lesen ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/reviews/)

## Mitwirkende und Entwickler

„LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende 
Menschen haben an diesem Plugin mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ LukasApps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/247wd/)

„LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7“ wurde in 6 Sprachen übersetzt. Danke
an [die Übersetzer](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/contributors)
für ihre Mitwirkung.

[Übersetze „LukasApps CAPTCHA tools for Contact Form 7“ in deine Sprache.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha)

### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/),
sieh dir das [SVN-Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/)
an oder abonniere das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/)
per [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 0.2.0

 * Fix: reCAPTCHA v3 token is now refreshed after every form submission, preventing„
   Invalid captcha“ errors when resubmitting a form after a validation error.
 * Fix: reCAPTCHA v3 script is no longer added multiple times when several forms
   are on the same page.

#### 0.1.9

 * Security fix: A vulnerability allowed an unauthenticated visitor to trigger execution
   of shortcode content when submitting a form. Reported responsibly by Jakub Herman
   via WPScan/Jetpack (Automattic). All users are strongly encouraged to update 
   immediately.

#### 0.1.8

 * Fix: Updated „Requires at least“ version to match plugin headers and readme.
 * Fix: Reduced tags list to comply with the 5-tag limit.
 * Improvement: Documented third-party services (Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare
   Turnstile) in the readme.
 * Improvement: Revised plugin description to remove unverifiable marketing claims.
 * Security: Added proper output escaping to shortcode callbacks to prevent XSS.

#### 0.1.7

 * New: Introduced [cf7sr-insights] tag – easily collect sender’s IP, Source Page,
   and Browser info.
 * New: Added support for Google reCAPTCHA v3 Invisible
 * Improvement: Security upgrade – Switched CAPTCHA verification to POST method.
 * Improvement: Enhanced bot detection by including ‚remoteip‘ in API verification
   calls.
 * Improvement: Performance boost – Optimized form validation to bypass expensive
   shortcode rendering.
 * Improvement: Cleaned up and consolidated language files for a smaller plugin 
   footprint.
 * Fix: Modernized script enqueuing system to eliminate conflicts with modern themes/
   popups.
 * Fix: Corrected Hungarian translation and refined admin notice dismissal behavior.
 * Fix: Resolved a bug in the admin notice dismissal logic.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.0**
 *  Zuletzt aktualisiert **vor 3 Wochen**
 *  Aktive Installationen **100.000+**
 *  WordPress-Version ** 6.2 oder höher **
 *  Getestet bis **7.1.3**
 *  Sprachen
 * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/),
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   [Galician](https://gl.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/),
   [Serbian](https://sr.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/),
   [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/)
   und [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/).
 *  [Übersetze in deine Sprache](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha)
 * Schlagwörter
 * [captcha](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/captcha/)[Cloudflare turnstile](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cloudflare-turnstile/)
   [contact form 7](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7/)[hcaptcha](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hcaptcha/)
   [recaptcha](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recaptcha/)
 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-simple-recaptcha/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ LukasApps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/247wd/)

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