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Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA — WordPress CAPTCHA Plugin

by Saurav Sharma · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.0 Tested up to WP 6.7.7

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 9,428 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on December 21, 2024, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
9,428
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Simple setup
  • Add Shortcode
  • It will display in your form

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA reviews and ratings

2 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.5 out of 5

2 reviews

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  • Works!

    Only need to add styles.

    omargian

  • Excellent

    I rarely take a time to do this but this plugin was really nice as an alternative from Google ones, or maybe another known ones.

    rahulapc

Where Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best CAPTCHA Plugins #46 by tag, #80 in search #40 –
Best Anti-Spam Plugins #60 by tag, not in search #97 –

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Details

Secure your website Contact Form 7 forms from bots and hackers using plugin Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA. Just place shortcode [captchacf7* input-captc …

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA competes in

Tags

  • captcha
  • contact form 7
  • recaptcha
  • spam protection
  • text captcha

More from Saurav Sharma

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
Dec 21, 2024
First published
Jan 20, 2022
Requires WordPress
6.0.2
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA FAQ

What does Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA offers Simple setup, Add Shortcode and It will display in your form.

How many active installs does Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA as of September 7, 2026.

Is Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA still maintained?

The last release was on December 21, 2024, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA free?

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA rank among CAPTCHA Plugins?

Contact Form 7 Text CAPTCHA is #40 in the WordPress.org CAPTCHA Plugins ranking.