CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress

Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives.

v7.6.0WPKubeUpdated 2025-06-11Added Apr 27, 2015100k+ installs64% rating
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Category Scores

Security94
Repo66
Performance100
Maintainability86

Top Issues by Category

Issues Details

30 issues found in latest scan

ERROR10
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_url".

ERROR3
hidden_files

Hidden files are not permitted.

ERROR2
missing_direct_file_access_protection

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNING2
trademarked_term

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 111.

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "anr_verify_captcha".

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha' but got 'captcha-4wp'.

ERROR1
five_star_reviews_detected

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNING1
mismatched_plugin_name

Plugin name "CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "CAPTCHA 4WP".

WARNING1
missing_composer_json_file

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERROR1
outdated_tested_upto_header

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

ERROR1
readme_mismatched_header_requires

Mismatched Requires at least: 5.0 != 5.5. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

ERROR1
readme_mismatched_header_requires_php

Mismatched Requires PHP: 7.4.0 != 7.4. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

Latest Snapshot

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30

Errors

20

Warnings

10

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v7.6.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v7.6.0

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Errors
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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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Model
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