Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP 4.7 (256 reviews)

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, WooCommerce, Contact Forms & more. The user-friendly, privacy-preserving reCAPTCHA alternative. 100% free!

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile ranks #262 among WordPress.org plugins with 200,000+ active installations, is #12 of 2,877 in the Discussion & Community category, a 4.7/5 rating from 256 reviews, and was last updated Sep 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.43.1 Current Version v1.43.1
Updated 4 days ago Last Update on 11 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#12 of 2,877 in Discussion & Community Top 1% by installs Downloads +1682.8% this week Actively maintained
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Rank
#262
+2 this week
Active Installs
200K+
-3.7%
KW Avg Position
2.4
No change
Downloads
1.6M
+4,899 today
Support Resolved
56%
No change
Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7 (256 reviews)

Next Milestone 300K

Total Progress 29.1%
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Active Installs Growth

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Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7
256 reviews
Overall 94%
5
224 (88%)
4
9 (4%)
3
6 (2%)
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4 (2%)
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Support Threads Overview

Resolved
Unresolved
48
Total Threads
27
Resolved
21
Unresolved
56%
Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

  1. Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile [simple-cloudflare-turnstile] < 1.42.0

    CVE-2026-15239 · Fixed in v1.42.0

  2. Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile [simple-cloudflare-turnstile] < 1.38.1

    CVE-2026-40799 · Fixed in v1.38.1

  3. Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile [simple-cloudflare-turnstile] < 1.23.2

    CVE-2023-5135 · Fixed in v1.23.2

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners running WooCommerce, popular form plugins, or other integrated tools who want spam protection on their forms. It replaces reCAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile, a privacy-preserving CAPTCHA alternative, across login, registration, checkout, comment, and third-party form submissions.

  • WooCommerce checkout protection
  • Login and registration form protection
  • Contact Form 7 integration
  • Gravity Forms integration
  • WordPress Multisite compatibility
  • Custom error message
  • Whitelist for logged-in users/IPs
  • Failsafe mode fallback

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

Yes, you can view a setup guide for the plugin here.
More integrations may be added in the future, based on user feedback. So if you have any suggestions please feel free to submit a support topic.
Please bare in mind, the Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile plugin is 100% free, developed as a way to give back to the WordPress community. You can post a support thread on the WordPress.org forums to get help from the community, and we will also keep an eye on this quite frequently, providing support and answers where possible. However, we can not guarantee an answer every single support ticket. Click here to create a support topic. The support forums are the only place you should submit a support ticket for 100% free support from the developer and the WordPress community.
Yes, this plugin is completely free with no paid version, and does not include any additional data tracking. Cloudflare Turnstile is also a completely free service.
Cloudflare mentions that they "never harvest data for ad retargeting" and Turnstile "never looks for cookies (like a login cookie), or uses cookies to collect or store information of any kind". Check out this article which explains more about how Turnstile has less data collection, more privacy, and same security. View the Cloudflare GDPR compliance and Data Processing Addendum for more information how on they handle data.
You can safely ignore the error. It is requesting a “Private Access Token (PAT) Open external link” that your device or browser does not support yet. Click here for more information. Turnstile Error Codes in Browser Console For details on errors codes being displayed in your browser console, please refer to the Cloudflare documentation here.
Firstly, make sure you have completed the setup guide correctly, and that you have completed the "TEST API RESPONSE" on the settings page. If you are still having issues, please post a support topic on the WordPress.org forums.
You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

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