<b><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5352" alt="captcha-wordpress-plugin" src="https://itxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/captcha-wordpress-plugin.png" width="109" height="100" />Why do You Need the CAPTCHA WordPress Plugin?</b>

Many of the top WordPress plugins change the functionality or look of your WordPress website. However, some help with security, which is another very important part of any website. The CAPTCHA WordPress plugin will give you an added layer of protection every website needs.

CAPTCHA means Completely Automated Public Tuning Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. As you sign up for different things and fill out forms online, you've ran into a number of CAPTCHA codes.

The main reason websites started to employ the CAPTCHA code was to protect against spam. So many automatic programs have been created for placing spam comments, creating profiles and for a number of other processes that webmasters needed a way to protect the integrity of their website.

<b>Another Layer of Spam Protection</b>

By adding the CAPTCHA WordPress Plugin to your website, you gain an additional layer of spam protection. Nobody can comment on a blog post without filling in the CAPTCHA code accurately. This prevents the commenting software programs from accessing your WordPress site and leaving unwanted comments.

When you block spam, you gain betters SEO, as well. Spam comments drag down the overall quality of your website and you won't rank as high, if at all, in Google. Many spammers include links to bad website, which hurt your site even more. However, with the use of the CAPTCHA plugin, you can keep these spammers at bay.

<b>What does the CAPTCHA plugin do for you?</b>

With the CAPTCHA plugin, you will be able to gain betters security on all your web forms. The code will need to be filled out on comments, contact forms and even when logging in. This specific plugin uses a math CAPTCHA with addition, subtraction and multiplication. The places it can be used include:
<ul>
	<li>Login</li>
	<li>Registration - Integrates with BuddyPress</li>
	<li>Comments</li>
	<li>Password Recovery</li>
	<li>Contact forms - Integrates with Contact Form 7</li>
	<li>And other forms!</li>
</ul>
The plugin allows you to choose whether you want to use just letters, just numbers or both. You can add a label to the display of the form and you can even upgrade the plugin to integrate it with other plugins.

<b>Will CAPTCHA Work in more than just English?</b>

The CAPTCHA WordPress plugin can be translated into a number of different languages. Within the wp-config.php file of your WordPress site, you will have to change the language code. Instructions for this simple change are provided from the plugin page. Available languages include:
<ul>
	<li>Arabic</li>
	<li>Bangla</li>
	<li>Brazilian Portuguese</li>
	<li>Bulgarian</li>
	<li>Catalan</li>
	<li>Chinese</li>
	<li>Taiwan</li>
	<li>Croatian</li>
	<li>Czech</li>
	<li>Danish</li>
	<li>Dutch</li>
	<li>Estonian</li>
	<li>Greek</li>
	<li>Farsi/Persian</li>
	<li>Finnish</li>
	<li>French</li>
	<li>German</li>
	<li>Hebrew</li>
	<li>Hindi</li>
	<li>Hungarian</li>
	<li>Japanese</li>
	<li>Indonesian</li>
	<li>Italian</li>
	<li>And Many More!</li>
</ul>
Just about any major language is supported by the plugin. A full list is available at the WordPress plugin page.

<b>How Popular is the CAPTCHA Plugin?</b>

The CAPTCHA plugin is very popular and has been downloaded over 1.5 million times. It has a five star rating from nearly all of those rating the plugin and has received an average review rating of 4.6 starts. This is one of the most popular plugins for adding the CAPTCHA code to your forms for better security.

<b>Will CAPTCHA Kill All Your Spam?</b>

The WordPress CAPTCHA plugin won't get rid of all spam. However, if you currently see a number of spam comments showing up on your WordPress blog posts, installing and using CAPTCHA will cut the number down to nearly zero.

Very few spammers will take the time to fill out a CAPTCHA form and most of the software available won't fill this out at all. Usually, if you have CAPTCHA installed, the spammers will just skip over you. It's still possible for spammers to post comments, but it will take them longer and they won't be able to use automatic commenting programs.

If you use the CAPTCHA plugin for your WordPress site and you set comments to be approved manually, you won't have to worry about any spam comments lowering the quality of your website. You may still notice an occasional spam comment, but you can delete those before they ever become published.

<b>Install and Use CAPTCHA</b>

Installing the plugin is easy and you can do it from the "Plugins" section of your WordPress dashboard. It installs just like any other plugin. You will need to either download the .zip folder or use the search function to find the plugin.

Once installed, you can adjust the options, if you prefer. However, the CAPTCHA plugin will automatically start going to work for you without any other adjustments.