Report - hCaptcha for WP 4.16.0

Does hCaptcha for WP work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-08-05 11:32:13 UTC.

Summary

Errors

10	Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 464.4 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.021 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-08-05T11:28:00+00:00
Active installs	70,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/hcaptcha-for-forms-and-more/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 8

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=hcaptcha-for-forms-and-more%2Fhcaptcha.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=333979bbaf
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.848 s
Memory usage	4.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.568 s
Memory usage	8.32 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha → Integrations

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha-integrations
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.731 s
Memory usage	4.12 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha → Forms

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha-forms
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.606 s
Memory usage	3.98 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha → Events

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha-events
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.537 s
Memory usage	3.98 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha → System Info

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha-systeminfo
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.470 s
Memory usage	3.97 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Tools → Scheduled Actions

URL	/wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.411 s
Memory usage	4.01 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.191 s
Memory usage	3.7 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.358 s	0.456 s	+0.098 s	3.51 MiB	4.04 MiB	+ 548.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.207 s	0.223 s	+0.016 s	3.57 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 499.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.844 s	1.119 s	+0.275 s	6.06 MiB	6.56 MiB	+ 513.72 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.613 s	0.621 s	+0.008 s	3.52 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 464.19 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.224 s	0.205 s	-0.019 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 462.22 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.341 s	0.250 s	-0.091 s	3.49 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 470.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.212 s	0.209 s	-0.003 s	3.5 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 474.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.620 s	0.621 s	+0.001 s	6.05 MiB	6.55 MiB	+ 514.51 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.271 s	0.277 s	+0.006 s	3.5 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 464.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.436 s	0.421 s	-0.015 s	3.52 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 458.22 KiB
/	0.319 s	0.277 s	-0.042 s	3.47 MiB	3.7 MiB	+ 237.39 KiB
Average	0.404 s	0.425 s	+0.021 s	3.97 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 464.4 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP

JavaScript

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	71.7%	19,037	12,415	192
	JavaScript	13.2%	3,503	683	56
	CSS	6.8%	1,799	11	16
	SVG	6.1%	1,622	3	41
	PO File	1.9%	513	237	2
	JSON	0.3%	90	0	1
	HTML	0.0%	5	0	1
Total			26,569	13,349	309

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	18,249
Total complexity	2,906
Median class complexity	8.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	KAGG\Settings\Abstracts\SettingsBase
Most complex function	HCaptcha\Main::load_modules()

Classes	184
Methods	1,204
Functions	16

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 1

wp_hcaptcha_events

Options `wp_options` 3

action_scheduler_lock_async-request-runner
hcaptcha_settings
hcaptcha_versions

Custom Post Types 1

ID	Name
scheduled-action	Scheduled Actions

PHP Error Log 10 lines

[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 2.0.0 started.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 2.0.0 completed.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 3.6.0 started.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 3.6.0 completed.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.0.0 started.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.0.0 completed.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.6.0 started.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.6.0 completed.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:29 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.11.0 started.
[05-Aug-2025 11:32:31 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.11.0 completed.

hCaptcha for WP 4.16.0