Fast Secure reCAPTCHA 1.0.20

Does Fast Secure reCAPTCHA work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 15.74 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 8,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/fast-secure-recaptcha/
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Pages 3

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=fast-secure-recaptcha%2Ffast-secure-recaptcha.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=1036d3528e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.375 s
Memory usage 3.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Fast Secure reCAPTCHA

Page screenshot: Settings → Fast Secure reCAPTCHA
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=fast-secure-recaptcha%2Ffast-secure-recaptcha.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=fast-secure-recaptcha/fast-secure-recaptcha.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.421 s
Memory usage 4.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.220 s
Memory usage 4.13 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.437 s0.389 s-0.048 s3.78 MiB3.8 MiB+ 21.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.368 s0.323 s-0.045 s3.78 MiB3.8 MiB+ 21.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.891 s0.836 s-0.055 s6.31 MiB6.33 MiB+ 25.73 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.610 s0.462 s-0.148 s3.74 MiB3.74 MiB+ 3.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.348 s0.322 s-0.026 s3.71 MiB3.72 MiB+ 7.88 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.495 s0.372 s-0.123 s3.7 MiB3.72 MiB+ 16.08 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.367 s0.290 s-0.077 s3.72 MiB3.74 MiB+ 26.75 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.728 s0.696 s-0.032 s6.3 MiB6.32 MiB+ 21.94 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.338 s0.399 s+0.061 s3.71 MiB3.72 MiB+ 4.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.352 s0.341 s-0.011 s3.73 MiB3.74 MiB+ 3.88 KiB
/0.291 s0.194 s-0.097 s4.11 MiB4.13 MiB+ 19.29 KiB
Average 0.475 s0.420 s-0.055 s4.23 MiB4.25 MiB+ 15.74 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP100.0%1,2381824
Total 1,238 182 4

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 695
Total complexity 183
Median class complexity 183.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class fsRecaptcha
Most complex function fsRecaptcha::fs_recaptcha_init()
Classes 1
Methods 39
Functions 0

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.

Options wp_options 1

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[04-Feb-2026 21:02:30 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "dark" in /wp-content/plugins/fast-secure-recaptcha/fast-secure-recaptcha-admin.php on line 447
[04-Feb-2026 21:02:30 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "dark" in /wp-content/plugins/fast-secure-recaptcha/fast-secure-recaptcha-admin.php on line 447
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Fast Secure reCAPTCHA" Admin Menu