Report - hCaptcha for WP 4.8.0

Does hCaptcha for WP work with WordPress 6.7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-12-01 10:13:07 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 271.24 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 version	6.7.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-08T07:52:00+00:00
Active installs	70,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/hcaptcha-for-forms-and-more/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 7

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=ad8d447c0e
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.869 s
Memory usage	4.1 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

hCaptcha

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=hcaptcha
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.371 s
Memory usage	8.09 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	0.807 s
Memory usage	3.88 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	0.234 s
Memory usage	3.76 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	0.223 s
Memory usage	3.76 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	0.202 s
Memory usage	3.76 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.202 s
Memory usage	3.65 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.352 s	0.363 s	+0.011 s	3.48 MiB	3.77 MiB	+ 295.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.195 s	0.245 s	+0.050 s	3.54 MiB	3.85 MiB	+ 311.39 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.812 s	0.645 s	-0.167 s	5.92 MiB	6.19 MiB	+ 275.24 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.760 s	0.519 s	-0.241 s	3.5 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 275.68 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.237 s	0.278 s	+0.041 s	3.47 MiB	3.73 MiB	+ 267.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.294 s	0.235 s	-0.059 s	3.46 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 287.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.196 s	0.186 s	-0.010 s	3.48 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 286.42 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.741 s	0.601 s	-0.140 s	5.92 MiB	6.18 MiB	+ 269.86 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.272 s	0.250 s	-0.022 s	3.47 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 275.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.198 s	0.195 s	-0.003 s	3.49 MiB	3.75 MiB	+ 263.55 KiB
/	0.293 s	0.191 s	-0.102 s	3.48 MiB	3.65 MiB	+ 175.18 KiB
Average	0.395 s	0.337 s	-0.058 s	3.93 MiB	4.19 MiB	+ 271.24 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	71.3%	15,281	10,136	158
	JavaScript	13.2%	2,836	527	51
	CSS	6.7%	1,444	8	15
	SVG	6.3%	1,354	2	32
	PO File	2.4%	513	237	2
	HTML	0.0%	5	0	1
Total			21,433	10,910	259

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	14,655
Total complexity	2,328
Median class complexity	9.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	KAGG\Settings\Abstracts\SettingsBase
Most complex function	HCaptcha\Main::load_modules()

Classes	150
Methods	981
Functions	17

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` 2

hcaptcha_settings
hcaptcha_versions

PHP Error Log 8 lines

[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 2.0.0 started.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 2.0.0 completed.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 3.6.0 started.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 3.6.0 completed.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.0.0 started.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.0.0 completed.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.6.0 started.
[01-Dec-2024 10:13:24 UTC] hCaptcha Plugin:  Migration of hCaptcha Plugin to 4.6.0 completed.

hCaptcha for WP 4.8.0