Description
Spam Defender – Review Captcha for WooCommerce helps you reduce spam product reviews by adding a captcha verification before review submission.
With this plugin, customers must solve a captcha before submitting a review, which ensures that only genuine users can leave feedback on your WooCommerce products.
Features:
* Adds captcha to WooCommerce product review forms.
* Blocks spam bots from auto-submitting fake reviews.
* Lightweight and easy to use.
* No coding knowledge required.
* Compatible with latest versions of WordPress and WooCommerce.
This plugin provides a simple but effective solution to keep your product reviews section clean and trustworthy.
External services
This plugin uses Google reCAPTCHA to protect the WooCommerce product review submission form from spam and automated bots.
It connects to the Google reCAPTCHA service in two ways:
1. Frontend Integration: It loads the reCAPTCHA JavaScript API from https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js on the product page to display the captcha challenge.
2. Server-Side Verification: When a user submits a review, the plugin sends the reCAPTCHA response token to Google’s verification endpoint (https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify) along with the Secret Key and the user’s IP address to confirm the validity of the captcha challenge. This data is sent only upon review submission.
- Service: Google reCAPTCHA
- Purpose: Spam and bot protection for WooCommerce product reviews.
- Data Sent:
- Reviewer’s IP address (Sent to Google for verification when a review is submitted).
- reCAPTCHA response token (Sent to Google for verification when a review is submitted).
- Terms of Service and Privacy Policy:
- Google Terms of Service: https://policies.google.com/terms
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Screenshots
reCAPTCHA API credentials configure page. 
Captcha displayed in WooCommerce product review form. 
Error message shown if captcha is not solved.
Installation
- Upload the
spam-defender-review-captcha-for-woocommercedirectory to the/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Navigate to Dashboard > Settings > Woocommerce Review Captcha and click to configure reCaptcha API setup.
FAQ
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Does this work only with WooCommerce reviews?
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Yes, this plugin specifically adds captcha to WooCommerce product review forms.
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Do I need to configure anything?
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Yes, once activated, you’ll need to enter your reCAPTCHA API credentials to complete the setup.
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Is it compatible with other captcha plugins?
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This plugin is specifically designed for WooCommerce product reviews. However, if you use another plugin for the same purpose, it may cause conflicts.
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Will it affect site performance?
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No, the plugin is lightweight and optimized for speed.
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Contributors & Developers
“Spam Defender – Review Captcha for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.1
- Initial release.
- Added captcha to WooCommerce product review form.
- Prevents review submission without solving captcha.