reCaptcha for WooCommerce vs WPS Hide Login

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Feature reCaptcha for WooCommerce v2.80 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details WPS Hide Login v1.9.19 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details
At a glance
Active installs — 2M+
Last updated — August 13, 2026
Editions reCaptcha for WooCommerce ($) WPS Hide Login
Pros Covers login, registration, checkout and pay-for-order forms; Supports reCAPTCHA v2 and v3, Turnstile and hCaptcha; Exempts IP addresses and ranges from the captcha Moves the login page to a custom URL with no core file changes; Restores the standard login when deactivated; Supports multisite network settings
Cons Commercial product sold through WooCommerce.com; Checkout block support is marked beta in the readme; Adds a visible challenge to checkout for some users Hiding the URL is not a substitute for login rate limiting; Forgotten login URLs lock editors out until the plugin is disabled; Maintained without guaranteed free support
Features (Security plugins checklist)
Firewall — No
Malware scan — No
Login protection — Yes
Two-factor login — No
Activity log — No
Free version — Yes
More features
Other features Google reCAPTCHA, Turnstile or hCaptcha provider ($), Captcha for block checkout ($), Captcha for classic checkout ($), Captcha on login, register and lost password ($), Captcha for Jetpack contact forms ($), IP and IP range captcha bypass ($) Custom login URL slug, Custom redirect page for blocked wp-admin visitors, Blocks direct access to wp-login.php and wp-admin, Network settings on multisite, Site Health test for the login URL
Integrations
E-commerce WooCommerce ($) —
Plugins Jetpack ($) —
Other Google reCAPTCHA ($), Cloudflare Turnstile ($), hCaptcha ($) —
Requires WordPress 3.0 4.1
Requires PHP 7.4 7.0
Tested up to 7.0 7.1
Phones home No No
External services challenges.cloudflare.com, hcaptcha.com, www.google.com, www.recaptcha.net —