Title: visualCaptcha
Author: BrunoBernardino
Published: <strong>January 16, 2013</strong>
Last modified: August 5, 2015

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# visualcaptcha

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcaptcha/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcaptcha/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcaptcha/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/visualcaptcha/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of October 25, 2023 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/307448ab43ea3409619e9bfe91c9bc65565b382f5126febcf004992223e65aa2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works great! Easy!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-easy-4/)󠁿

 [LanceHaverkamp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lancehaverkamp/) September 19, 
2022

Works great! Easy, not running elsewhere leaking data (Google)!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/974cb773b838fbb40d6d63c392674ef23d41990a6178bf0333c8314c427e3534?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not accessible, despite claims](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-accessible-despite-claims/)󠁿

 [rcremona](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rcremona/) September 3, 2016

There are several accessibility problems with this plugin. First, note that the 
audio captcha option is the very last element in the form. Screen reader users have
to navigate through the entire thing before they even find out an audio option is
available, only after having to hear “click or touch the chair” and then a bunch
of nondescript “internal links”… and then finally, an image called “audio image.”
Chances are, people will give up, before getting there, and when they do, they might
not figure out that activating “audio image” will present them with an audio captcha.
The audio captcha option should be the first focusable element in the captcha section(
in the dom, if not visually), and should say “activate for audio captcha” or similar,
instead of “audio image.” The images for the visual options should have alt texts
of empty spaces, so they aren’t read at all. But worse, when you finally do select
the audio version, the audio captcha starts speaking immediately, BEFORE the screenreader
is finished telling you that you clicked the button, so you don’t even get to hear
it!!! The info you need is drowned out by your own screen reader. There needs to
be a delay, then instructions, then the code. Activating the “audio image” button
again does NOT read you the audio captcha again, so you are completely out of luck.
I hope the developers can update this plugin, and test it with real screen reader
users. It sounds like it is lovely for sighted users……

 [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/visualcaptcha/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“visualCaptcha” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ BrunoBernardino ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/brunobernardino/)
 *   [ jmigcosta ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jmigcosta/)

[Translate “visualCaptcha” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/visualcaptcha)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/visualcaptcha/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/visualcaptcha/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/visualcaptcha/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/visualcaptcha/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **5.0.6**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visualcaptcha/advanced/)