{"id":507,"date":"2024-06-28T11:39:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T11:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2024\/06\/28\/9539459-how-to-disable-captcha-on-wordpress-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:11:59","slug":"9539459-how-to-disable-captcha-on-wordpress-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9539459-how-to-disable-captcha-on-wordpress-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable CAPTCHA on WordPress at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAPTCHA <\/b>is a test that helps identify whether a website visitor is human or a bot by showing presenting a challenge or running an automatic background check. <\/p>

\n<\/p>

When migrating<\/a> a WordPress website to Hostinger from another provider, CAPTCHA must be disabled on the admin login page <\/b>(https:\/\/domain.tld\/wp-admin<\/code>) <\/b>so our dedicated team can access your website files and database.<\/p>

\n<\/p>

For websites built with WordPress, a popular option is Google’s reCAPTCHA<\/b>. Here is how to disable it according to the method you have used to enable it:<\/p>

\n<\/p>

Disable plugin-based CAPTCHA<\/h2>

If you enabled CAPTCHA using the Google plugin, follow these steps:<\/p>

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  1. \n

    Log in to your WordPress dashboard<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Click on Settings<\/b> → Advanced Google re-CAPTCHA<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Select the CAPTCHA setting to Disabled <\/b>on the dropdown list:<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  4. \n

    Save the changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Clear your browser cache<\/a> or use an incognito window to open your WordPress admin login page<\/b> to ensure the CAPTCHA has been disabled. It should look similar to this:
    ​<\/p>\n

    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>

    \n<\/p>

    \n<\/p>

    Disable script-based CAPTCHA<\/h2>

    Alternatively, if you have set up CAPTCHA by adding a script on the WordPress theme file<\/b>, follow these steps to remove it:<\/p>

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    1. \n

      Open the File Manager<\/b> on your WordPress website’s current hosting platform<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      Navigate to the following path<\/b>: \/wp-content\/themes\/theme_name<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      Locate the function.php<\/b> file and open it in edit mode<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      Remove<\/b> the CAPTCHA portion of the code. It may differ depending on where the CAPTCHA is displayed. For example, a code that shows on the WordPress login page will look similar to this:<\/p>\n

      \/\/ Call the Google reCAPTCHA verification API on the login form page

      function login_style() {

          wp_register_script('login-recaptcha', 'https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js', false, NULL);

          wp_enqueue_script('login-recaptcha');

      }

      add_action('login_enqueue_scripts', 'login_style');

      \/\/ Add Google CAPTCHA on login form page

      function add_recaptcha_on_login_page() {

          echo '<div class=\"g-recaptcha brochure__form__captcha\" 

      \/\/ Replace the placeholder with your site key

      data-sitekey=\"INSERT_YOUR_SITE_KEY_HERE\"><\/div>';

      }

      add_action('login_form','add_recaptcha_on_login_page');<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
    5. \n
      Save the changes<\/b> after removing the CAPTCHA code<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
    6. \n
      Clear your browser cache<\/a> or use an incognito window to open your WordPress admin login page<\/b> to ensure the CAPTCHA has been disabled. It should look similar to this:<\/p>\n
      <\/div>\n
      ​<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Disabling CAPTCHA on your WordPress website and migrate it to Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-migrating-to-hostinger"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9539459-how-to-disable-captcha-on-wordpress-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/2436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}