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ActiveElgg-plugin

pleio/recaptcha
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Prevent spammers on your site.

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Since Aug 10Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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reCAPTCHA for Elgg 1.8
======================

[](#recaptcha-for-elgg-18)

[![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5213690/14558037/7e6a10ee-0300-11e6-88c0-3f247815d2f3.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5213690/14558037/7e6a10ee-0300-11e6-88c0-3f247815d2f3.png)

This plugin protects your Elgg site against spammers with [reCAPTCHA](https://www.google.com/recaptcha/).

Installation instructions
-------------------------

[](#installation-instructions)

1. Use Composer or copy the plugin to mod/recaptcha
2. Enable the plugin in the admin panel
3. Go to the reCAPTCHA plugin settings and follow the instructions to request a site and secret key.
4. Save the keys in the plugin settings.
5. You are ready to go!

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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