Captcha ignores allow list and hidden admin roles
Allow-listed IPs and hidden admin roles still see the reCAPTCHA challenge on login, so the exemption settings do not work.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 23 July 2026 · last reported 27 July 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners who set up trusted-user exemptions in reCAPTCHA by BestWebSoft say the exemptions have no effect.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.