Really Simple CAPTCHA is the lightweight image-based challenge bundled by the author of Contact Form 7. It generates a temporary PNG and answer file pair under wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha/, then deletes them once the submission attempt resolves. The plugin itself does not write a row per challenge, which is why the default WordPress admin has no list view of pass or fail outcomes.

Operators who run public forms still need to know how the captcha is performing. The signal lives next door, in the Contact Form 7 form schema in wp_posts (post_type=wpcf7_contact_form) and in any submission logger like Flamingo's wp_posts (post_type=flamingo_inbound). Reading the form's captcha tag and the submission status together reveals which forms are taking the most bot pressure.

SleekView reads the Contact Form 7 form list, joins it to Flamingo inbound rows where present, and exposes a captcha outcome column derived from the submission's spam flag. Filter by form, sort by failure rate, and audit the captcha posture from one table. Edits route back through the CF7 form editor; SleekView never touches the temporary challenge files themselves.

Really Simple CAPTCHA is intentionally minimal, it produces a short-lived PNG and answer pair and gets out of the way. That minimalism is a strength for site speed and a weakness for the operator, because no row is ever written that tells the story of how the captcha is performing. The signal that does exist lives one table over, in the Contact Form 7 form list and in any submission logger like Flamingo, but stitching those two together by hand is the kind of work the admin should already do.

SleekView reads both surfaces and renders one grid where the form name, the captchac tag, the submission total, and the spam-blocked count sit next to each other. Security leads use the saved Under-attack view to react inside the same morning. Form authors sort by spam ratio to find the form whose captcha placement should be tightened.

Support teams filter to their owned forms and read real submissions out of the noise. The plugin keeps doing exactly what it was designed to do, and the operator finally gets the workspace the plugin never tried to ship.