Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field vs Mailster reCaptcha

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field

by Irvin Lim

Health D45

Mailster reCaptcha

by EverPress

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field Mailster reCaptcha

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field	Mailster reCaptcha
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	800–900	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	D · 47 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	21/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	60/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.03★ ✓	3.42★
Reviews	12 ✓	4
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	62/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	7.6y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	124	249 ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Advanced Custom Fields: reCAPTCHA Field Mailster reCaptcha

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.