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reCaptcha for WooCommerce vs Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

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

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 82 for reCaptcha for WooCommerce, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

reCaptcha for WooCommerce moved up one install band, 400+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	reCaptcha for WooCommerce	Advanced Google reCAPTCHA
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500–600	200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	400+ → 500+ ✓	Stable
Overall health	B · 82	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	92/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	3	430 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	344	180.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+26%	+135%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.6% ✓	5.5%
Category	eCommerce	Login & Users

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

Release activity

reCaptcha for WooCommerceAdvanced Google 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.