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bbPress reCaptcha vs Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA

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

Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA is the safest pick: health A · 94 against 47 for bbPress reCaptcha, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

bbPress reCaptcha moved down one install band, 100+ to 90+; Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA moved up one install band, 4K+ to 5K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	bbPress reCaptcha	Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	5K–6K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	100+ → 90+	4K+ → 5K+ ✓
Overall health	D · 47	A · 94 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.7★ ✓
Reviews	5	50 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	95/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.9y ago	2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	89	10.2K ✓
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.	+50%	+63%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.6%	5.3% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

bbPress reCaptchaInvisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA

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.