Contact Form 7 Spam Killer vs DS CF7 Math Captcha

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

Contact Form 7 Spam Killer

by WP-EXPERTS.IN

Health C65

DS CF7 Math Captcha

by Dotsquares

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

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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	Contact Form 7 Spam Killer	DS CF7 Math Captcha
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-25% ✓	-67%
Overall health	C · 65	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	48/100	94/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	80/100	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	4	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	71/100	77/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.3y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	488	1.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	9.4%	11% ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

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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.