Message Filter for Contact Form 7 vs Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho

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

Health A88

Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho moved down one install band, 80K+ to 70K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Message Filter for Contact Form 7	Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	1K–2K	70K–80K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-13%
Overall health	A · 88	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	13	49 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	83/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads · 30d	865	9.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.8%	4.4% ✓
Category	Search	Privacy & Consent

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

Release activity

Message Filter for Contact Form 7Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho

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.