Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 vs ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7 is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 80 for Business Essentials for Contact Form 7, led by stronger rating quality.
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7 moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
Metric
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7
ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
Active installsModeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.
7K–8K
200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 monthsCompares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.
8K+ → 7K+
Stable ✓
Overall health
B · 80
A · 88 ✓
MaintenanceHow recently the plugin was updated.
100/100 ✓
91/100
Rating qualityVolume-adjusted review quality.
65/100
97/100 ✓
SupportShare of forum threads marked resolved.
70/100
70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)
3.6★
4.8★ ✓
Reviews
10
89 ✓
Ranking optimizationHow well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.
91/100
97/100 ✓
Removal riskMaintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.
Low
Low
Last updated
1mo ago ✓
5mo ago
Downloads, last 30d
2.2K
20.8K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30dDips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.
+174%
+10%
Install conversionActive installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.
8.1% ✓
4.8%
Category
Payments
Forms
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
Business Essentials for Contact Form 7ReCaptcha v2 for Contact Form 7
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.