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

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

Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho

by hookandhook

Health A89

Message Filter for Contact Form 7

by Kofi Mokome

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

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

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	Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by Ho	Message Filter for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	87/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.50★ ✓	4.43★
Reviews	49 ✓	13
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100 ✓	79/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	18.6K ✓	885
Category	Privacy & Consent	Search

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

Release activity

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