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

Health A89

Health A88

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	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.	70K–80K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	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 (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	4.4★
Reviews	49 ✓	13
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	9.2K ✓	864
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.4% ✓	1.8%
Category	Privacy & Consent	Search

✓ 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.