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Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile vs Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

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

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile moved up one install band, 100K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 10–20 200K–300K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. Stable 100K+ → 200K+ ✓
Overall health — A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 100/100 100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 68/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.6★ ✓
Reviews 0 262 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 88/100 92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 26d ago 5d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 153 394.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. +50% -48%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 1.9% 5.8% ✓
Category Security Security

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

Release activity

Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare TurnstileSimple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

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.