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.

Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile

by empexdigital

Health B80

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

Health A87

Active-install trajectory

Not enough install history yet to chart a trajectory for both plugins. It builds as we snapshot daily.

Metric	Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile	Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	0–0	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	+100% ✓
Overall health	B · 80	A · 87 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	92/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100 ✓	58/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.64★ ✓
Reviews	0	253 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	59	70.9K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Empex CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile Simple 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.