reCaptcha by BestWebSoft vs hCaptcha for WP

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

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

by bestwebsoft

Health A89

hCaptcha for WP

by hcaptcha

Health A96

Active-install trajectory

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft hCaptcha for WP

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	reCaptcha by BestWebSoft	hCaptcha for WP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K ✓	70K–80K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	96/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	88/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	100/100	100/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.94★	4.49★ ✓
Reviews	391 ✓	86
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	13.0K	48.0K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft hCaptcha for WP

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.