hCaptcha for WP vs Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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

hCaptcha for WP

by hcaptcha

Health A96

Friendly Captcha for WordPress

by Friendly Captcha

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

hCaptcha for WP Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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	hCaptcha for WP	Friendly Captcha for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+11% ✓
Overall health	A · 96 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	100/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.49★ ✓	3.93★
Reviews	86 ✓	18
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	79/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	19d ago	12d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	48.0K ✓	8.5K
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

hCaptcha for WP Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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.