hCaptcha for WP vs Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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

Health A96

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Friendly Captcha for WordPress moved up one install band, 9K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

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 (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	88 ✓	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	6d ago ✓	16d ago
Downloads · 30d	79.3K ✓	10.6K
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.0%	3.2% ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

hCaptcha for WPFriendly 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.