Lana Contact Form vs Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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

Health D45

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	Lana Contact Form	Friendly Captcha for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+11% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.93★
Reviews	2	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.0y ago	17d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	49	10.0K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.5%	3.3% ✓
Category	Forms	Security

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

Release activity

Lana Contact FormFriendly 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.