Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA vs BBQ Firewall

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

Health B83

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA moved down one install band, 60K+ to 50K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA	BBQ Firewall
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50K–60K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 83	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	90/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	85/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★	4.9★ ✓
Reviews	63	160 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5mo ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	5.9K	14.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.5% ✓	2.9%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

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.