Mathlock Guard vs DS CF7 Math Captcha

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

Mathlock Guard

by ishanishr

Health B80

DS CF7 Math Captcha

by Dotsquares

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Mathlock GuardDS CF7 Math Captcha

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	Mathlock Guard	DS CF7 Math Captcha
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-67%
Overall health	—	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	94/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	84/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.3★ ✓
Reviews	0	8 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	77/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	16d ago ✓	4mo ago
Downloads · 30d	99	1.4K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	3.5%	11% ✓
Category	Security	Forms

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

Release activity

Mathlock GuardDS CF7 Math Captcha

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.