MW WP Form reCAPTCHA vs Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

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

MW WP Form reCAPTCHA

by Ryujiro Yamamoto

Health D42

Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

by WebFactory

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

MW WP Form reCAPTCHA Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

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	MW WP Form reCAPTCHA	Advanced Google reCAPTCHA
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	200K–300K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 42	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	67/100	95/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.68★	4.78★ ✓
Reviews	1	430 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	30/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.7y ago	14d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	133	59.0K ✓
Category	Forms	Login & Users

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

Release activity

MW WP Form reCAPTCHA Advanced Google reCAPTCHA

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.