reCAPTCHA for Ninja Forms vs G-Forms hCaptcha

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

reCAPTCHA for Ninja Forms

by Aman

Health D50

G-Forms hCaptcha

by Kevin Landsbergen

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

reCAPTCHA for Ninja Forms G-Forms hCaptcha

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	reCAPTCHA for Ninja Forms	G-Forms hCaptcha
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	600–700	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-14%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 50 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	11/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	78/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.14★ ✓	4.12★
Reviews	8 ✓	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	60/100 ✓	48/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.8y ago ✓	4.1y ago
Downloads · 30d	183	570 ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

reCAPTCHA for Ninja Forms G-Forms hCaptcha

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.