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NoCaptcha Spam Filter for Contact Form 7 vs Stop Spammers Classic

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

Stop Spammers Classic is the only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

NoCaptcha Spam Filter for Contact Form 7 moved up one install band, 20+ to 30+; Stop Spammers Classic moved down one install band, 30K+ to 20K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric NoCaptcha Spam Filter for Contact Form 7 Stop Spammers Classic
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. 30–40 20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. 20+ → 30+ ✓ 30K+ → 20K+
Overall health — A · 88 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. 86/100 100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. — 86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. — 70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count) — 4.4★ ✓
Reviews 0 243 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. 84/100 97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. Low Low
Last updated 7mo ago 2d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d 100 12.4K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. +27% +5%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. 5.9% ✓ 0.7%
Category Security Security

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

Release activity

NoCaptcha Spam Filter for Contact Form 7Stop Spammers Classic

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.