reCAPTCHA in WP comments form vs reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

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

reCAPTCHA in WP comments form

by jmviade

Health D45

reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

by bestwebsoft

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

reCAPTCHA in WP comments form reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

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 in WP comments form	reCaptcha by BestWebSoft
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	8K–9K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-11%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	95/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	100/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.03★ ✓	3.94★
Reviews	20	391 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	45/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.4y ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	245	12.7K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

reCAPTCHA in WP comments form reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

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.