ReCaptchad Tiny Contact Form vs reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form

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

ReCaptchad Tiny Contact Form

by Sidney Harrell

Health D41

reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form

by Masahiro NAKASHIMA

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

ReCaptchad Tiny Contact Form reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form

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	ReCaptchad Tiny Contact Form	reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 50 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	20/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	71/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.85★ ✓
Reviews	0	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	60/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	15.4y ago	2.3y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	1.1K ✓
Category	Forms	Forms

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

Release activity

ReCaptchad Tiny Contact Form reCAPTCHA for MW WP Form

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.