Simple Captcha for WPForms vs Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7

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

Simple Captcha for WPForms

by Andreas Münch

Health C58

Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7

by wpdebuglog

Health B71

Active-install trajectory

Simple Captcha for WPFormsHoneypot Plus for Contact Form 7

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	Simple Captcha for WPForms	Honeypot Plus for Contact Form 7
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	900–1K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+80% ✓
Overall health	C · 58	B · 71 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	37/100	74/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	69/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	1	2 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	63/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.6y ago	9mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	142	313 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	7.8%	13% ✓
Category	Forms	Security

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

Release activity

Simple Captcha for WPFormsHoneypot Plus for Contact Form 7

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.