Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile vs Easy Spam Filter

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

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 79 for Easy Spam Filter, led by stronger rating quality.

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

Health A89

Easy Spam Filter

by WPPOOL

Health B79

Active-install trajectory

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile moved up one install band, 100K+ to 200K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile	Easy Spam Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	1K–2K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	100K+ → 200K+ ✓	Stable
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 79
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	91/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	91/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	67/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.6★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	262 ✓	7
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100 ✓	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6d ago ✓	5mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	394.2K ✓	572
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.	-51%	+37%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	5.8% ✓	4.6%
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare TurnstileEasy Spam Filter

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.