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

by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP

Health A87

Easy Spam Filter

by WPPOOL

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile Easy Spam Filter

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 with Cloudflare Turnstile	Easy Spam Filter
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200K–300K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	59/100	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.64★ ✓	3.94★
Reviews	252 ✓	7
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	29d ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	189.5K ✓	413
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile Easy 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.