SimpleForm reCAPTCHA vs Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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

SimpleForm reCAPTCHA

by WPSForm

Health D49

Friendly Captcha for WordPress

by Friendly Captcha

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

SimpleForm reCAPTCHA Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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	SimpleForm reCAPTCHA	Friendly Captcha for WordPress
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+11% ✓
Overall health	D · 49	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	23/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.93★ ✓
Reviews	0	18 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	65/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	2.1y ago	18d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	33	8.7K ✓
Category	Security	Security

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

Release activity

SimpleForm reCAPTCHA Friendly Captcha for WordPress

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.