Ultimate WP Captcha vs CAPTCHA 4WP

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

Ultimate WP Captcha

by Zeeshan Khan

Health B78

CAPTCHA 4WP

by WPKube

Health B77

Active-install trajectory

Ultimate WP Captcha CAPTCHA 4WP

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	Ultimate WP Captcha	CAPTCHA 4WP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	200–300	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 78 ✓	B · 77
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	84/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	55/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★ ✓	3.22★
Reviews	2	269 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	87/100 ✓	78/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	6d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	234	90.9K ✓
Category	eCommerce	Security

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

Release activity

Ultimate WP Captcha CAPTCHA 4WP

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.