WP Login Image Captcha vs BotBlocker Security

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

WP Login Image Captcha

by hookandhook

Health D45

BotBlocker Security

by Yevhen Leonidov

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

WP Login Image Captcha BotBlocker Security

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	WP Login Image Captcha	BotBlocker Security
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	3K–4K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+200% ✓
Overall health	D · 45	A · 92 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	86/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	89/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.40★ ✓
Reviews	2	10 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	35/100	90/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	19d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	123	2.2K ✓
Category	Login & Users	Security

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

Release activity

WP Login Image Captcha BotBlocker Security

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.